PHIL 324 - Philosophy and Sex

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity
Philosophical examination of conceptual and ethical issues raised by sexuality and sexual love. Emphasis will include the LGBT community, women, and other historically oppressed groups. Topics include love and sexuality, promiscuity, prostitution, adultery, polyamory, sexual harassment, pornography, and same-sex marriage.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area C requirements.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Online-Asynchronous or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities, Overlay - Diversity
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

know the key features of the theories of the nature of human sexuality in philosophy, especially in feminist philosophy and gender theories
know core arguments for each view and the key objections according to the different philosophical theories covered in the semester and ways in which these relate to personal beliefs
know the themes in the ethics of sexual behaviour discussed throughout the semester (such as monogamy, gender fluidity, kink, and paedophilia).
know how to relate sexual issues to other relevant areas of philosophy.

UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes

demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.

Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes

describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U. S. cultural groups and the resilience and agency of group members;
identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures;
analyze the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities;
recognize the way that multiple differences (including, for example, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within cultural groups complicate individual and group identities.