HUMAN SEXUALITY
HCSV 111-03 Spring 2005
Professor: Dr. Lyndall Ellingson Office:
E-Mail: lellingson@csuchico.edu Telephone: 898-6310
Office Hours: Thursday & Friday
*About e-mail and telephone messages: If you have an emergency that requires you to miss a
class without prior notification, it is a good idea to leave me a message
before you leave town. However, leaving
a message does not negate your responsibilities for attendance and timely
submission of papers. You are welcome to
ask me questions about the class, your group, or personal health issues over
e-mail or during my office hours.
COURSE SPECIFICS
Time & Location: Tuesdays,
Required texts:
·
Crooks & Bauer (2002). Our Sexuality, 8th Ed.
Wadsworth
·
Reading Packet #:
___ available at Mr. Kopy (
Required Access: WebCT with _____________software to submit papers
COURSE DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES
Overview of human sexuality,
including psychosexual development, gender roles, reproductive systems,
pregnancy and childbirth, contraception, abortion, sexually transmitted
diseases including HIV/AIDS, relationships, sexual orientation, sex and the
law, sexually explicit materials and sexual difficulties. This is an approved General education course
and includes a 2500 word writing requirement.
The objectives of this course are:
1)
To facilitate an
atmosphere of learning, communication, and development of knowledge for
life-long learning and understanding of human sexuality.
2)
To present a
forum for discussion of current sexuality issues including controversial topics
such as abortion, rape, sexual orientation, pornography, contraception and
conception.
3)
To present the
anatomy and physiology of human sexuality and reproduction and to dispel
misinformation and/or myths regarding these areas.
4)
To present,
explore, and discuss issues pertinent to sexuality regarding the college
student.
The course utilizes both
lecture and small group discussion techniques.
Lectures will emphasize the cognitive aspects of the subject, the discussion sessions will provide an
opportunity to explore attitudes, feelings, and communication. It is hoped that
as a result of your experience in this class, you will
Be more aware and accepting of your own
individual sexuality and value systems;
develop an intelligent and responsible
sexual lifestyle;
and
be more aware and accepting of the
sexual value systems of others.
General Education &
Life-long learning
HCSV 111 satisfies Area E – Life learning designed
to equip human beings for life-long learning understanding and development of
themselves as integrated physiological, psychological, and sociological
entities. Part of General Education should provide instruction that fosters
understanding of the self as a complex, integrated being. Each 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 the three
broad areas of human life: physiological, psychologically and social;
3) have
substantial written projects that ask the student to: a) integrate the ideas
and materials of the course and apply these ideas and materials of the course
to themselves and their own projected life course.
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES
1)
Attendance will be taken randomly throughout the
semester. You may miss 1 class period without penalty. For each
absence over 1, your final grade will be reduced 1/3 letter grade. You must be in class for the entire
class to receive credit. I frequently take attendance twice in one class
session.
2)
Respect:
Respect the diversity of experience, values, and thoughts presented and
explored in class.
3) Professionalism:
a) Arrive on time, prepared and ready to discuss readings
and issues.
b) Submit high quality assignments on time via WebCT.
Assignments must be submitted before
COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
Discussion Group
Participation (12 @ 10 pts each)
Each student will be assigned to a discussion of 12-15
people that will regularly during the semester. Focus is on developing skills of
verbal ease of communication about sexual matters, responsible listening to
other persons, and openness in exploring and accepting divergent views. Attendance will be taken at each session, 10
points for each session. You may miss
one discussion group meeting without penalty. While a quantifiable level of
participation is not part of the credit received, inhibiting group functioning
will be considered grounds for lost credit.
Anonymous
Autobiographical Paper: “Who Am I Sexually?” (2 @ 10 pts)
One paper is
written at the beginning of the course and the other at the end. The purpose of the paper is to provide you
with an opportunity to evaluate and re-evaluate a personal intentional stance
regarding yourself as a sexual person.
