HCSV 265 – Section 01 Human Sexuality Summer 2009
6/1-6/24 M-TH
Instructor: Jan Campbell
Office: Butte
630 Department Office: Butte Hall 607
Email: jcampbell@csuchico.edu (Please use Vista/ Blackboard Email)
Fax: 898-5107
Entirely
facilitated through Internet Vista/Blackboard
Crooks,
Robert and Karla Baur (2008). Our Sexuality. 10th ed., Wadsworth Thompson
Publishing Company, Belmont, California.
Internet
selections.
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.
This
is an overview course in human sexuality including reproduction, conception,
pregnancy, childbirth, contraception, abortion, gender role development, value
orientations, moral conflicts, sexual orientation, sex and the law,
paraphilias, sexual inadequacies and disorders, and constructive relationships
and dissolution of relationships.
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 the 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
DISHONEST OF ANY KIND WILL RESULT IN THE NOTIFICATION OF THE DEAN OF STUDENTS
FOR JUDICIAL AFFAIRS, AND MAY RESULT IN A FAILING GRADE IN THE CLASS.
4.
Incorporate information on cross-cultural sexuality and cultural
relativism and diversity as they relate to the U.S.
The cost to the student involves the purchase of the text. Students must be able to save copies of their
original work.
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 of current sexuality issues including controversial
topics such as: abortion, rape, date
rape drugs, sexual orientation, same sex marriage, assisted reproductive
technologies, human trafficking in the sex trade, dysfunction, and contemporary
and future trends in birth control.
3.
To present accurate anatomy and physiology of the human sexuality and
reproduction and to dispel misinformation and/or myths regarding these concept
areas.
4.
To present, and explore historical, contemporary, and cross-cultural
sexuality issues pertaining to the college student.
Attendance is mandatory for
the summer session online. You must reply daily
(M-TH) to the discussion question
and interaction with other students (5
points).
All reading materials, power point materials, and videos will be
pertinent to the class. Some articles will be available on VISTA/BLACKBOARD
(Bb), as will the prompt for lecture power point presentations. Some articles
will need to be accessed from the library (e
library) or through a search engine on the Internet such as Google Scholar.
Check Bb daily to see announcements,
instruction, or emails about the class.
The syllabus will be the guide for dates and content. There will be a daily introduction for each
of the new subject areas and a daily discussion question that you will be
required to respond to.
The homework assignment sheet is a separate page at the end of the
syllabus. Homework must be:
1.
submitted through
Vista/Black Board email online. Use WORD
and send as an attachment. You will see an explanation sheet of the criteria
used for the grade 0-10;
2.
typed, with the title of the
homework for that date, all lines double
spaced, size 12 font, with your name, class and section number, and the
date in the upper left hand of the first page.
The homework must be at least one full page and no more than a page and
a half in length. It must be submitted each day by 11:00 p.m. on the due date. No late homework is accepted without penalty.
If you are ill, you may email it by 11:00p.m. on the day following the date
due. It will be half credit. You may miss one homework assignment without
penalty.
Occasionally, a write will be randomly assigned, and will be worth 10
points. This assignment cannot be made up if not submitted by the same day as
assigned by 11 p.m.
A one time, extra credit paper (one page) can be submitted any
time during the session. It may consist
of: a scholarly journal article review, an interview with a professional in the
area of human sexuality, a video review that relates to a chapter in our text,
or attendance at a symposium or lecture on campus, or in the community,
pertaining to sexuality. This is worth 10 points.
There will be three examinations.
They will consist of 75 objective questions, each worth 1 point. The examinations will be completed and
submitted on the Vista/Blackboard and will be available on the day scheduled
(6:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m.), for a 45 minute window, once you have begun the exam. BE SURE TO PRESS SAVE AFTER ANSWERING EACH
QUESTION, OR YOUR ANSWERS WILL BE LOST.
1.
This course is part of Area E (Lifelong Learning) of the General
Education core requirements.
2.
The goals listed in the first section of this course outline are
pertinent to the department standards and the goals of the current general
education requirements in the CSU, Chico catalog.
3.
Homework assignments will be evaluated and graded online.
4.
Letter grades will be assigned based on the standard designations
listed below. Additionally, grades will be assessed on other performance
indicators besides written work, such as:
participation in class; submitting materials; and, adhering to the
Rigorous Learning Section (as outlined in the current CSU, Chico catalog).
