Syllabi on the Web for Women- and Gender-Related Courses

Last updated: July 14, 2006

The following are syllabi for women- and gender-related courses on Sexuality/Sexual Orientation. Courses that make substantial use of the Internet carry the designation ++; those making at least some use carry the designation +.

Contested Sexualities (Sociology M167): Linda Van Leuven (UCLA)
Gay and Lesbian History (History 262): Lynn Gorchov (Oberlin College)
Gay and Lesbian Literature: The Tradition in English (ENGL 333): Harriette Andreadis (Texas A & M Univ.)
++ Gay and Lesbian Philosophy (PHIL 407): Frederick Suppe (Univ. of Maryland, College Park)
+ Gay/Lesbian Politics (POL Y396): Steve Sanders (Indiana Univ.)
Gender and Sexuality: Ancient and Modern (CLSX 350/HWC 380): John G. Younger (Univ. of Kansas)
+ Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Culture (IHSS 1974.01): Sharra Vostral (RPI)
Gender, Sexuality, and Population: Constance A. Nathanson and Laura Carpenter (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
Gender, Sexuality, and Society (HTS 6109): (Georgia Tech)
Gender, Sexuality, and the City (G65.1111): Jessica Sewell (New York Univ.)
++ History, Community, Politics: Emergence of Sexual Minority Voices in the U.S. {A.K.A. 'The Gay Agenda'}(EXP 0027): Robyn Ochs (Tufts Univ.)
Human Sexuality Education (34.270): Susan J. Massad (Framingham State College)
+ Lesbian and Gay Cultures (WMNS 333): Laurie Finke (Kenyon College)
Lesbian and Gay Sport Studies (4930/6931): Brenda G. Pitts (Florida State Univ.)
Lesbian Lives and Cultures (WS 535): Bonnie Zimmerman (San Diego State Univ.)
Lesbianisms in Multinational Reception (WMST 494): Katie King (Univ. of Maryland, College Park)
On Love: Gender, Sexuality, Identity (WS 1261): Mari Ruti (Harvard Univ.)
++ Playing with Categories: Re-doing the Politics of Sex and Gender (GS 290): Anne Dalke (Bryn Mawr College)
Rethinking Sex and Gender (WS 4224): Bernice Hausman (Virginia Tech)
Scientific Perspectives on Sex and Gender (NEW 261Y): June Larkin, Kathryn Morgan, Bonnie McElhinny (York Univ. [Canada])
Sexual and Gender Identities (SP/WMN 406): Kim Surkan (MIT)
+ Sexuality: Regulation and Choice (PHI 498/588) [sample syllabus]: David Austin (North Carolina State Univ.)
+ Theorizing Gender (English 5454/WS 5914): Bernice L. Hausman (Virginia Tech)
Transgressing Binaries: Sex, Gender, Race, and Sexual Orientation (EXP 26): Robyn Ochs (Tufts Univ.)
+Trans(literation): Literary and Cultural Studies of Gender-Difference (GISP 0007): (Brown Univ.)
++ Transtudies: (Brown Univ.)

See also Gender and Sexuality in the Americas, in ANTHROPOLOGY; Understanding Sexual Diversity on Campus, in EDUCATION; Human Sexuality, in HEALTH; Gender, Race, and Sexuality and Marriage and Sexuality in Medieval Europe, in HISTORY; Seminar: Topics in Law and Sexuality in LAW; "Classic" Gay and Lesbian Fiction, Gay and Lesbian Self-Inventions from Wilde to Stein, Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Literature, Pre-Stonewall Gay and Lesbian Literature, Voices and Visions: Lesbian Literature, and Women in Literature: Lesbian Fictions in LITERATURE IN ENGLISH; Thinking Sex in PHILOSOPHY; Sexual Orientation and Public Policy: When Worlds Collide, in POLITICAL SCIENCE/INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; Gender, Identity, and the Information Superhighway: Feminist and Queer Visibility on the Net, in SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY; Gender and Sexuality in Asian American and Women of Color: Genders and Sexualities in WOMEN OF COLOR.

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