Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Studies (LGBT)Arts and Sciences

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LGBT 2290
Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies

This course offers an introduction to the questions, topics, approaches, and theories that characterize the field of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Studies. Using an interdisciplinary approach ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2290, FGSS 2290

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16823 LGBT 2290   LEC 001

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LGBT 2841
Viruses- Humans-Viral Politics (Social History and Cultural Politics of HIV & AIDS)

This course explores what has been termed "the modern plague."  It investigates the social history, cultural politics, biological processes, and global impacts of the retrovirus, HIV, and the disease syndrome, ... view course details

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  • 18005 LGBT 2841   LEC 001

  • Department Consent Required (Add)

LGBT 3210
Gender and the Brain

In this course, we will delve into the neuroscience of gender difference. Reading the original scientific papers and related critical texts, we will ask whether we can find measureable physical differences ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIONB 3215, FGSS 3210

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9458 LGBT 3210   LEC 001

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  • Prerequisite: BIONB 2220, BIOMG 3320, FGSS 2010, LGBT 2290 or permission of instructor. For NBB concentration: this course may be used toward the additional 7 credit requirement, but does not qualify as an advanced course.

LGBT 4160
Gender and Sexuality in Southeast Asia

Students consider the relationships among colonialism and gender and sexual identity formation in Southeast Asia. Using material from a wide range of fields including anthropology and literature, the course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17138 LGBT 4160   SEM 101

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LGBT 4701
Nightlife

This course explores nightlife as a temporality that fosters countercultural performances of the self and that serves as a site for the emergence of alternative kinship networks.  Focusing on queer communities ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  9607 LGBT 4701   LEC 001

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LGBT 4710
Late Theory

This seminar explores theoretical work in which lateness figures as the signal condition, gesture, problem, or method. We begin with two topics prominent in twentieth-century criticism: late style and ... view course details

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  • 17818 LGBT 4710   SEM 101

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LGBT 4945
Body Politics in African Literature and Cinema

The course examines how postcolonial African writers and filmmakers engage with and revise controversial images of bodies and sexuality--genital cursing, same-sex desire, HIV/AIDS, genital surgeries, etc. ... view course details

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  • 17324 LGBT 4945   SEM 101

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LGBT 6160
Gender and Sexuality in Southeast Asia

Students consider the relationships among colonialism and gender and sexual identity formation in Southeast Asia. Using material from a wide range of fields including anthropology and literature, the course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 18744 LGBT 6160   SEM 101

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LGBT 6710
Late Theory

This seminar explores theoretical work in which lateness figures as the signal condition, gesture, problem, or method. We begin with two topics prominent in twentieth-century criticism: late style and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17815 LGBT 6710   LEC 001

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