Contact Information

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Instructor: Dr. Lilly Berberyan

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (318) 357-4236

Office: Kyser 316M

Office Hours:

In-Person: MW, 2-4PM

Virtual: 10AM-4PM (by appointment)

Class: MW, 12:30-1:45

Location: Kyser 341

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

ENGL 2700 is an introductory course to the field of women's and gender studies: throughout the semester, we will examine and engage with concepts of gender, sexuality, race and antiracism, labor, and power.

REQUIRED TEXTS, TECHNOLOGY, AND TOOLS

• Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, Laura Heston, and Sonny Nordmarken: Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies. Note: This is an open access textbook that is available electronically free of charge. In addition to reading this text online, you can download and save a PDF version of the text for personal use or printing.
  • Additional course materials will take the form of readings, videos, and podcasts. These will be posted on Moodle as links and PDFs.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students who complete this course will be able to:

• Discuss histories of feminism as a social movement and feminist theories of social transformation
• Analyze how institutions of power and privilege operate
• Understand how social constructionism affects cultural and individual conceptions of gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, etc and how these social institutions affect individual lives
• Analyze the mutual constitution of gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality, and religion

Final Project 200pts

Responses 300pts

Participation/ Attendance 200pts Total: 1000pts Assignment prompts, with detailed instructions will be available on Moodle for each of the assignments above | A 900-1000

B 800-899.9

C 700-799.9

D 600-699.9

F 0-599.9 Please check Moodle regularly for your grades and let me know if you have any questions or concerns about your grade! |

ASSIGNMENTS

<aside> 💡 The information below is an overview of the assignments you'll submit throughout the semester; more detailed information and detailed assignment prompts will be available on Moodle.

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• Commonplace Book (300 points): The Commonplace Book is a project that you will work on throughout the semester: each week, you will select at least two passages from the week's readings and include them in your Commonplace Book. You will turn in your Commonplace Book along with a Reflection Note at the end of the semester. Please see Moodle for a detailed assignment prompt.
• Responses (300 points): Throughout the semester, you will compose 8 responses, 2-3 pages each, engaging with the readings we have completed during the week. Essays that do not meet page requirements will lose a full grade for each missing page. More information will be posted on Moodle.