Introduction to the interdisciplinary field of transgender studies. Exploration of trans studies in the social sciences and gender and queer studies and examination of the contributions of the field to shifting understandings of sex, gender, identity, and the body. Prerequisites: GSWS 001 or SOC 001; and one of GSWS 100, GSWS 105, SOC 100 OR SOC 101; minimum Junior standing. Cross-listed with: SOC 231.