Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies
(Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
2201 Dunton Tower
613-520-2368
http://carleton.ca/iis/programs-of-study/sexuality-studies
This section presents the requirements for programs in:
Graduation Requirements
In addition to the requirements listed below, students must satisfy:
- the University regulations including the process of Academic Performance Evaluation (see the Academic Regulations of the University section of this Calendar).
- the common regulations applying to all B.A. students including those relating to First-Year Seminars and Breadth requirements (see the Academic Regulations for the Bachelor of Arts Degree ).
Students should consult with the Institute when planning their program and selecting courses.
Program Requirements
Minor in Sexuality Studies (4.0 credits)
This minor is available to all undergraduate degree students.
| Requirements | ||
| 1. 1.0 credit in: | 1.0 | |
SXST 2101 [0.5] | Sexuality Studies: A Critical Introduction | |
SXST 4101 [0.5] | Interdisciplinary Studies of Sexuality | |
| 2. 1.0 credit from Approved Sexuality Studies Electives at the 2000-level or higher | 1.0 | |
| 3. 1.0 credit from Approved Sexuality Studies Electives at the 3000-level or higher | 1.0 | |
| 4. 1.0 credit from Approved Sexuality Studies | 1.0 | |
| 5. The remaining requirements of the major discipline(s) and degree must be satisfied | ||
| Total Credits | 4.0 | |
Notes:
- Courses used to fulfil Items 2 through 4 above must be from more than one discipline.
- Other courses may be substituted for the credits specified in item two, when material on sexuality is central to the course. Such substitutions must be individually approved by the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS). Students are encouraged to consult course descriptions of Special Topics courses.
Approved Sexuality Studies Electives
Note: access to these courses is not guaranteed, and may depend on space availability and the satisfaction of other requirements such as course prerequisites.
| Anthropology | ||
ANTH 2040 [0.5] | Anthropology and Gender | |
ANTH 4780 [0.5] | Anthropology of Personhood | |
| Art History | ||
ARTH 3600 [0.5] | Modern Art from c. 1945 to c. 1980 | |
ARTH 4600 [0.5] | Feminist and/or Gender Issues in Art | |
| Canadian Studies | ||
CDNS 3400 [0.5] | Feminists and Feminism in Canada | |
CDNS 3600 [0.5] | Cultural Politics and Identities in Canada | |
| English Language and Literature | ||
ENGL 2109 [0.5] | Gender, Sexuality and Literature | |
| Film Studies | ||
FILM 3301 [0.5] | Topics in Cinema and Gender | |
| First Year Seminars | ||
FYSM 1402 [1.0] | Issues in Women's and Gender Studies | |
FYSM 1403 [1.0] | Women and the Arts | |
FYSM 1600 [1.0] | Contemporary Controversies in Canadian Society | |
| History | ||
HIST 3106 [0.5] | Social History of Sexuality | |
HIST 3107 [1.0] | History of the Family in Europe | |
HIST 3406 [0.5] | African-American Women | |
HIST 3505 [0.5] | Women in Canada | |
HIST 3602 [0.5] | Families and Kinship in Canadian History | |
HIST 4505 [1.0] | Seminar in Women's and Gender History | |
| Human Rights | ||
HUMR 1001 [1.0] | Introduction to Human Rights | |
HUMR 2301 [0.5] | Human Rights and Sexualities | |
HUMR 4302 [0.5] | Transgender Human Rights | |
| Law | ||
LAWS 3001 [0.5] | Women and the Legal Process | |
LAWS 3503 [0.5] | Equality and Discrimination | |
LAWS 3804 [0.5] | Law of the Family | |
LAWS 4001 [0.5] | Law, Family and Gender | |
LAWS 4002 [0.5] | Feminist Theories of Law | |
LAWS 5302 [0.5] | Feminism, Law and Social Transformation | |
| Consuming Passions: The Regulation of Consumption, Appearance and Sexuality | ||
| Music | ||
MUSI 3302 [0.5] | Music and Gender I | |
MUSI 4303 [0.5] | Music and Gender II | |
