23006. Sexuality
What is sexuality? What is its biological basis? How does society constrain and construct it? How is sexuality represented and, again, constructed in such discourses as literature, film and religion? How does sexuality intersect with race? How do sexuality and race circulate and clash in global contexts? These are some of the questions that students taking courses in this connection will address.
More specifically, for example, students in Hist 341 will gain perspectives on the Victorian sexologists. Those in Anth 350 and Eng 272 may deepen their understanding of transgender, while those in Itas 235 will focus on gender violence. Psy 261 and Soc 310 provide perspectives on power and bodily pain; Soc 310 and Eng 272, on post colonialism and representations of gender, sexualities and cultures. Students completing Soc 310 and Fr 331 will learn about Western (and imperialist) discourses on sexuality, nation and power. Psy 275 explores the fundamental role of sexuality in the experience of the lived body and the shaping of the body image. Other combinations will provide other perspectives and focuses on the general topic of sexuality. Altogether there are 13 courses from three different areas (history, humanities and social science) from which students may create two- or three-course connections.
Students have considerable flexibility in creating these connections. This may be completed as a two- or three-course connection. Effective with the Class of 2010, a two-course connection must link courses from at least two different areas; a three-course connection must link courses from three areas. Students interested in this topic may wish to take more than the two or three courses required to complete a connection.
Connections:
History
Hist 341 Sex and Culture in the 19th Century U.S.
Humanities
Eng 272 Romancing the Novel
Eng 348 Sexual Politics of Film Noir
Fr 331 Other Voices, Other Stories: Great Works by Women from France and the Francophone World
Itas 235 Italian Women Writers in Translation
Rel 142 Religion and Sexuality
Social Sciences
Anth 350 Gender and Social Organization
Educ 270 Issues of Adolescent Development
Psy 235 Human Sexuality
Psy 261 Psychobiology of Sex and Gender
Psy 270 Adolescent Development
Psy 275 The Body in Human Experience
Soc 310 Beyond Global Feminism
Wmst 312 Feminist Theory