COMM 4281 - Gender and Communication

3 cr. 3 hr. Offered every other semester.

This course introduces central concepts and topics in gender studies in communication. It provides analytical tools for understanding how we create a sense of self as gendered and sexual beings, and how various forms of communication reflect and construct cultural understanding of sex and gender. Students critically explore the ways in which we all – through communication in families, schools, media, workplace and other spheres of society – create, perpetuate and/or challenge gender roles.