LIK101 Socialization and Gender Identities (Autumn 2020)
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Course Leader:
- Astrid Krabbe Trolle
- Lecture Semester:
- Spring
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian
Table of contents
The course is connected to the following study programs
Teaching language
Learning outcomes
Students will
- learn how we are socialized into certain roles through participation in family life, society and work in different phases of life, and how gender imbalance is perpetuated
- have developed particular understanding of socialization, processes and structures internally and externally in institutions and organizations, emphasizing the role upbringing, school, religion, media, hiring practices and career choices make
- be able to analyze the role gender plays in terms of the cultural impulses one receives as a child, adolescent, pupil and university student, and be able to reflect upon how different ideologies affect gender roles, and why men and women make different choices
- be able to discuss whether or not we have come closer to the vision of a society with gender equality and be familiar with initiatives that can contribute to forwarding gender equality in various arenas.