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Courses
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
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.
Sexual Politics and Queer Organzing in the US: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 20AC after taking Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies 20AC.
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7 hours of lecture and 3 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Sexual Politics and Queer Organzing in the US: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
Seminars for group study of selected topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Topics will vary from year to year.
Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Gender and women's studies major
Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 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.
Special Topics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 1-3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2016
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.
Interpreting the Queer Past: Methods and Problems in the History of Sexuality: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies C145
Interpreting the Queer Past: Methods and Problems in the History of Sexuality: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
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?
Cultural Representations of Sexuality: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016
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.
Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Also listed as: GWS C146A
Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2020, 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?
Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Women's Studies C146
Also listed as: GWS C146B
Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2015
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.
Sexuality, Culture, and Colonialism: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 3 or Sociology 3
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Also listed as: ANTHRO C147B
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2011
Course focuses on the production of sexualities, sexual identification, and gender differentiation across multiple discourses and locations.
Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: 126
Also listed as: ETH STD C126
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
Seminars for group study of selected topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Topics will vary from year to year.
Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Gender and women's studies major
Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates: Read Less [-]