WMNS1260 (Sociology of Gender) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Considers why and how gender is socially constructed in U.S. society and looks at different theories of gender. Explores gender as an institution as well as different (cultural) expressions of masculinities and femininities. Includes topics of gender in everyday life as well as gender as an organizing principle in the institutions of families, education, workplaces, sexualities, religion, the media, politics, and forms of gender violence. SOCL 1260 and WMNS 1260 are cross-listed.
Data updated October 2026.