Undergraduate Course Catalog 2008-2009

College of Liberal Arts

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http://www.unh.edu/queerstudies

The queer studies minor provides students with opportunities to research and understand the history, status, challenges, contributions, and changes in the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans-gendered individuals and movements. This minor enables students to explore the relationship between gender and sexual orientation, and to understand queer discourse across the intellectual landscape, in the humanities, the arts, and the social sciences. The increasingly public face of queer life has generated new fields of study in the academy. As this new area evolves, it provides a framework to address the phenomena of queer life and intellectual developments through the exploration of the ideas, social pressures, historical circumstances, constraints, and powers that guide queer communities. The minor consists of interdisciplinary coursework in queer studies and is open to all students. Students who wish to pursue the queer studies minor should consult with the queer studies coordinator at queer.studies@unh.edu or contact the program through the Women’s Studies office (603) 862-2194.

Queer Studies Course Offerings
ANTH 697, African Sexuality and AIDS
CMN 567, Images of Gender in the Media
CMN 583, Gender and Expression
ENG 798Q/ENG 694, LGBT Writing, Queer Reading
FS 624.02, Developmental Perspectives: Adolescence
FS 746, Human Sexuality
FS 757/857, Race, Class, Gender, and Families
HIST 497, Gender and Sexuality in African History
HIST 595, Colloquium: Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Modern Europe
HIST 595, Colloquium: Sex and Sexuality in Islamic History
HIST 596, Introduction to Gay and Lesbian History
HIST 665, Sex in the City
HUM 401, Sex and Love in Literature and Philosophy
INCO 404, Honors Seminar: History of Body and Sexuality
JUST 695, Topics in Race, Gender
POLT 525, Multicultural Theory
PSYC 595, Applied Psychology (Research, Field, or Academic Experience)
PSYC 791, Psychology of Hate
SOC 520, Sociology of the Family
SOC 570, Sexual Behavior
SOC 630, Sociology of Gender
SW 715/815, Social Work Practice with Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Clients
WS 444, Constructing Gender Identities and Expression
WS 595, Violence Against Women
WS 595W, Topics in Performing Gender
WS 595, Special Topic: Transgendered Identities and Politics in American Culture
WS 632, Feminist Thought (depending on instructor)
WS 632, Honors Thesis (or other departmental designation)
WS 795, Independent Study (or other departmental designation)
WS 797, Internship (or other departmental designation)
WS 798, Colloquium: Race, Gender & Representation
WS 798, Colloquium: Queer Theory
WS 798, Colloquium: Global Feminist Issues

Approved Electives
ANTH 625.01, Female, Male, and Society
ARTS 690, Women Artists of the 19th & 20th Century
CMN 583.02, Gender and Communication
CMN 697.01, Contemporary Feminist Rhetoric
FS 545, Family Relations
PHIL 510, Philosophy of Feminism
PHIL 735.01, Feminist Phenomenology
POLT 721/821, Feminist Political Theory (may be available as a regular offering)
PSYCH 763, Community Psychology
SOC 630, Sociology of Gender
SOC 570, Human Sexual Behavior
SW 840, Implications of Race, Culture, and Oppression for Social Work Practice
WS 401, Introduction to Women’s Studies
WS 595.01, Activism: VAW, Poverty, Repro Rights
WS 632, Feminist Thought (depending on instructor may be counted as a regular offering)