Gender and Sexuality Studies

Program Coordinator: Dr. Suzanne M. Chod
Gender and Sexuality Studies Faculty

Mission Statement

Genders and sexualities shape identities and institutions, nations and economies, cultures and political systems and hierarchies. The study of gender and sexuality, then, explains important aspects of our personal lives and power structures. Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSST) at North Central College allows students the opportunity to shape an interdisciplinary minor that emphasizes the interrelationships among gender, sexuality, race and class, connecting such inquiry nationally and globally. In communication, history, literature, religion, philosophy, social sciences and life sciences, GSST minors learn to practice critical thinking about issues of the construction of gender and sexual identity.

Programs

• Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor

Courses

• GSST 100 - Introduction to Sex, Gender and Sexuality
• GSST 210 - Bodies, Markets and Marketing
• GSST 230 - Women and the Bible
• GSST 234 - Gender and Literary Feminisms
• GSST 235 - Sexuality and Christianity
• GSST 242 - U.S. Women’s History
• GSST 299 - Independent Study
• GSST 300 - Human Sexuality: A Clash of Values
• GSST 340 - Global Views: Women in Science
• GSST 350 - Gender and World Religions
• GSST 370 - Feminism, Gender, Queer Theory
• GSST 389 - Gender, Sexuality and Mass Media
• GSST 390 - Gender and Sexuality in the World
• GSST 395 - Gender and Ethics
• GSST 399 - Independent Study
• GSST 497 - Internship
• GSST 499 - Independent Study