Spring 2024
GSJ 260 Social Determinants of Health
Enormous inequalities in health persist both within and between countries. These inequalities can be seen across various axes including gender, ethnicity, and access to material resources. As such, those relatively deprived/underprivileged have substantially poorer health than those better off. The course will demonstrate the extent of inequalities in health, and it will explore current theories explaining how inequalities arise, focusing on behavioural/cultural, psychosocial, and structural/material explanations. The course will also investigate the role of various approaches to economic and social policy in creating or reducing inequalities.
(Cross-listed with HLTH 260)
GSJ 326 Sexuality and the Law
Despite the commonly held belief that sexuality is nothing more than "doing what comes naturally," cultural definitions, including prohibitions against specific forms of conduct, impinge upon the most private or intimate of acts. This course examines the social construction and control of sexuality through law.
Prereq: One of GSJ 101, 102, WS 101, 102
(Cross-listed with SOC 325, LS 325)
GSJ 222 Gender Issues
Philosophical analysis of issues relating to sex/gender. Questions considered might include the following: What, if anything, is the difference between sex and gender? How much of a role do facts about biology play in our ideas about sex and gender? How many sexes are there? What ethical issues arise for us in virtue of our gender?
Antireq: WS 222
(Cross-listed with PHIL 202)
GSJ 331 Gender in War and Peace
An examination of various themes in the history of peace and war using gender as a central category of analysis. Theoretical literature and international case studies will be used to explore how the discourse and enactment of war and peace are influenced by societal constructions of gender, both historically and in the present.
Prereq: One of GSJ 101, 102, WS 101, 102.
Antireq: WS 331
(Cross-listed with PACS 321)
GSJ 309 Discourse of Dissent
A study of the social, historical, and rhetorical dimensions of collective action. Topics may include health and welfare movements, civil rights and anti-war protests, and environmentalism.
Prereq: One of GSJ 101, 102, WS 101, 102
(Cross-listed with HIST 309, ENGL 309G, COMMST 434)
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Fall 2024 (tentative) Courses
| Course code | Title |
|---|---|
| GSJ 101 | Intro to GSJ: The Global North |
| GSJ 108/ ENGL 108E | Gender and Representation |
| GSJ 201 | Gender and Social Justice in Pop Culture |
| GSJ 203 | The Wvaes of Feminist Thought |
| GSJ 302 | Thinking Through Gender |
| GSJ 309/ ENGL 309G/ HIST 309 | The Discourse of Dissent |
| GSJ 380/HLTH 380 | Applied Public Health Ethics |
| GSJ 401 | Global Health |
| GSJ 402/ PHIL 402/ 673/675 | Feminist Care Ethics |
| GSJ 473/SDS 441R | Pop Culture and Social Change |
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