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SEXUALITY AND SCIENCE

GEN&WS 528
Course Description

Explores scientific approaches to studying sexuality. Examines current biological and neuroscientific research about sexuality, as well as feminist scholarship on these topics and critical responses to this research. Topics cover the intersections between biology (e.g., hormones, anatomy, neural activity, psychophysiology, evolution, etc.), sexuality (e.g., desire, dysfunction, arousal, bisexuality, orgasm, same-sex sexuality, pleasure, etc.), and feminist/critical scholarship about this research (e.g., feminist science studies, queer theory, feminist psychology, medicalization, etc.).

Prerequisties
Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Not Applicable

Grade Point Average
3.5

No change from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
42.11%

No change from Historical

Class Size
38

No change from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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