01:888:215
Introduction to Transgender Studies (3)
Survey of key themes in transgender studies. Explores the category across medicine, history, anthropology, and women's and gender
studies; transgender practices as embedded in race, class, sexuality,
nationality, and ability.
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01:888:285
Lesbians and Gay Men and Society (3)
Introduction to various disciplines' contributions to understanding the relationship of homosexuality, particularly lesbianism, to
society. Includes a section on the political organization and recent theory coming out of the gay movement.
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01:888:290
Introduction to Critical Sexualities Studies (3)
Introduction to the study of sexuality as well as sexual and gendered identity from multidisciplinary and historical perspectives. Includes U.S. and European approaches to sexology, legal regulation of sexual practices,
and family formation.
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01:888:291
Francophilia: Literature and Sexuality in Modern France (3)
Explores cultural representations of nonconforming
sexualities in France from the late-19th century to the present. The approach combines writing exercises with close reading and analytical discussion of literature, theory, and film within evolving historical context.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:420:271. Taught in English.
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01:888:321
Queer Contexts: Same-Sex Desire, Culture, and Representation (3)
Cultural construction and representation of same-sex desire
in Western societies. Debates about identity, subjectivity, and the uses of
experience included.
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01:888:338
Transnational Sexualities (3)
Considers how globalization alters conceptualizations of sexuality and its relationship to gender. Issues include global, diasporic, and postcolonial gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender activism; tourism and
travel; HIV/AIDS organizing; "sexual rights" discourses; sex work; and asylum based on gender and sexual orientation.
Prerequisite: 01:988:101 or 190 or 201 or 202 or 235.
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01:888:339
Research on Sexualities (3)
Historical, cross-cultural, and multidisciplinary approaches to sexuality research. Social, moral, and political meanings of sexuality in
U.S. and transnational contexts. Current issues and debates around sexual norms.
Prerequisite: 01:988:280 or 01:888:290.
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Programs of Study and Courses for Liberal Arts and Sciences Students 
