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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An examination of US law and policy issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity as they correspond to international human rights principles. Topics may include hate crime and anti discrimination law, employment, family, and marriage law, HIV/AIDS policy, adoption bans, "bathroom bills," and immigration and refugee/asylum law. Part of the Human Rights Issue. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
A critical examination of the psychological research regarding purported mental, emotional, and behavioral differences between women and men, theories of the development of gender identity, and the etiology of differences. Issues discussed will include the construction of difference and the cultural and ideological uses of the rhetorics of difference. Cross-listed with PSY 315. Offered winter semester.
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3.00 Credits
A comparative analysis of sexual practices, reproductive strategies, and intimate relationships using competing viewpoints (e.g., cultural psychology and evolutionary psychology). Topics covered may include comparing dating, cohabiting, married and gay and lesbian couples; factors in relationship stability and divorce; and the social control of sexuality and production. Cross-listed with PSY 316. Prerequisites: PSY 101.
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Prerequisites: PSY 101.
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3.00 Credits
Explores gender as a socially constructed system of stratification. Topics may include how ideas about gender shape childhood, families, education, work, violence, science, and social inequality. Examines how gender intersects with other socially constructed systems of stratification, including race, sexuality, class, age, and ability. Fulfills Cultures - U.S. Diversity. Part of the Identity Issue. Cross-listed with SOC 317. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Explores sexuality as a socially constructed system of stratification. Topics may include the production of sexual identities and desires, and how ideas about sexuality shape the media, violence, social movements, and work. Examines how sexuality intersects with other socially constructed systems of stratification, including race, gender, class, age, and ability. Fulfills Cultures - U.S. Diversity. Part of the Identity Issue. Cross-listed with SOC 318. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
An in-depth study of crimes committed almost exclusively against women. Such crimes include sexual harassment, rape, and certain types of murder. The course is taught within the framework of feminist theory and research. Crosslisted with CJ 320. Offered fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to views about the body, gender, and sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome. Special attention is given to ancient texts that inform feminist and queer theory. Topics include ancient medicine and modern dietetics, the figure of Antigone in feminist and postcolonial literature, Greek homosexuality, Victorian Hellenism, and American law. Part of the Identity Issue. Offered fall semester.Cross-listed with CLA 325. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of sexuality through an interdisciplinary, intersectional lens. Topics include reproductive justice, adult sexual development, public policy, and sexual health and justice activism. Students will increase their knowledge and facilitation skills related to sexual health, reproductive health, and how theory and practice inform sexual health and justice activism. Part of the Health Issue. Cross-listed with INT 326. Course offered every semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the ways that gender identity and sexual orientation matter politically, intersect with race and class issues, and impact human flourishing. Examines these issues from a philosophical perspective, sets them in historical and contemporary political contexts, and investigates the role public policy and social norms play in the process. Part of the Identity Issue. Cross-listed with PLS 334. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an overview of contemporary women's health issues focusing on the interconnectedness between health and the environment. Topics include reproductive issues, pesticides, sustainable development, occupational hazards, health insurance, and breast cancer. Discussions and readings will focus on the impact of race, class, and sexuality on women's health. Part of the Sustainability Issue. Offered fall semester in even-numbered years. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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