The Master of Arts Department of Human Sexuality Studies provides an integrative and comprehensive graduate degree for students interested in studying and working with issues related to human sexuality, sexuality education, research, and social policy.It offers an interdisciplinary curriculum in the study of sexuality, with particular emphasis on theory, research, and application.Sexual and cultural diversity and their relevant historical, social, developmental, and biological aspects are considered. It investigates the assumptions and applications surrounding current methodologies of the major disciplines that are presently concerned with human sexuality. It enables students to understand varied and often contradictory policies around which sexuality has been formulated, generating a perspective through which they will be able to formulate new and improved solutions to these issues.

CAREER OUTLOOK
The career outlook for graduates with specialized knowledge of human sexuality has never been better in our society, due to the changing positive attitudes regarding the role of sexuality in the universities and colleges, high schools, local and national government, research and training, clinical and mental health training, and private sector positions that call for expertise of human reproduction, sexuality, sexual identity and diversity, sexual orientation, gender, and human resources.

The MA in Human Sexuality Studies is designed to meet the following career needs:
• Preparation for Ph.D studies and professional schools in the field of psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, medicine, social work, or communication.
• Students who will work in public health settings, such as those related to AIDS education, AIDS/HIV treatment and care centers; e.g., the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California at San Francisco, and welfare centers throughout the Bay Area.
• Preparation for graduate studies and professional schools, in psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, medicine, social work, or communication.
• Reproductive health education, research, training, and prevention facilities and organizations; i.e., Planned Parenthood.
• Sexuality education for students at the regional community colleges and at the local school boards that offer or plan to offer courses and curricula on sexuality, including counseling in the secondary schools.
• Students who are preparing for work in policy or research public policy institutes located at Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley.
• Service provision and training for service providers in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and others that require sensitivity training related to sexuality across the life course and sexual orientation issues.
• Human resource departments of businesses and corporations, responsible for the provision of sexuality and sexual orientation anti-discrimination and partner benefits areas for employees.
• Research, policy, and education providers who are needed to fill gay and lesbian agencies and community centers in the Bay Area and elsewhere.