Jul 07, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

POLS 4740 - Sexuality and Queer Theories


Explores intersections of gender and sexuality with other primary forms of identity including but not limited to race, ethnicity, religiosity, class and culture. Queer theorizing explored both as a critical tool and as a resource for a more transformative alternative politics.

Requisites: 6 Hours in POLS
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will gain an understanding of the complex relationship between sexuality and gender and its intersections with other aspects of human identity.
  • Students will understand, the historical, legal, social and contemporary political implications of various understandings of gender and sexual identity.


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