Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2023 - GSWS 331 D100

Queer Genders (4)

Class Number: 3871

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 8 – Aug 4, 2023: Fri, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    30 units, including three unist in GSWS. Students who have taken GDST 301, or WS 301 Special Topics: Theorizing Queer Genders may not take this course for further credit.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Introduces students to current debates on gender identity and gender difference from the perspectives of queer subjects. Explores recent theoretical and cultural works on gender from queer, transgender, and feminist perspectives, while examining the challenges they pose to current understanding of sex, gender, sexuality, and the body.

COURSE DETAILS:

In this course, we will examine a wide range of diverse, non-normative gendered subjectivities. We will consider examples from both the contemporary and premodern eras, from across the Anglophone and the Asia Pacific. We will analyse the ways in which gender categories are shaped by colonial, racialized, and medical discourses, and reflect on how queer gender subjects may challenge conventional definitions of gender and sexual categories.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

For more detailed information please see the GSWS website: http://www.sfu.ca/gsws/undergraduate/courses/Educational_Goals.html

Grading

  • Critical Reflection 15%
  • Attendance and Participation 20%
  • Midterm Essay 30%
  • Final Essay 35%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

All required readings are available for download on Canvas.


REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the semester are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.