Department
of Health and Community Services
INSTRUCTOR: Jan Campbell
OFFICE: Butte
630 Department
office: Butte 607
HOURS: MW:
12-2 p.m.
Fax: 898-5107
TEXTS:
Crooks, Robert, and Karla
Baur (2008). Our
Sexuality. 10th ed. Thompson
Wadsworth Publishing Company Belmont,
CA.
Class handouts and
Internet selections
SCOPE OF THE COURSE:
Sexuality
is an integral part of one's personality throughout life. Knowledge is crucial for understanding and
making positive, constructive decisions regarding the aspects of self-awareness
and self esteem. It is also important in
making decisions regarding the physiological aspects of sexual development and
reproduction as well as in the social aspects of both intimate relationships
and gender role behaviors.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This
is an overview course in human sexuality including reproduction, conception,
pregnancy, childbirth, contraception, abortion, gender role development, value
orientations, moral conflicts, homosexuality, sex and the law, paraphilias,
sexual inadequacies and disorders, and constructive relationships and
dissolution of relationships.
GENERAL EDUCATION:
The
human organism witnesses change in each of its moments through the life course,
yet it is a continuous physiological, psychological, and social being. Part of General Education should provide
instruction that fosters understanding of the self as a complex, integrated
being that is at once physiological, psychological, and social. The course therefore must:
1.
address issues that are likely to be important to most of our students
throughout most of their lifetime;
2.
significantly incorporate and integrate theory, data, and perspectives
from each of three broad areas of human life: the physiological, the
psychological, and the social;
3.
have substantial written projects that ask the student to 1) integrate
the ideas and materials of the course, and 2) apply the ideas and materials of
the course to themselves and their own projected life course. This course requires a written component of 1500 words minimum, with competency in grammar, syntax, spelling and synthesis
and analysis of the course content. ANY
PLAGIARIZED MATERIAL AND/OR DISHONESTY OF ANY KIND WILL RESULT IN THE DEAN OF
STUDENTS BEING NOTIFIED, AND MAY RESULT
IN A FAILING GRADE IN THE CLASS.
4.
incorporate information on cross cultural sexuality and cultural
relativism as it relates to cultural diversity within the U.S..
COST TO STUDENT:
The
cost to the student involves the purchase of the textbooks for the class plus a
stapler. Students must
be able to make copies of their original submitted work. Some assignments may involve the purchase of
or submission of newspaper and/or magazine articles. Scan tron forms (886E) and a #2 pencil will
be supplied by the student for the exams.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. To facilitate an atmosphere of learning,
communication, and development of knowledge for life-long learning and
understanding of human behavior and sexuality.
2. To present a forum for discussion of current
sexuality issues including controversial topics such as: abortion, rape, homosexuality, pornography,
prostitution, sexual dysfunction, contraception and conception.
3. To present accurate anatomy and physiology of
human sexuality and reproduction and to dispel previous misinformation and/or
myths regarding these concept areas.
4. To present, explore and discuss historical
and contemporary human issues pertinent to sexuality regarding the college
student. Cross cultural sexuality issues
will be explored in brief.
ATTENDANCE:
Attendance
is mandatory and student may miss no more than three (3) unexcused hours
without penalty. If It is imperative
that class be missed, please phone your instructor to indicate why you will be
gone. Class will begin promptly; please
make an attempt to be on time. Tardiness
is disruptive to the class, and
compromises those to attend on time.
LECTURES/READINGS/HANDOUTS:
All
reading material, videos, guest lectures, and handouts will be pertinent to the
exams. Material should be read according
to the class syllabus. Handouts should
be read and the student should be prepared to discuss the content at the next
class meeting.
ACCENTUATING THE OBVIOUS:
Please
turn off cell phone ring while in class.
Text messaging (sending or receiving), eating in class, reading
newspapers or other texts, or doing homework is inappropriate. Please be respectful of the class members
through language (both verbal and body),
and/or other signs or gestures. Please
do not pop gum,
or
carry on a conversation with a class member that doesn’t pertain to group work
or class discussion.