| Philosophy | ||
PHIL 1500 [1.0] | Contemporary Moral, Social and Religious Issues | |
PHIL 2306 [0.5] | Philosophy and Feminism | |
| Political Science | ||
PSCI 2500 [0.5] | Gender and Politics | |
PSCI 3109 [0.5] | The Politics of Law and Morality | |
PSCI 3303 [0.5] | Feminist Political Theory | |
PSCI 3500 [0.5] | Gender and Politics: Global North | |
PSCI 3502 [0.5] | Gender and Politics: Global South | |
PSCI 4205 [0.5] | Identity Politics | |
PSCI 4208 [0.5] | Queer Politics | |
PSCI 4402 [0.5] | Gender, State and Public Policy | |
PSCI 4500 [0.5] | Gender and Globalization | |
PSCI 4501 [0.5] | Gender, Identity and Politics in Post-Communist Societies | |
PSCI 4605 [0.5] | Gender in International Relations | |
| Psychology | ||
PSYC 3603 [0.5] | Psychology of Women | |
| Sexuality Studies | ||
SXST 3101 [0.5] | Theories of Sexuality | |
SXST 3102 [0.5] | Critical Methodologies in Sexuality | |
SXST 3103 [0.5] | Sexuality and Disability | |
SXST 3104 [0.5] | Transnational Sexualities | |
SXST 4102 [0.5] | Queer Theory | |
| Social Work | ||
SOWK 2004 [0.5] | Human Sexuality | |
SOWK 3804 [0.5] | Law of the Family | |
SOWK 4206 [0.5] | Feminist Counseling | |
| Sociology | ||
SOCI 2043 [0.5] | Sociology of the Family | |
SOCI 2045 [0.5] | Gender and Society | |
SOCI 3040 [0.5] | Studies in the Sociology of Gender | |
SOCI 3044 [0.5] | Sociology of Sex and Sexuality | |
SOCI 3050 [0.5] | Studies in the Sociology of Health | |
SOCI 3420 [0.5] | Studies in Gender and Criminal Justice | |
SOCI 3780 [0.5] | Studies in Power and Everyday Life | |
SOCI 4040 [0.5] | Advanced Studies in the Sociology of Gender | |
SOCI 4043 [0.5] | Advanced Studies in the Sociology of the Family | |
| Women's and Gender Studies | ||
WGST 1808 [1.0] | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | |
WGST 2800 [0.5] | Intersectional Identities | |
WGST 2803 [0.5] | Body Matters: The Politics of Bodies | |
WGST 2811 [0.5] | Masculinities | |
WGST 2814 [0.5] | Gender, Sexuality and Cultural Production | |
WGST 3806 [0.5] | Girlhoods | |
Sexuality Studies (SXST) Courses
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
SXST 2101 [0.5 credit]
Sexuality Studies: A Critical Introduction
While sexuality is often considered the most private and 'natural' of personal concerns, it is saturated with issues of social power, historical change, and public politics. This course offers a critical introduction to interdisciplinary studies of sexuality, focusing on history, theory, and cultural practice.
Sexuality Studies: A Critical Introduction
While sexuality is often considered the most private and 'natural' of personal concerns, it is saturated with issues of social power, historical change, and public politics. This course offers a critical introduction to interdisciplinary studies of sexuality, focusing on history, theory, and cultural practice.
Precludes additional credit for DIST 2101 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the Institute.
Lectures and discussion groups three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the Institute.
Lectures and discussion groups three hours a week.
SXST 3101 [0.5 credit]
Theories of Sexuality
The critical study of sexuality emerging from challenges within the humanities and social sciences. Debates regarding sexuality and queer theory from a variety of post-modern, post-structuralist, postcolonial, and materialist thinkers.
Theories of Sexuality
The critical study of sexuality emerging from challenges within the humanities and social sciences. Debates regarding sexuality and queer theory from a variety of post-modern, post-structuralist, postcolonial, and materialist thinkers.
Precludes additional credit for DIST 3101 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing and SXST 2101.
