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The Lesbian and Gay Studies Program: Courses

Introduction to Lesbian/Gay Studies
GND 1015 / 4 credits / Every year
An overview of the history, politics, and cultural expressions of gay and lesbian communities in Western culture. Topics include theories of sexual orientation, “coming out,” lesbian/gay families, representation in the law, and the lesbian/gay artist.

Queer Performances
GND 2100 / 4 credits / Special topic (offered irregularly)
In the past 20 years, the field of performance art has emerged as a major site of “minority” expression. At the same time, the field has been a target of the religious right’s ongoing culture wars. This course explores the works of “queer” artists in videos and texts and looks at the political, social, and artistic questions that they raise.

Contemporary Lesbian and Gay Cultures
GND 2200 / 4 credits / Special topic (offered irregularly)
Examines the emergence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered cultures in the U.S. from the 1920s to the present. Topics include the connections between sexuality and gender, race, class, and ethnicity; and the rise of lesbian, gay, and other queer political movements.

Science, Technology, and Queer Theory
GND 3287 / 4 credits / Special topic (offered irregularly)
Examines the “meeting” of scholarship in science and technology studies and queer theory. Topics include social constructionist approaches; the reception of queer theory in the social sciences; feminist critiques of scientific methods; the role of language in science; the scientific construction of bodies and identities, differences, communities, and boundaries; sexual morality and social control; and science, medicine, and the production of sexual subjects. Also offered as SOC 3287.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor

Junior/Senior Seminar in Lesbian/Gay Studies
GND 3880 / 4 credits / Special topic (offered irregularly)
Students read key texts by leading scholars in different disciplines of the emerging fields of lesbian/gay/queer studies. The main types of questions addressed are in the fields of politics and culture (including literature, performance, and visual art). Each student pursues his or her own interest, culminating in a substantial paper (or thesis topic) and class presentation.
Prerequisite: GND 1015 or 1520, and one other GND course

Additional Lesbian and Gay Studies Courses

School of Humanities:

CIN/GND 3540/Queer Cinema (also offered under PHI and TFI)

DRA/GND 3520/Gay and Lesbian Theatre

LIT/GND 3001/Lesbian and Gay Fiction

PHI/GND 3725/Theories of Sexuality

PHI/GND 3825/Seminar in Buddhism and Feminist Philosophy

School of Natural and Social Sciences:

ANT/GND 2755/Global Sexualities

ANT/GND 3405/Culture and Values

ANT/GND 3430/Rebels, Freaks, and Prophets: Deviance Revisited

ANT/GND 3750/Sexuality in Western Culture

ANT/GND 3755/Sexuality and Society

MSA/GND 3120/Riot Grrls and Radical Women

MSA/GND 3160/Queer Media Convergence

POL/GND 4260/Gender and the Global AIDS Crisis

PSY/GND 2670/Psychology of Lesbian and Gay Issues

PSY/GND 3840/Psychology of Gender

Updated July 28, 2008