Fall 2017 Courses

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  • M=Monday, Tu=Tuesday, W=Wednesday, Th=Thursday, F=Friday
  • Current offerings may change; contact lgbt@colorado.edu to include additional courses.
Course NumberCourse TitleInstructorDay & Time
LGBT 2000Introduction to LGBT Studies
(Required for LGBTQ Certificate)
staffMWF 1-1:50
LGBT 3796Queer Theory (Required for LGBTQ Certificate)DavidMW 3-4:15
 
SOCY 1006/
WMST 1006
Social Construction of Sexualitymultiplemultiple
WMST 2020Femininities/Masculinities/AlternativesstaffMWF 11-11:50
WMST 2050Gender, Sexuality, and Popular CultureBowenTu/Th 3:30-4:45PM
WMST 2700Psychology of Gender and Sexuality
Examines psychological research on gender and sexuality as they intersect with race, class and other social categories. Points of emphasis include differences in cognition, attitudes, personality and social behavior. Conceptual themes include research methodologies, implicit and explicit attitudes, stigma and stereotypes. These elucidate such areas as close relationships, leadership, career success and mental health and happiness. Recommended prereq., WMST 2000 or PSYC 1001. Same as PSYC 2700. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.
RussellTu/Th 3:30-4:45
WRTG 3020-015Gender, Sexuality & New Media (Topics in Writing)HatfieldMWF 11-11:50
JWST 3202Women, Gender & Sexuality in Jewish Texts & Traditions
Reads some of the ways Jewish texts and traditions look at women, gender and sexuality from biblical times to the present. Starts with an analysis of the positioning of the body, matter and gender in creation stories, moves on to the gendered aspects of tales of rescue and sacrifice, biblical tales of sexual subversion and power, taboo-breaking and ethnos building, to rabbinic attitudes towards women, sexuality and gender and contemporary renderings and rereadings of the earlier texts and traditions. Same as HEBR 3202. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.
GoodmanTuTh 12:30-1:45
ARAB 3410Gender, Sexuality and Culture in the Modern Middle East
Examines the issues of gender and sexuality in the modern Middle East and North Africa from the colonial period to the present, focusing on how feminist movements, Arab women's writing, and constructions of gender and sexuality have been shaped by local, national and international factors. Same as WMST 3410.
BahooraMWF 3-3:50
WGST 3510Gender, Sexuality and Global Health
Examines the intersections of gender, sexuality and health in global perspective. Explores how men's and women's health are shaped by gender and sexual relations in a wide range of social contexts, including South and Southeast Asia, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and the United States.
WyrodTuTh 2-3:15
 
LGBT 3930LGBTQ Studies Internship (3 credit hours)   
LGBT 4840Independent Study in LGBTQ Studies