5.
This class examines cultural diversity.
Sensitivity to the issues of different
cultures will
be the focus of the class. In examining cultural differences, students will
focus on a global approach to the sexuality issues presented.
3 exams @ 75 points each (75
MC X 3) 225
Homework or in-class writes
(8 @15 points) 120
Daily Discussion (15 @5
points) 75
Total
Possible 420
Distribution: 90-100% = A 80-89%
= B 70-79% = C 60-69% = D <60% = F
HCSV
265 Human Sexuality Syllabus Summer 2009
Week of Content Reading/Study
6/1 *Introduction Perspectives/Behaviors PowerPoint
(PP)
6/2 *Anatomy/Physiology Ch. 4-6 text
PP
6/3 Anatomy/Physiology
FGM-
Read Blackboard Article Ch. 4-6
con’t
Human
Sexual Response
6/4 Urogenital
Disorders
STI/STDs
Ch.
15 text
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6/8 *HIV/AIDS Ch.
15 text
PP
6/9 Exam 1 on
Vista/Blackboard Bb
6/10 Sexual
Dysfunction and
Sexual
Disorders Ch.
14 text
PP
6/11 Menstrual
Cycle/Puberty Ch. 4
portion
6/15 *Interfacing
Parts of Gender Ch. 3 text
PP
6/16 Infertility Ch.
10 text
PP
*Conception/Pregnancy/Birth Ch. 10 text
6/17 *Birth
Control Ch.
11 text
Future
Trends PP Abortion
6/18 EXAM 2
Paraphilias/Atypical Behaviors
6/21 *Love &
Relationships Ch.
7,8 PP
6/22 *Sexual
Orientation Ch.
9
PP
6/23 Sexual
Assault Ch.
17
PP
*Commercialization
of Sex Ch. 18
PP
6/24 Exam
3
*Check links on
Vista/Blackboard to view video/DVDs for the various concept areas.
Homework is due by 11 p.m. on the day it is assigned. Some homework
requires you to read an article. Articles can be acquired in the library
through the journals, or through the library icon on the CSU, Chico homepage
and then through Ebschohost, or by typing the information for the article
(title, author, journal, date) into the GOOGLE or GOOGLESCHOLAR search
engines. Some homework requires
accessing an Internet site and writing a summary and your view of the
information you received. Keep a copy of all work submitted. It will be graded online and the numeric
score will be recorded in the VISTA/BLACKBOARD grade book.
Week
of: Homework________________________________
6/1 Go
to www.siecus.org type a one page
summary of your
finding
on any topic
6/2 Read article about Female Genital
Mutilation on Blackboard/VISTA
(for discussion)
6/3 Go to www.cdc.gov and find information about an
STI/STD.
Type a
one-page summary
6/4 No Homework
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6/8 Go to www.goaskalice.com and obtain information
about any
sexuality
topic you wish. Type a one-page summary and
your view of the information
6/9 Haas, Kate (2004). Who will make room for the Intersexed?
American
Journal of Law and Medicine 30(1): 41-68
Read and type a one page summary
6/10 No Homework
6/11 No Homework
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6/15 Go to the website for The Alan
Guttmacher Institute
(www.guttmacher.org).
Select an area of interest and write
6/16 Go
to www.drugabuse.gov. The National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA) has information on club drugs and date rape
drugs. Select one and write a one-page summary.
6/17 Leuchthag, Alice (2003). Human
rights, sex trafficking and
prostitution. Humanist
63(1): 10-15. Type a one page
summary
of this article.
6/18 No homework
6/21 Write a one page paper describing
your criteria for a healthy non-abusive
relationship
by using: 1. five qualities you will require; and,
2. five qualities your will
not accept. Explain why for each.
6/22 No homework
6/23 No homework
.
6/24 Exam Date – No
Homework
Homework
Evaluation Criteria
POINTS SCORED:
13-15 ASSIGNMENT IS APPROPRIATE AND MEETS ALL
CRITERIA
10-12 ASSIGNMENT IS APPROPRIATE BUT HAS GRAMMAR/SYNTAX OR
SPELLING ERRORS;
OR, IS NOT ONE FULL PAGE
9-11 ASSIGNMENT DOES NOT
MEET MOST OF THE CRITERIA
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7 ASSIGNMENT IS INAPPROPRIATE
OR NOT UNIVERSITY LEVEL
WORK