Lecture three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing and SXST 2101.
Lecture three hours a week.
SXST 3102 [0.5 credit]
Critical Methodologies in Sexuality
Methodological approaches in sexuality studies. How intersectionality, interdisciplinarity, ethical and epistemological matters impact knowledge production. Methodological approaches may include qualitative and quantitative study, discourse analysis, community-based research, institutional ethnography, oral history, and archival research.
Critical Methodologies in Sexuality
Methodological approaches in sexuality studies. How intersectionality, interdisciplinarity, ethical and epistemological matters impact knowledge production. Methodological approaches may include qualitative and quantitative study, discourse analysis, community-based research, institutional ethnography, oral history, and archival research.
Precludes additional credit for DIST 3102 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing and SXST 2101.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing and SXST 2101.
SXST 3103 [0.5 credit]
Sexuality and Disability
Exploration of ways that embodied categories of sex and gender, as well as desire are mediated through mainstream and alternative discourses of disability. Topics may include: crip theory, mental health issues, and LGBTQ sexualities.
Sexuality and Disability
Exploration of ways that embodied categories of sex and gender, as well as desire are mediated through mainstream and alternative discourses of disability. Topics may include: crip theory, mental health issues, and LGBTQ sexualities.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the Institute.
Lecture three hours a week.
Lecture three hours a week.
SXST 3104 [0.5 credit]
Transnational Sexualities
Students analyze sex, gender and sexuality as power relations within, and between nation-states comprising the Global North and South, as well as new knowledge created through national border crossings. Topics may include: Orientialism, colonialization, and diasporic identities.
Transnational Sexualities
Students analyze sex, gender and sexuality as power relations within, and between nation-states comprising the Global North and South, as well as new knowledge created through national border crossings. Topics may include: Orientialism, colonialization, and diasporic identities.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing and SXST 2101.
Lecture three hours a week.
Lecture three hours a week.
SXST 4101 [0.5 credit]
Interdisciplinary Studies of Sexuality
A study of selected issues in sexuality studies considered from an interdisciplinary perspective. The course may focus on any one, or combination of, sexuality studies in relation to history, theory, and/or cultural practice.
Interdisciplinary Studies of Sexuality
A study of selected issues in sexuality studies considered from an interdisciplinary perspective. The course may focus on any one, or combination of, sexuality studies in relation to history, theory, and/or cultural practice.
Precludes additional credit for DIST 4101 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): SXST 2101 and fourth-year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): SXST 2101 and fourth-year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.
SXST 4102 [0.5 credit]
Queer Theory
An interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to issues in the area of Sexuality Studies focusing on foundational texts, and debates involved in the study of queer theory.
Queer Theory
An interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to issues in the area of Sexuality Studies focusing on foundational texts, and debates involved in the study of queer theory.
Prerequisite(s): SXST 2101 and fourth-year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
SXST 4103 [0.5 credit]
Politics of Kink
This seminar analyzes critically the existence and regulation of non-normative sexual attitudes, behaviours and practices. Topics may include: non-monogamy, sadomasochism, pornography.
Politics of Kink
This seminar analyzes critically the existence and regulation of non-normative sexual attitudes, behaviours and practices. Topics may include: non-monogamy, sadomasochism, pornography.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
SXST 4104 [0.5 credit]
Sexuality and Political Economy
An interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to issues in the area of Sexuality Studies focusing on socio-economic relations (e.g. class location, consumption) and the ways they mediate sex, gender, and sexual subject formation and governance. SXST 4101.
Sexuality and Political Economy
An interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to issues in the area of Sexuality Studies focusing on socio-economic relations (e.g. class location, consumption) and the ways they mediate sex, gender, and sexual subject formation and governance. SXST 4101.
Prerequisite(s): fourth year standing.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
Summer session: some of the courses listed in this Calendar are offered during the summer. Hours and scheduling for summer session courses will differ significantly from those reported in the fall/winter Calendar. To determine the scheduling and hours for summer session classes, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca
Not all courses listed are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session and to determine the term of offering, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca