Spring 2027

Human Sexuality: Social and Psychological Issues

Explores biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of sexual relationships and behavior across the life-course, focusing on gender, religion, education, and law.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Cabell Gathman

The course involved a lot of weekly readings, though one student noted it was possible to pass quizzes by skimming them.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Apply social science research findings to understand how ideas and practices involving sex and sexuality are shaped by social and cultural contexts and change over time.

  • Analyze the relationship between sex, sexuality and other social institutions, aspects of identity, and cultural practices.

  • Assess the basic methods and conclusions of scientific and medical research and publications on sexual health and well-being.

  • Apply concepts from sociology and social psychology to consider how sexuality provides a window on other features of social life.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Not open to students with credit forSOC/​PSYCH 453.

    • students with credit forSOC/PSYCH 453
    not eligible with
PSYCH/SOC 160

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  • Not eligible with
    • students with credit forSOC/PSYCH 453

Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

CABELL GATHMAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOHN DELAMATER is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KATHARINE LEGUN is recorded teaching in Fall 2011. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Cabell Gathman

Students reported learning more than expected and finding the class organized with clear expectations.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.46 GPA, 73.9% A/AB (n=157 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.25 GPA, 65.6% A/AB (n=131 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.17 GPA, 50.5% A/AB (n=103 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Cabell Gathman

The course involved a lot of weekly readings, though one student noted it was possible to pass quizzes by skimming them.

Past student reviews · Cabell Gathman

One student found the class structured and accommodating, noting that lecture notes were posted and discussion attendance was mandatory.

Topics

  • Biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of sexual relationships and behavior.
  • Theoretical and empirical materials on sexuality throughout the life-course, including childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and later life.
  • Gender, religion, education, and the law as they relate to sexual expression in society.

Skills

  • Applying social science research findings to understand how ideas and practices involving sex and sexuality are shaped by social and cultural contexts.
  • Assessing the basic methods and conclusions of scientific and medical research and publications on sexual health and well-being.
  • Applying concepts from sociology and social psychology to consider how sexuality provides a window on other features of social life.

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 recent terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

5 earlier forecasts · 0.15 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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