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COURSES AND CURRICULA WITH QUEER CONTENT
Fall Quarter 2007

Note: This list is compiled quarterly by the Lionel Cantú GLBTI Center.
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COURSES AND CURRICULA WITH QUEER CONTENT
Fall Quarter 2007

History

HIS 204A: History of Gender Research Seminar
23821 Westerkamp, M.J. M 12:30-3:30PM
Introduction to theories and methods employed in gendered historical research.  Readings are drawn from a range of chronological, national and thematic fields and explore the intersection of gender analysis with questions of the body and sexuality, modernity, colonialism, race and ethnicity, construed space, and production/consumption.  (Formerly course 222)

Psychology

PSYC 140P: Psychology of Sexual Aggression
23622 Zurbriggen, E.L. T-Th 12-1:45PM
An overview of psychological theory and research related to sexual aggression, focusing on both perpetration and victimization. Includes a discussion of the social construction of masculinity and femininity, media representations of sexual violence, and alternative (non-aggressive) visions of sexuality. Satisfies seminar requirement. Satisfies senior comprehensive requirement.

Feminist Studies

FMST 1: Introduction to Feminisms
20939 Aptheker, B.F. TuTh 12:00PM-01:45PM
Core course for women’s studies. Placing women’s experiences at the center of our interpretation, introduces philosophical, historical, political, cultural, and sexual issues from feminist perspectives. Emphasis on diversity of women’s lives across class, racial, and ethnic experiences and sexual identities, and on the potential for our unity and empowerment as women. Practical emphasis given to ways of implementing a feminist process and a politic for useful social change. Several short essays and one longer paper required. Mandatory sections assigned during first week of class.

History of Consciousness

HISC-115-01: Intro Trans Studies        
24075 Koths, T.N. TuTh 4:00PM-05:45PM         
Introduces the breadth of topics and the seminal works that currently make up the interdisciplinary field called transgender studies. Explores how transgender studies attempt to reconfigure conceptions of (sexed) anatomy, sexuality, gender, body, embodiment, agency, identity, and subjectivity.

Theatre

THEA161M-01: Sex/Gender/Drama/Perfmance        
24206  Scheie, D. Tu 9:00AM-12:30PM           
An introduction to classical and contemporary film theory and those theoretical paradigms and methods that have illuminated the media: formalism, realism, structuralism, semiotics, psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, and issues of identity and difference. Students are billed for a course fee. Prerequisite(s): course 20A, satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment restricted to film and digital media majors during priority enrollment; may be opened if space allows.

Film and Digital Media

120 – Introduction to Film Theory and Criticism    
16123 Hastie A. TTH 2:00 PM - 3:45 PM          
An introduction to classical and contemporary film theory and those theoretical paradigms and methods that have illuminated the media: formalism, realism, structuralism, semiotics, psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, and issues of identity and difference. Students are billed for a course fee. Prerequisite(s): course 20A, satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment restricted to film and digital media majors during priority enrollment; may be opened if space allows.