SXGN*1000 - Introduction to Sexualities and Genders

Course Description

This course introduces students to the vocabulary, methods, and theories behind the study of human sexualities and genders. Working with case studies, this course explores how biological, psychological, sociological, cultural, historical, and political determinants as well as experiences connected to "race," class, and (dis)ability shape understandings of genders and sexualities. Topics covered will include representations of sexualities and genders in the media and popular culture, family and work relationships, histories and philosophies of sexualities and genders, sexualities/genders and the law, political movements, self-expression, and mechanisms for enacting social justice.

What You'll Learn

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

1. analyze key terms and introductory theories in the theorizing of genders and sexualities and draw connections between the various course concepts and their relevancy within day-to-day situations and current events. 
2. analyze the history of human rights activism in the 20th century and evaluate some of the similarities and tensions between LGBTQIA2S+ activism and feminist activism. 
3. explain how analyzing media as text - whether news reporting, pop culture, or otherwise broadly defined - has implications for gender and sexuality studies 
4. apply an intersectional awareness of the interconnections between sociocultural constructions of race, disability, gender, sexuality, nationality, and class, and how such constructs are constituted through societal hierarchies. 
5. conceptualize queerness as identity, praxis, theory, and politic.  

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Additional Technical Requirements

This course will use the following:

• Respondus tool to invigilate one or more exams.  

Please view the Technical Considerations.