Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
Please see the Gender and Women's Studies Department for program and degree requirements.
LGBT 20AC Alternative Sexual Identities and Communities in Contemporary American Society 4 Units
Department: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week. 7 hours of lecture and 3 hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.
An introduction to varied dimensions of alternative sexual identities in the contemporary United States, with a focus ranging from individuals to communities. This course will use historical, sociological, ethnographic, political-scientific, psychological, psychoanalytical, legal, medical, literary, and filmic materials to chart trends and movements from the turn of the century to the present.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Students will receive no credit for 20AC after taking Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies 20AC.
LGBT 98 Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates 1 - 4 Units
Department: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Gender and women's studies major.
Seminars for group study of selected topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Topics will vary from year to year.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
LGBT 100 Special Topics 4 Units
Department: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1 to 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to work closely with LGBT faculty, investigating a topic of mutual interest in great depth. Emphasis in on student discussion and collaboration. Topics will vary from semester to semester. Number of units will vary depending on specific course, format, and requirements.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LGBT 145 Interpreting the Queer Past: Methods and Problems in the History of Sexuality 4 Units
Department: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
This course examines interpretive issues in studying the history of sexuality and the formation of sexual identities and communities. Considering primary documents, secondary literature, and theoretical essays, we investigate specific historiographical concerns and raise questions about historical methodology and practice.
Formerly known as Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies C145.
LGBT 146 Cultural Representations of Sexuality 4 Units
Department: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 7.5 hours of lecture and discussion per week for 6 weeks.
This course will draw upon a wide range of critical theory, film, music, literature, popular culture, ethnography, theater, and visual art to explore the relationship between cultural forms of representation and individual and collective forms of expression. Central questions for mutual consideration will include: Who/what constitutes the subject of queer cultural production? How are queer theories relevant (or irrelevant) to queer cultural and political practices?
LGBT C146A/GWS C146A Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture 4 Units
Department: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies; Gender and Women's Studies; Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
This course examines modern literary cultures that construct ways of seeing diverse sexualities. Considering Western conventions of representation during the modern period, we will investigate the social forces and institutions that would be necessary to sustain a newly imagined or re-imagined sexual identity across time.
LGBT C146B/GWS C146B Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture 4 Units
Department: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies; Gender and Women's Studies; Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
This course examines modern visual cultures that construct ways of seeing diverse sexualities. Considering Western conventions of representation during the modern period, we will investigate film, television, and video. How and when do "normative" and "queer" sexualities become visually defined?
Formerly known as Women's Studies C146.
LGBT C147B/ANTHRO C147B Sexuality, Culture, and Colonialism 4 Units
Department: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies; Anthropology; Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3 or Sociology 3.
An introduction to social theory and ethnographic methodology in the cross-cultural study of sexuality, particularly sexual orientation and gender identity. The course will stress the relationships between culture, international and local political economy, and the representation and experience of what we will provisionally call homosexual and transgendered desires or identities.
LGBT C148/ETH STD C126 Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality 4 Units
Department: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies; Ethnic Studies; Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 8 weeks.
Course focuses on the production of sexualities, sexual identification, and gender differentiation across multiple discourses and locations.
Formerly known as 126.
LGBT 198 Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates 1 - 4 Units
Department: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Gender and women's studies major.
Seminars for group study of selected topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Topics will vary from year to year.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
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