Sexuality and Intimacy

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically apply sociological concepts to contemporary issues in sexuality and intimacy.
• Further develop your information gathering skills for the collection of appropriate material (print and electronic) for assignments.
• Demonstrate appropriate application of theoretical approaches in social sciences to sexuality and intimacy
• Consolidate your skills of comparative analysis.
• Compare, contrast and critically assess essentialism and social constructionism.
• Demonstrate your written communication skills.
• Consolidate your critical evaluation skills.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

Sexuality and Intimacy: An Introduction

The History of Sexuality and Intimacy

Intimacy: Definitions and Debates

Intimacy Debates (continued)

Intimacy and Friendship

Challenging Heterosexuality: Theoretical and Political Issues

The Social Construction of HIV/AIDS

The Cultural Construction of Same-Gender Sexual Relations

Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Transgender

Sea, Sun and Sex: Sex Tourism and Romance Tourism in a Globalized World

Pornography: The Objectification of Women?

Lectures and Seminars

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.