HEA 1110 Human Sexuality
An overview of sex and sexuality in today’s society. Birth control, conception, anatomy, physiology of human sexual responses, STD’s, sexual dysfunctions and other related topics.
Month: July 2016
ENG 2190 Expressions of Identity
ENG 2190 Expressions of Identity: Representations of Gender and Space in Literature (WI)
Pathways: US Experience in its Diversity
Focuses on space and place: personal, home/household, communal, virtual, digital, or global representations as they relate to self-perception and gender identity. Here, students will read works that explore the unique relationship between gender identity roles/expectations and the form and function of different types of place and space as being gender specific. Students will study environment, race, physical space, (C)lass, culture, gender roles, and sex and sexuality.
ENG 2180 Studies in Identity and Orientation
ENG 2180 Studies in Identity and Orientation (WI)
Pathways: US Experience in its Diversity
Provides students with an introductory understanding of identity, focusing specifically on the concepts of gender and sexuality as they intersect with race, class, ethnicity, and other aspects of social location and identification. Students will analyze the appearance of gender and sexuality as integrated social concepts by reading and discussing contemporary American texts across multiple genres and media.
ENG 2170ID Introduction to Studies in Maleness and Manhood
ENG 2170ID Introduction to Studies in Maleness and Manhood (WI)
Pathways: Creative Expression
Identifies expected and redefined understandings and representations of Maleness and Manhood through physical, psychological, sociological, and philosophical approaches through literature, scholarly writing, and film. Subject matter includes sex, sexuality, sexual orientation, perception, identity, power, politics of manhood, violence, and the use or expectation of male dominance.
ANTH 1103: Gender, Culture and Society
ANTH 1103: Gender, Culture and Society
Pathways: World Cultures and Global Issues
Female development from a historical, economic, sociological, psychological and anthropological perspective. Focuses on readings and research concerning women with and analytical emphasis on biological versus cultural orientations in the literature.
ENG 2160 Introduction to Women’s Studies
ENG 2160 Introduction to Women’s Studies (WI)
Pathways: World Cultures and Global Issues
Focuses on literature, scholarly writing, and films that focus specifically on girls and women, both nationally and internationally, in the hopes of determining whether women themselves or others (external forces, individuals, or social systems) construct definitions of womanhood. Course texts, by both men and women, will address such themes as womanism, stereotypes, feminism, violence, politics, intimate/familial relationships, sex, sexuality, sexual orientation, and prescribed and evolving gender roles as they relate to girls and women.
AFR 2000 Blacks In Media
AFR 2000 Blacks In Media: Race, Gender & Cultural Representations (WI)
Pathways: Individual and Society
Examines the complex dialogue between Black media representations and the lived cultural, social and historical experiences of people of African descent. It explores the interdependent roles of Black individuals, groups, and communities as cultural producers, consumers, and subjects of media representations and discourses.
ENG 2150 Introduction to Women Writers
ENG 2150 Introduction to Women Writers (WI)
Pathways: Individual and Society
Introduction to the writings of selected women writers, both major authors and less well-known women writers. A variety of genres including essays, fiction, poems and plays will be explored.
ENG 1773ID Weird Science
ENG 1773ID Weird Science: Interpreting and Redefining Humanity (WI)
Pathways: Individual and Society
Students explore the literature of shifting and expanding definitions of humanity and post-humanity from the perspectives of the natural and social sciences, technology and engineering, incorporating digital media.
