METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSE OUTLINE FORM COURSE TITLE Survey of Human Sexuality COURSE PREFIX AND NO. PSYC/SOCI 2150 LEC 4.5 LAB 0 CREDIT HOURS 4.5 __________________________________________________________________________________________ COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is a survey of the topic of human sexuality. The student is presented with materials concerning the biological, psychological, and socio-cultural facets of sexual behavior. Cross-listed as SOC 246. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ COURSE PREREQUISITES: PSYC 1010 or SOCI 1010 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ RATIONALE: The course has been designed as a transfer elective for students pursuing academic transfer degrees and as a supporting course for several programs of study including but not limited to Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Nursing. ____________________________________________________________________________________ REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS and/or MATERIALS: Title: Sexual Interactions Edition: Fifth Edition Author: Algeier and Algeier Publisher: Houghton Mifflin ____________________________________________________________________________________ Attached course outline written by: H. Lynn Bradman Date: 5/2001 Reviewed/Revised by: Date: Effective quarter of course outline: 05/FA Dean Date: Date: M. Jane Franklin Course Objectives, Topical Unit Outlines, and Unit Objectives must be attached to this form. COURSE OBJECTIVES/TOPICAL UNIT OUTLINE/UNIT OBJECTIVES TITLE: Survey of Human Sexuality PREFIX/NO. PSYC/SOCI 2150 COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the completion of this course, each student will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of human sexuality from an historical perspective. 2. Compare and contrast several explanatory theories toward human sexuality including the evolutionary, psychoanalytic, learning, and sociological approaches. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the history of and current methods used by science in sex research. 4. Describe male and female sexual anatomy and physiology. 5. Understand various aspects of human sexual behavior including the sources of sexual pleasure and physical reactions during sexual response. 6. Examine and understand the issues surrounding arousal and communication and love 7. Demonstrate an understand and describe human sexual development from conception through adulthood. 8. Describe and understand the process of pregnancy and birth. 9. Discuss various issues related to contraception both from an historical and a current perspective. 10. Understand sexual orientation and describe human variation in sexual orientation. 11. Develop an awareness of the types of sexual dysfunction and therapies. 12. Develop an accurate knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases including an understanding of safe-sex practices. 13. Understand and describe atypical sexual activity. 14. Develop an awareness and knowledge of current social and legal issues surrounding sex including sexual harassment, assault and abuse, and sex for profit. ____________________________________________________________________________________ TOPICAL UNIT OUTLINE: 1. Sexual Interactions: Realities and Myths Beliefs About the Need to Control Sexual Expression Beliefs About Fertility and Development Dating and Mating Research Spotlight: What Do You Look for in a Partner? Highlight: Valencia Declaration on Sexual Rights 2. Contemporary Explanations of Sexuality Evolutionary Approaches Psychoanalytic Approaches Learning Approaches Sociological Approaches Theories, Politics, and Morality 3. Research on Sexuality The Rise of Science The Impact of Societal Beliefs, Political Attitudes, and Ethical Issues on Research Research Spotlight: Ethical Principles and the Tuskegee Study Understanding the Process of Sex Research Measurement in Sex Research Evaluating Results of Studies of Sexuality 4. Sexual Anatomy and Physiology Sexual Anatomy Hormones and the Endocrine System The Nervous System 5. Sexual Behavior Sources of Sexual Pleasure Sexual Responses Highlight: Physical Reactions During Sexual Response 6. Arousal and Communication Sources of Arousal Communication About Sexuality Highlight: Negotiating a Sexual Relationship 7. Loving Sexual Interactions Being Loved: Early Experience Self-Love Loving Others Love as Dependency, and Jealousy Loving Sexual Interactions 8. Sexual Differentiation and Development Fertilization Sex Chromosomes and Genetic Sex Prenatal Development Typical Sexual Differentiation Highlight: The Major Sex Hormones Atypical Sexual Differentiation Secondary Sexual Characteristics Highlight: Meanings of Menarche Sexual Differentiation and Gender Identity 9. Pregnancy and Birth Pregnancy Highlight: Tests for Identifying Fetal Abnormalities Labor and Birth Highlight: A Personal Account of Childbirth Postpartum Events and Decisions 10. Contraception The Development and Use of Modern Contraceptives Methods of Contraception Sterilization Contraceptive Techniques of the Future 11. Resolving Unwanted Pregnancy Unintended Pregnancy Abortion: A Human Dilemma Research Spotlight: Abortion Case Histories Highlight: The Legal Status of Abortion in the United States Abortion: The Process Unintended Parenthood 12. Sexuality in Childhood and Adolescence Understanding Childhood Sexuality Theories About the Development of Gender and Sexuality Infancy Early Childhood Preschool Years Middle to Late Childhood Research Spotlight: The Relationship Between the Provision of Sex and Contraceptive Education and Unwanted Pregnancies in Western Nations Adolescence Gender Role Identification in Adolescence 13. Sexuality in Adulthood Young Adulthood Marriage and Long-Term Commitments Long-Term Relationships Midlife Sexuality Old Age 14. Variations in Sexual Orientation What Is Sexual Orientation? Highlight: Variations in Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Highlight: Rigid Versus Fluid Definitions of Orientation Explanations of Sexual Orientation Sexual Orientation and Adjustment Discrimination and Gay Liberation Bisexuality 15. Sexual Dysfunctions and Therapy Sexual Dysfunction: Contributing Factors Highlight: Disorders, Diseases, and Other Factors That Can Affect Sexual Functioning Types of Sexual Dysfunction Sex Therapy 16. Sexually Transmitted Diseases Attitudes