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Apr 25, 2024
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ENG 416B - Language and Gender (3 units) CO10
Using sociolinguistic methodology, explores how men and women use language differently and how these differences are biologically and socially conditioned. (ENG 416B and WMST 416B are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 281 or ENG 282 or ENG 412A ; ENG 303 or Junior standing.
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to define key concepts in language and gender studies.
2. Students will be able to articulate, in written materials and in class discussion, the different approaches of language and gender researchers and the socio-historical context in which they emerged.
3. Students will be able to articulate arguments about the naturalization of gender in our social world by examining and synthesizing primary research articles and summary texts.
4. Students will be able to display through class presentations and written materials an informed perspective on the question of how the gender order is enacted and reproduced through linguistic variation.
5. Students will be able to show mastery of basic field based methodological concepts and the scientific method through our own fieldwork and research.
6. Students will be able to identify, through class discussion and written materials, the reality of and main forces behind beliefs about gendered speech.
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