SEXUALITY AND SCIENCE

Name: SEXUALITY AND SCIENCE
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GEN&WS 528

课程描述

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.).

先修课程

Sophomore standing

满足要求

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

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平均绩点

3.5

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完成率

100%

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A率

42.11%

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班级规模

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教师 (2026 Summr)

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