Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Studies (LGBT)

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Courses

LGBT 20AC Alternative Sexual Identities and Communities in Contemporary American Society 4 Units

Offered through: Gender and Women's Studies
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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.

LGBT 98 Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates 1 - 4 Units

Offered through: Gender and Women's Studies
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Seminars for group study of selected topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Topics will vary from year to year.

LGBT 100 Special Topics 4 Units

Offered through: Gender and Women's Studies
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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.

LGBT 145 Interpreting the Queer Past: Methods and Problems in the History of Sexuality 4 Units

Offered through: Gender and Women's Studies
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2014
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.

LGBT 146 Cultural Representations of Sexuality 4 Units

Offered through: Gender and Women's Studies
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2013
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 Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture 4 Units

Offered through: Gender and Women's Studies
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
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 Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture 4 Units

Offered through: Gender and Women's Studies
Terms offered: Spring 2014
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?

LGBT C147B Sexuality, Culture, and Colonialism 4 Units

Offered through: Gender and Women's Studies
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2013
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 Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality 4 Units

Offered through: Gender and Women's Studies
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Course focuses on the production of sexualities, sexual identification, and gender differentiation across multiple discourses and locations.

LGBT 198 Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates 1 - 4 Units

Offered through: Gender and Women's Studies
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Seminars for group study of selected topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Topics will vary from year to year.

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