Graduate Courses for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Studies (LGBT)

Schedule of Classes: Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer
(Only current and next semester available)

LGBT 407 Gay and Lesbian Philosophy (3 credits)
Also offered as PHIL407. Not open to students who have completed PHIL407. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: PHIL407 or LGBT407.
An examination in historical and social context of personal, cultural, and political aspects of gay and lesbian life, paying particular attention to conceptual, ontological, epistemological, and social justice issues.

LGBT 448 Special Topics in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies (3 credits)
Prerequisite: LGBT200 or permission of program. Junior standing. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
In-depth study of particular themes and issues in LGBT studies.

LGBT 459 Selected Topics in Sexuality and Literature (3 credits)
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: two lower-level English courses, at least one in literature. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Also offered as ENGL459.
Detailed study of sexuality as an aspect of literary and cultural expression.

LGBT 465 Theories of Sexuality and Literature (3 credits)
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: two lower-level English courses, at least one in literature. Also offered as ENGL465. Not open to students who have completed ENGL465. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENGL465 or LGBT465.
An in-depth study of the ways in which sexuality and sexual difference create or confound the conditions of meaning in the production of literary texts. Attention to psychoanalysis, history of sexuality, feminist theory, and other accounts of sexual identity.

LGBT 488 Seminar in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies (1-3 credits)
Prerequisites: 9 credits in LGBT Studies and permission of program. Recommended: LGBT200 and ENGL265 or CMLT291. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Not open to students who have completed CMLT498Y. Formerly CMLT498Y.
Developments in theories and methods of LGBT Studies, with emphasis upon interaction between the humanities and the social sciences in the elaboration of this interdisciplinary area of scholarship.

LGBT 494 Lesbian Communities and Differences (3 credits)
Prerequisite: One course in Women's Studies, preferably WMST200. Also offered as WMST494. Not open to students who have completed WMST494. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: WMST494 or LGBT494.
The meanings of lesbian communities across many lines of difference. Using lesbian feminists of the 1970s as a starting point, we will look both back and forward in history, tracing changes and exploring the meanings of these in their social and historical contexts.

LGBT 499 Independent Study (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: LGBT200 and permission of department. Senior standing. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Directed research and analysis in LGBT Studies on a topic selected by the student.