SOCI 203 - Sociology of Sexuality

Next Offered: 2019-2020

Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD

Sociologists study the social origins of sexuality: how shared beliefs shape what we desire, what is taboo or what shames us. Historical and cross-cultural research illuminates the way modern sexuality transformed systems of dating, marriage, homosexuality, government, economics and racial classification. Following Freud, Foucault, feminist and queer theorists, learn why sociologists are skeptical of essentialist explanations that rely on biology and favor theories that recognize sexuality as a diverse, ever-changing function of cultural institutions.

Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: G. Mattson

Cross List Information: Cross-Listed with GSFS 203
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies; Anthropology; Comparative American Studies