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Subject: Biology (BIOL)
CRN: 20824
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center 401
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
CommGood/Changemaking
School of Ed Transfer Course
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
While discussions of gender and its social construction have become common in our culture, there is less discussion of whether there are actually binary “biological sexes” that impact those conversations. In addition, while we have made many inclusive efforts in understanding the LGBTQIA+ community, our larger society correlates sexual orientation to biology leaving us to ask: are queer folks born that way and does it stay fixed throughout our lives? This course explores the convergence of sociology and biology in how we define gender, sex, sexual orientation, and sexual behavior as continua instead of binaries as once previously believed. Topics are examined in developmental order from conception to adulthood and include current issues relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community and society at-large. The course also considers these topics in non-human animals to ask ‘what is normal?’ in nature. This will be a BIOL - SOCI crosslisted course.
4 Credits
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1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21408
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 111
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
Other Requirements Met:
CommGood/Changemaking
FYE Changemaking
Writing to learn
Why do we laugh when bad things happen to good people and what makes scary movies surprisingly funny to us? Most cultural traditions around the globe have long identified both music and humor as supremely human activities, profoundly tied to language, community, and social living. In this class we will take comedy seriously. We will look at and listen to movies, asking not only what makes them funny (or not) but also examining how music and sound reinforce the comedic effect of the film. Through weekly engagement with images and sounds from all over the world we will explore the ability of humor not only to challenge boundaries of social and cultural conventions but also redefine our relationships with fear and with things beyond our knowledge.
4 Credits
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Subject: Sociology (SOCI)
CRN: 21763
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center 401
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
While discussions of gender and its social construction have become common in our culture, there is less discussion of whether there are actually binary “biological sexes” that impact those conversations. In addition, while we have made many inclusive efforts in understanding the LGBTQIA+ community, our larger society correlates sexual orientation to biology leaving us to ask: are queer folks born that way and does it stay fixed throughout our lives? This course explores the convergence of sociology and biology in how we define gender, sex, sexual orientation, and sexual behavior as continua instead of binaries as once previously believed. Topics are examined in developmental order from conception to adulthood and include current issues relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community and society at-large. The course also considers these topics in non-human animals to ask ‘what is normal?’ in nature. This will be a BIOL - SOCI crosslisted course.
4 Credits