Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Program Information
Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (RGSS) provides an interdisciplinary setting in which students can examine gender—the social meaning of the distinction between the sexes—and sexuality—sexual identities, discourses, and institutions—as they intersect with race, class, ethnicity, nationality, and transnational movements. Sample courses in this program include:
- RGSS 100 – Perspectives in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
- RGSS 304 – Feminist and Queer Studies
- RGSS 202 – Resistance for Social Change
- HST 343 – Race and Ethnicity in the US
- HST 353 – The American Empire
- JR 425 – Gender and Media: Global Views
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The Butler Advantage
Studying Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (RGSS) allows students to:
Analyze gender and sexuality from a variety of academic fields.
Examine gender—the social meaning of the distinction between the sexes—and sexuality—sexual identities, discourses, and institutions—as they intersect with race, class, ethnicity, nationality, and transnational movement.
Question and challenge the power structures that perpetuate privilege and inequality, providing a formalized setting for students to interrogate identity and agency locally and globally.
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