This type of writing is usually difficult at first. You need to assess yourself and others of
significance in your life honestly and realistically. If you can discuss your feelings openly (in
writing) you may experience a reduction of fears and embarrassments; you may
develop some newer understandings or appreciation of your own behavior and/or
that of someone else close to you; and you may find solutions or alternatives
to meet the requirements of your own situations. NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED in
order to retain anonymity.
Ø
See instructions in this syllabus for further directions.
Article Response (7 @ 20 pts)
·
article # & title
·
the review questions (abbreviated)
·
Your answers to the questions in the course packet
·
Any opinions, disagreements or comments regarding the reading
Exams: 3 @ 150 pts
each
Exams will cover material from the text and reserved
readings, lectures, guest speakers, and videos.
Exams will be multiple choice, true-false, and short answer. The exams
will NOT be cumulative. Make up exams will only be given under dire emergencies with
documentation and are administered during finals week.
Ø
See Text study guide on WebCT
Extra Credit (15 pts)
You may submit 1 extra
credit paper anytime during the semester before the final date noted on the
schedule. These will be two page
reviews and personal reactions to events, speakers, performances related to
sexuality. I will be announcing
opportunities and welcome your contributions.
You MUST GET APPROVAL from me in advance! Below is a list of
movie possibilities for extra credit.
Ø Use the “Critical Movie Review” in WebCT to guide your
movie review.
On gender: The Crying Game,
Boys Don’t Cry
On sexual orientation: But
I’m a Cheerleader, Beautiful Thing,
On attraction & desire:
Fatal Attraction
On relationships: Harold and
Maude
On Sexual Violence: The
Accused
On pornography: Boogie Nights
On Sexual Variance: Quills (Marquis de Sade)
Grading Scale:
Article Responses (7 @ 20
points each) 140
Exams (3 @ 150 pts) 450
Autobiographical paper (2 @
10 pts.) 20
Discussion group points (12 @ 10 pts) 120
Total 730
.
B+ = 88
- 89% C+ = 78
- 79% D+ = 67
- 69%
A = 94
- 100% B = 84
- 87% C = 74
- 77% D = 64
- 66%
A- = 90
- 93% B- = 80
- 83% C - = 70
- 73% F = 63%
or less
Remember: lecture attendance will be taken randomly. You can be absent 1 time without penalty, for each
additional absence, your final letter grade will be reduced 1/3 letter grade.
Letter grades in this course are in accordance with CSU academic
policy:
A:
B: Very Good Work - A high level of achievement clearly better than adequate competence
in the subject matter, but not as good as the unusual, superior achievement of
students earning an A.
C: Adequate Work - A level of achievement indicating adequate competence in the subject
matter. This level will usually be met
by a majority of students in the course.
D: Minimally Acceptable Work - A level of achievement which meets the minimum
requirements of the course.
F: Unacceptable Work - A level of achievement that fails to meet the minimum requirements
of the course.
COURSE SCHEDULE
DAY |
TOPIC
|
|
GroupMeetings |
|
1/25 |
Introductions & Healthy Sexuality |
|
|
|
2/1 |
Sexual Attitudes & Values |
|
1
|
|
2/8 |
Gender and Sexuality |
Ch 3
Article
#1
|
2
|
|
2/15 |
Psychosexual Development |
Ch 8 & 9
|
3
|
|
2/22 |
Sexual Orientations |
Ch 11 Article #2 |
4 |
|
3/1 |
Exam 1Movie: Ma Vie En Rose
|
|
|
|
3/8 |
Anatomy &
Response
|
Ch 4, 5, 10 Article #3 |
5 |
|
3/15 |
SPRING BREAK |
|
|
|
3/22 |
Conception & Pregnancy |
Ch 12 |
6 |
|
3/29 |
Birth Control |
Ch 13
Article
#4
|
7
|
|
4/5 |
HIV & other STIs |
Ch 15
Article
#5
|
8
|
|
4/12 |
Exam 2 Movie: TBA
|
|
|
|
4/19 |
Sexual Attraction, Relationships, &
Communication
|
Ch 6 & 7
Article #6
|
9 |
|
4/26 |
Power and
Sexual Coercion
|
Ch 17
All
extra credit due
|
10
|
5/3
|
Sexual Variance & Expression
|
Ch 16 Article #7
|
11
|
5/10
|
Commercial Sex
|
Ch 18
Autobiographical paper #2
|
12
|
5/17
|
Exam 3
|
|
|
Articles (in
Reading Packet)
#1: Transgressing sex and
gender: Deconstruction zone ahead?