ASSIGNMENTS:
There
will be one written paper. ( LATE
ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED).
Papers must be typed, stapled,
with a title page (title, your name, class & number, date & year, and
my name included). Unstapled work of two
or more pages will not be accepted.
Homework: Place it on the desk at the beginning of the
period every Friday. This consists of a one to one and a half page typed
summary and your view of the assignment that is located each week on the
syllabus. Late homework will not be collected. It can be turned in by 5 p.m. of
the due date for credit.
PLEASE
DO NOT PLACE PLASTIC COVERS OVER THE TITLE PAGE.
Keep
all assignments that are graded and returned to you until the end of the
semester.
EXAMINATIONS:
There
will be three examinations. They may be
objective and subjective in nature. They
MAY consist of 60-75 multiple choice questions and an essay. Make-up
exams will be given only in serious and compelling reasons during finals week. THEY ARE ESSAY IN NATURE.'
GENERAL EDUCATION
INFORMATION:
GRADE DETERMINATION: (Written work
assessment)
3
exams at 150 points each 450
1
written paper @ 100 points 100
Homework
or in class writes (10-13@10 pts) 100+
650+ possible points
EXTRA CREDIT**--A ONE TIME, 10 POINT EXTRA
CREDIT PAPER MAY BE SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE FINAL EXAM. THIS PAPER AND THE ARTICLE ATTACHED TO IT
(FOR REVIEW) WILL NOT BE RETURN
HUMAN SEXUALITY
SYLLABUS Fall 2007
WEEK OF: CONTENT READINGS/HOMEWORK
8/27 Introduction Ch.
1, 2 (read for background)
Perspectives in
sexuality
Values/behaviors
Video: The Body Human
9/3 MONDAY-
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
Anatomy/physiology Ch.
4-6
Human sexual response
HW:Video: HW:
summarize website:
Female Genital Mutilation www.siecus.org
9/10 Urogenital
disorders Ch. 15
STIs Internet source: find
And summarize an STI
9/17 AIDS and related
disorders HW:
www. cdc.gov
find current stats on
HIV/AIDS in U.S. and
The world
Continued:
Video: HIV
9/24 Sexual
Dysfunction and Ch.14
disorders
HW: www.goaskalice.org
Video: Pills,
Potions
10/1 Menstrual cycle; puberty Ch. 4*(portion on Menstr)
MIDTERM 1
(Ch. 4-6; 14-15; and perspectives)
Gender Ch. 3
10/8 Video:
Gender Dysphoria
Infertility
HW:
Summarize article in
Journal of
Sex Research, August 2001 “SexEd.com:
Values and Norms in Web based Sexuality Education” August 2001.
Video: Sex Education
PAPER #1 DUE
10/15 Conception/pregnancy Ch. 10
Childbirth HW: www.ippf.org
10/22 Birth control Ch. 11
Abortion/Steriliation,
Future Trends
HW? Summarize the mission of
National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) and
the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC)
10/29 Paraphilias Ch.
16
HW: read
in: Archives of Sexual Behavior, Dec.,
2003 “Zoophilia in Men: A Study of Sexual Interest in Animals. Summarize
11/5 MIDTERM 2 (CH. 3, 10, 11, 16)
Sexual
Orientation Ch. 9
HW: summarize website
for: The Alan Guttmacher Institute
Video: Billy
Jack
11/12 MONDAY-VETERANS
DAY HOLIDAY
CONTINUED FROM 11/5
11/19 THANKSGIVING BREAK
11/26 Love and relationships Ch.
7,8
Intimacy/conflict
Effective
communication handout
Video:
Love, Lust, Marriage
12/3 Sexual assault
Ch. 17
Sexual
harassment HW: p. 560 How About You?
12/10 Pornography/prostitution Ch.
18
Commercialization
of sex
hw: summary: www.bayswan.org/penet.html
Video: Porn in
the U.S.
EXTRA CREDIT DUE
12/19
SEC. 04 10:00-11 10 A.M.
12/18 SEC. 06 6:00 P.M. 6 P.M.
12/17 SEC. 07 11:00-12 12 NOON