MINOR IN LESBIAN,GAY,BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES
The Minor in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies intends to delineate and analyze meanings that have been associated with homosexuality in various artistic, biological, cultural, educational, ethical, historical, and literary contexts; and examine the related issues of mixed-gender and cross-gender roles and practices.This minor is exceptional for the way in which it attracts those students who express a desire to obtain a learning experience that informs their own life challenges and rewards as LGBT individuals. Furthermore, the students who take this minor express a deep sense of pride of the fact that they can be full participants in a curriculum that acknowledges their full range of their personalities, interests, and sexualities. The Department of Human Sexuality Studies responds to this involvement of the students by offering them a series of courses in which they can learn the depth of LGBT perspective. This minor has more educational value than introducing students to a body of knowledge alone. It fulfills and emancipatory function that many students have come to expect at San Francisco State University. It supports the building of a community of LGBT students who use that cohesion to build stronger communities on campus and off campus, now and in their future careers.
Both minors are broadly interdisciplinary.
It draws courses from anthropology, biology, cinema, counseling, English,
history, human sexuality studies, psychology, NEXA, social sciences, speech
and communication studies, women studies and other courses which may be
substituted if approved by your advisor
DECLARE MINOR FORM Fill out form and bring to department undergraduate advisor for approval. |
SEGMENT III: (GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS) RELATIONSHIPS TO
KNOWLEDGE
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Perspectives (10-11 units) and Human
Sexuality: Biological, Psychological, Sociocultural, and Humanistic Aspects
(Advisor: Christopher Carrington)
The minor consists of a minimum of 24 units of undergraduate study. It is possible to use these courses to meet requirements in some undergraduate majors, in other minors, and various clusters in the General Education program. Specifically, several courses meet the requirements of the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer cluster in Segment III of the General Education program.
| Required Courses |
Units |
|
| HMSX 301 | Perspectives in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | 3 |
| HIST 314 | Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual History | 3 |
| One course from the following: |
3-4 |
|
| HMSX/S S 421 | Homophobia and Coming Out | |
| SPCH 525 | Sexual Identity and Communication (4) | |
| WOMS 552 | Lesbian Lives and Thought | |
| One course from the following: |
3-5 |
|
| ENG 633 | Gay Love in Literature (4) | |
| WOMS 551 | Queer Perspectives in Literature and Media | |
| ENG 618 | Studies in Gay and Bisexual Literature [all topics] | |
| ENG 604 | Literary Aspects of Contemporary Film (5) | |
| One course from the following: |
3 |
|
| NEXA 391 | Biological Sex and Cultural Gender | |
| PSY 650 / HMSX 600 | Research on Sexual Identity | |
| PSY/HMSX 320 | Sex and Relationships | |
| COUN/HMSX 326 | Work and Leadership Issues of Bisexuals, Lesbians, and Gays | |
| Elective units from the following: |
9-10 |
|
| BIOL 330 | Human Sexuality | |
| ENG 580 | Individual Authors [selected topics on advisement] | |
| HMSX/SOC 400 / PSY 450 | Variations in Human Sexuality | |
| HMSX/ART 403 | Queer Art History | |
| HMSX/PSY 436 | The Development of Maleness and Femaleness (4) | |
| HMSX 550 | Field Service in Human Sexuality Studies (1-3) | |
| HMSX 567/ANTH 569 | Cross-cultural Aspects of Sex and Gender | |
| Total for minor | 24-28 |
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