#2: Should Same-sex
marriage be legal?
#3: The New Eroticism
#4: The limits of
Conscientious Objection – May Pharmacists refuse to fill prescriptions for
Emergency Contraception?
#5: College students'
perceptions and practices of sexual activities in sexual encounters.
#6: In Search of Erotic
Intelligence
#7: The Pleasure of the Pain
First Autobiographical Paper
Purpose
The purpose of
this paper is to provide you with an opportunity to evaluate a personal
intentional stance regarding yourself as a sexual person. This type of writing assignment may be
difficult at first. You need to assess
yourself and others of significance in your life honestly and realistically. If you can discuss your feelings openly (in
writing) you may experience a reduction of fears and embarrassments; you may
develop some newer understandings and appreciations of your own behavior and/or
that of someone else close to you; and you may find solutions or alternatives
to meet the requirements of your own situations.
Procedure
DO NOT write
your name or any identifiable number on the paper. Instead, write your name on a small piece of
paper and attach it to the manuscript with a paper clip. When you turn your paper in during class, you
will separate the slip of paper with your name from your autobiographical paper
and put them in different envelopes. This way, you will get credit for
submitting the paper, but your name will not be associated with anything you
write. You will NOT be identified with your manuscript and your discussion
leader and course instructors are the only ones who will see them. The manuscripts will be destroyed once the
course has been completed.
The manuscript
must be typed and must be NO LESS than 2 pages long.
Suggested
sexuality aspects that you might want to consider when preparing the assignment
are:
· relationships
with parents and siblings
· the sex
education received at home
· where your
attitudes and sexual knowledge were learned
· teenage
sexual practices/experiences
· present
sexual practices/experiences
· your
attitudes toward sexuality in general and toward you as a sexual person
· view of
yourself in the future as a sexual person
Make 2 copies of your manuscript;
keep one for any grading inconsistencies.
Second Autobiographical Paper
The purpose of
this paper is to provide you with an opportunity to reevaluate your personal
stance regarding yourself as a sexual person.
The procedure is similar to the first autobiographical assignment. DO NOT write your name or any identifying
number on the paper. Instead, write your
name on a small piece of paper and attach it to the manuscript with a paper
clip. The slip with your name on it will
be detached as you submit the autobiographical paper. You will not be
identified with your manuscript.
For this
assignment, reflect currently your attitudes, knowledge, and behavior dealing
with human sexuality. What (if any) new
insights, experiences, information has occurred since the first paper about you
as a sexual person? Describe how the course has, or has not, affected you
relative to sexuality. What have you
gained from the lecture sessions? What have you gained from the discussion
groups? How could the course be
improved? Where are you now in your
feelings about sexuality? What else do
you need to deal with in arriving where you want to be sexually?
This assignment
must be typed and no less than 2 pages.
Make a copy since these will not be returned.
HOW TO SUCCEED IN THIS CLASS
a) Lecture: Don’t just write down what is on my overheads. My overheads are outlines - you should write related information, emphasis, and
issues discussed corresponding to information on overheads.
b) Text: use the
review questions at the end of each chapter to study for your exam. If you can answer those questions, you will
do well on the text portion of the exams.
c) Read your text readings once, then answer study
questions. Write review questions
answers out, then reduce to essential words/concepts. You should be able to
reduce text info to 2-4 pages of abbreviated facts for each exam.
d) I predict about 4-7 hours studying for each exam,
AFTER you have done the text reading.