Sexuality and Society SUMMER COURSE!

Looking for something to do this summer? 

Want to learn more about sexuality?

 

 

Consider Taking Sociology 387: Sexuality and Society 

When:   Summer Session 2 ~ July 8th-August 16th

Where: Online through Umass Continuing & Professional Education

Time:  Anytime- This course is designed to work within your schedule

Credits:  Earn 4 credits through Umass CPE and your home institution. 

*Course is open to both Umass and non-Umass students

 Enroll Here: http://www.umassulearn.net, Class # 21291

 

This online course explores how society shapes how we come to understand and experience sexuality. While sex is often considered one of the most private and personal facets of life, this class will explore its many social influences. Using an intersectional lens, we will investigate how sexuality converges with gender, race/ethnicity, and class in the United States. The course begins by reviewing historical and theoretical approaches to sexuality and making sense of how sexuality is socially constructed. We will then examine how social institutions- including the government, the media, schools, and families- structure sexuality. Finally, we will consider current research on the social control of sexuality in the lives of young people, and explore how individuals and communities resist oppression and actively take part in the construction and negotiation of gendered sexual meanings, identities, and desires. 

*Course counts towards the Five College Queer and Sexuality Studies Certificate

 

Questions about the course? Contact Instructor Sarah Miller at  sarahm@soc.umass.edu