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FMST 145Racial and Gender Formations in the U.S

5 creditsGE ERUndergraduateStudent Option

Introduces the defining issues surrounding racial and gender formations in the U.S. through an understanding of the term women of color as an emergent, dynamic, and socio-political phenomenon. Interrogates organizing practices around women of color across multiple sites: film and media, globalization, representation, sexuality, historiography, and war, to name a select few.

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  • This course may satisfy the a Black Studies Minor Elective if passed with a C/P or better

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When it runs

Fall 2026Open Fall 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 9:50am–11:25am
PhysSciences 140J. DiazWait List 36/40

Spring 2026Open Spring 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 9:50am–11:25am
N. Sci Annex 103J. L. KellyClosed 38/38

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Jennifer Kelly4.1 / 51.9 / 571%7

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