Toward Sexually Transmitted Diseases Highlight: How Accurate Is Your Knowledge of HIV/AIDS? Bacterial Infections Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Highlight: An Epidemic of Stigma Highlight: Being Tested for HIV Antibodies Other Viral STDs Parasitic Infections Safer-Sex Practices: Reducing the Risk of Contracting STDs 17. Atypical Sexual Activity The Paraphilias The Noninvasive Consensual Paraphilias Highlight: Pain and Sexual Arousal The Invasive Paraphilias Highlight: Uncommon Paraphilias Treatment of the Invasive Paraphilias 18. Sexual Harassment Sexual Harassment: What Is It? Highlight: Examples of Sexual Harassment? Research Spotlight: Variations in Judgments of Sexual Harassment Reducing Sexual Harassment 19. Sexual Assault and Abuse Sexual Assault Child-Adult Sexual Contacts Long-Term Correlates of Child-Adult Sexual Contacts 20. Sex for Profit The Effects of Erotica Highlight: Public Policy and Erotica Prostitution Highlight: Prostitution Across Cultures ____________________________________________________________________________________ UNIT OBJECTIVES: UNIT 1 Chapters 1-3 A. Demonstrate an understanding of human sexuality from an historical perspective. B. Compare and contrast several explanatory theories toward human sexuality including the evolutionary, psychoanalytic, learning, and sociological approaches. C. Demonstrate an understanding of the history of and current methods used by science in sex research. UNIT 2 Chapters 4-7 A. Describe male and female sexual anatomy and physiology. B. Understand various aspects of human sexual behavior including the sources of sexual pleasure and physical reactions during sexual response. C. Examine and understand the issues surrounding arousal and communication and love UNIT 3 Chapters 8 -11 A. Demonstrate an understanding and describe human sexual development from conception through adulthood. B. Describe and understand the process of pregnancy and birth. C. Discuss various issues related to contraception both from an historical and a current perspective. UNIT 4 Chapters12-15 A. Understand human sexuality from adolescence through adulthood B. Understand and describe human variation in sexual orientation. C. Develop an awareness of the types of sexual dysfunction and therapies. UNIT 5 Chapters 16-20 A. Develop an accurate knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases including an understanding of safe-sex practices. B. Understand and describe atypical sexual activity. C. Develop an awareness and knowledge of current social and legal issues surrounding sex including sexual harassment, assault and abuse, and sex for profit. _________________________________________________________________________________ COURSE REQUIREMENTS/EVALUATION Upon completion of the objectives for this online course the students will have moved from the knowledge through the evaluation levels of cognition relative to the study of human sexuality Also, students are required to successfully complete tests and out-of-class and online assignments and discussions as specified by the instructor in the course syllabus. Evaluation will be based on written work, exams, and appropriate online participation as specified by the instructor.. COURSE OBJECTIVES 1. Demonstrate an understanding of human sexuality from an historical perspective. ASSESSMENT MEASURES Written assignments, exams, participation in online discussion and written interactions with instructor and other class participants. 2. Compare and contrast several explanatory theories toward human sexuality including the evolutionary, psychoanalytic, learning, and sociological approaches. Written assignments, exams, participation in online discussion and written interactions with instructor and other class participants. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the history of and current methods used by science in sex research. Written assignments, exams, participation in online discussion and written interactions with instructor and other class participants. 4. Describe male and female sexual anatomy and physiology. Written assignments, exams. 5. Understand various aspects of human sexual behavior including the sources of sexual pleasure Written assignments, exams, participation in online discussion and written interactions with instructor and other class participants. and physical reactions during sexual response. 6. Examine and understand the issues surrounding arousal and communication and love Written assignments, exams, participation in online discussion and written interactions with instructor and other class participants. 7. Demonstrate an understanding of and describe human sexual development from conception through adulthood. Written assignments, exams, participation in online discussion and written interactions with instructor and other class participants. 8.Describe and understand the process of pregnancy and birth. Written assignments, exams, participation in online discussion and written interactions with instructor and other class participants. 9. Discuss various issues related to contraception both from an historical and a current perspective. Written assignments, exams, participation in online discussion and written interactions with instructor and other class participants. 10. Understand sexual orientation and describe human variation in sexual orientation. Written assignments, exams, participation in online discussion and written interactions with instructor and other class participants. 11. Develop an awareness of the types of sexual dysfunction and therapies. Written assignments, exams, participation in online discussion and written interactions with instructor and other class participants. 12. Develop an accurate knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases including an understanding of safe-sex practices. Written assignments, exams, participation in online discussion and written interactions with instructor and other class participants. 13. Understand and describe atypical sexual activity. Written assignments, exams, participation in online discussion and written interactions with instructor and other class participants. 14. Develop an awareness and knowledge of current social and legal issues surrounding sex including sexual harassment, assault and abuse, and sex for profit. Written assignments, exams, participation in online discussion and written interactions with instructor and other class participants.