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The program in LGBT Studies seeks to understand the historical and cultural construction of sexuality. This interdisciplinary program is anti homophobic in intent, offering courses that attend seriously to the experience of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people; to the theoretical controversies surrounding sexual identities; and to the variety of scholarship in this area. As a multi disciplinary enterprise drawing on a variety of methodological approaches, theoretical orientations and substantive foci, the program examines subjectivity and identity, social and economic roles, religious practice, political praxis, literary productions, and science. In so doing, the program enhances educational development through cross divisional courses that explore how social change and transformation might follow from a comprehensive understanding of the cultural and historical diversity of sexual practice.
The program offers both a major and a minor, each of which may be either disciplinary or interdisciplinary, depending upon a student's selection of courses. No more than two course equivalents may be counted toward the major. Core courses deal directly and extensively with LGBT issues. Elective courses are not necessarily focused on LGBT issues, yet include these issues as a recurrent theme, constituting a considerable portion of the readings and discussions. Perspectives courses may not deal with LGBT issues directly, but provide important theoretical and/or methodological tools for their analysis. Additional courses may also count toward the major or minor with the approval of faculty adviser and program coordinator(s).
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR (B.A.)
disciplinary, 10 courses
Two core courses; two perspective courses; five additional courses selected either from the core group or the electives; and a capstone course, which can only be undertaken after completing at least eight courses toward the major. The capstone course should involve close work with a faculty adviser to create an internship, independent study, or Honors project that serves to integrate material from throughout the major. The courses in a major program must include at least one course from each division and at least three courses in one division.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR (B.A.)
interdisciplinary, 10 courses
All of the requirements for the disciplinary major, but, included within the 10 courses, there must be work from at least two departments and at least three courses in each of two or more divisions (humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and fine and performing arts).
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR
disciplinary, 5 courses
Two core courses; one perspective course; and two additional courses selected from either the core group or the electives.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR
interdisciplinary, 5 courses
All of the requirements for the disciplinary minor, but the five courses of the minor must include courses in at least two departments and at least two courses in each of two divisions (humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and fine and performing arts).
Crosslisted Courses
Core Courses
AMST 201 American Masculinities
AMST 310 Sexual Minorities in America
CLAS 230 Gender in Antiquity
ENG 281 Literature of Sexual Minorities
LGBT 100 Introduction to Lesbian and Gay Studies
PPOL 219 Sexual Minority Movements and Public Policy
REL 283 Que(e)rying Religious Studies
Elective Courses
ALST 200 Ghettoscapes
ALST 240 Third World Women’s Texts
ANTH 220 Sex Roles
ENG 239 Popular Fiction: The ’50s
ENG 304 Feminist Literary Theory
ENG 381 Sexuality and American Literature
LTAM 308 Latin American Cinema
POL 236 Urban Politics and Public Policy
POL 375 Feminist Legal Theory
PSY 275 Human Sexuality
REL 381 Reading Feminism in Religious Studies
SOC 221 Sociology of Minorities
SOC 225 Sociology of the Family
SOC 226 Sociology of Sex and Gender
SPNE 314 Spanish Cinema: Buñuel to Almodóvar
WMST 204 Politics of Health
WMST 300 Feminist Theory
WMST 304 Medical Historiography
WMST 357 Self in American Culture
Perspectives Courses
ANTH 110 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 230 Beyond Monogamy
BIDS 245 Men and Masculinity
DAN 214 Dance History III
ENG 291 Introduction to African-American Literature I
ENG 327 The Lyric
ENG 342 Readings in Multi-Ethnic Women’s Literature
ENG 346 Iconoclastic Women
HIST 269 Modern Germany: 1764-1996
HIST 325 Medicine and Public Health in Modern Europe
HIST 371 Life-Cycles: The Family in History
MDSC 100 Introduction to Media and Society
PEHR 212 Making Connections
PEHR 215 Teaching for Change
PEHR 312 Making Connections: Teaching Colleagues
PEHR 315 Teaching for Change: Teaching Colleagues
PSY 230 Biopsychology
POL 175 Introduction to Feminist Theory
REL 109 Imagining American Religion(s)
SOC 230 The Sociology of Everyday Life
SOC 258 Social Problems
SOC 259 Social Movements
WMST 100 Introduction to Women’s Studies
WMST 247 Psychology of Women
COURSE DESCRIPTION
100 Introduction to Lesbian and Gay Studies This class will introduce students to the field of lesbian and gay studies, exploring the breadth of the field, and posing questions about the future of this academic discipline. We will begin by situating LGBT studies within the broader context of gay and lesbian history, closely examining the question of when modern homosexual identities emerged. Next, we will read a series of watershed theoretical essays, focusing on issues of authorship and audience. Transgenderism will be situated within the context of gay and lesbian history, and read through a series of primary sources and critical essays. As we move into the 21st century, emphasis will be place upon global and transnational gay and lesbian identities, and upon the discipline of anthropology as it has traditionally been used to interpret gay and lesbian behavior in contexts outside of the West. Finally, we will look at several contemporary issues, such as the "gay gene" and gay marriage, in order to consider how partisan politics create peculiar divides in contemporary gay and lesbian activism.
