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Course: Diverse Sexualities & Culture
Department: Anthropology & Sociology
Course Number: 275
Credits: 5
Course Description:
This course takes a multidisciplinary approach to studying diverse
sexualities, specifically homosexuality and transgender. The course content
will examine the anthropological, sociological and psychological approaches
to diverse sexualities, particularly concerning their historical, causational,
cross-cultural and institutional aspects. Additional topics include empirical
data, the arts, social movements, religion and linguistics.
Prerequisite: Engl&101 recommended
Additional Professors:
Kathryn Clancy 20-304 596-5266
e-mail: kclancy@spscc.ctc.edu
office hours: MTWF 1:00-2:00 pm
Nicole DiGerlando
e-mail: ndigerlando@spscc.ctc.edu
Please e-mail to set up an appointment
Materials Required:
Patrick M. Chapman (2008). “Thou Shalt Not Love”: What Evangelicals Really
Say to Gays, Haiduk Press.
Matt Kailey (2006). Just Add Hormones: An Insider’s Guide to the Transsexual
Experience, Beacon Press.
COURSE FEATURES/POLICIES:
Academic Honesty: All work is to represent own efforts rather than to be
copied from another. Cheating will result in an F grade for the class. For the
academic honesty policy, refer to the Code of Student Rights and
Responsibilities found on the college’s website.
Financial Aid: Students receiving financial aid should ALWAYS check with
Financial aid prior to withdrawing, signing an incomplete contract, changing
to an audit, or receiving an F or V grade in a class.”
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Class Participation/Attendance: Attendance is not taken but failure to
attend class negatively impacts your grade.
Listserv: For this class a special “email listserv” has been created.
The purpose of this listserv is to provide you with an additional means
of discussing class topics and issues, and to allow us to easily
disseminate readings, articles and announcements. You are not
required to read or respond to all listserv posts. Occasionally, one will
be required or important, and we will specifically indicate when that is
the case. Generally you may browse the posts for the topics that
interest you and delete those that do not.
Feel free to respond to posts (by pressing reply) or email your own
articles, thoughts, or questions to
diverse_sexualities_pm@yahoogroups.com. Always include
your name with your posts. All posts should be respectful, well
thought-out, and regarding issues related to the class topics.
We will monitor the listserv.
If you have any difficulty signing up for the listserv or are not
regularly receiving listserv posts, see Dr Patrick Chapman
immediately.
The seminar is a chance for you to discuss current issues and trends
with your peers. The goal is to become more aware of your own ideas
and values on issues, gain new perspectives from others, practice your
listening and speaking skills, and have lively discussions. You are
expected to come prepared with your notes and question, to
participate in the discussion, to stay for the entire seminar and to
evaluate and grade the group. Courteous and considerate behavior is
mandatory. After seminar you will be required to write a one page
seminar reflection on what you personally learned from the seminar.
Tests are take home and in essay format. They require you to apply the
material from lectures, readings and videos. It is best to think of it this way:
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EVERYTHING is fair game on the exam. The Final Exam is a take home
exam. It is comprehensive and qualitative in nature, requiring you to apply
what you have learned throughout the quarter. No late finals are accepted.
Grading Scale:
A 93-100%
A- 90-92%
B+ 87-89%
B 83-86%
B- 80-82%
C+ 77-79%
C 73-76%
C- 70-72%
D+ 67-69%
D 63-66%
D- 60-62%
F 0-59%
COURSE CONTENT:
A. History of homosexuality in Western culture
B. Social movements relating to homosexuality
C. The importance of language in personal and social identity
D. Causes of homosexuality from biological, psychological and
sociological perspectives
E. Queer Theory
F. The institution of marriage
G. The intersection of religion and homosexuality, with an emphasis on
Christianity
H. Cross-cultural perspectives including ones from the South Pacific, the
Americas, Africa and Asia
I. The arts, such as art, drama, film, literature and philosophy