SOC 360 - Sociology of Sexualities

Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D
An analysis of the social construction of sexuality. Topics may include the intersection of race, class, gender and sexuality; power and the construction of norms that influence sexual identities; and, the role of agency in generating alternative identities and practices.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area D1-3 requirements.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Equivalent Quarter Course: SOC 4200.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-D - Upper Division Social Sciences
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Effectively communicate and engage appropriately in debates on socially and culturally diverse beliefs, perspectives, and norms.
Understand social diversity; read and understand academic studies on and critically analyze cultural representations of populations subordinated by race/ethnicity, social class, gender and sexuality.
Understand theories that are relevant to the discipline; read, interpret, integrate and synthesize abstract sociological arguments and theories.

UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes

analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.