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Human Sexuality

Measurable Student Learning Outcomes

  1. (Comprehension Level) Describe and explain the multicultural aspects of human sexual history.

  2. (Comprehension Level) Describe information regarding biological issues including sexual anatomy, hormones, sexual arousal and response, conception, pregnancy, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, and cancers. (CSLO 2 & 4)

  3. (Comprehension Level) Summarize the social context of human sexuality from historical and cultural perspectives. (CSLO 1)

  4. Analysis Level) Distinguish between the terms sex, sexuality, and gender. (CSLO 3)

  5. (Evaluation Level) Critique the social meaning of issues related to sexuality including legal controls, the uses and abuses of mass media upon the concept of gender and behavior, varieties of sexual life styles, sexual orientations, relationships, and practices. (CSLO 1 & 4)

  6. (Synthesis Level) Construct a sexual policy that will guide health decisions concerning sexual rights, responsibilities, safe, and non-threatening sexual behaviors. (CSLO 1)

  7. (Evaluation Level) Assess and evaluate what is socially defined as sexual deviance and sexual abuse, comparing and contrasting what is "normal" versus "non-normative" behaviors with clinically diagnosed sexual disorders. (CSLO 1)

  8. (Analysis Level) Discuss how various researchers have attempted to define, describe, and measure love (e.g., Rubin, Sternberg, Lee, Fisher, etc.) and use this information to reflect on past relationships.

  9. Analysis Level) Discuss social, cultural, and psychological issues related to gender, intimate relationships, love, and marriage.

  10. (Evaluation Level) Create a month-by-month timeline describing conception through term of pregnancy, and describe major developments of embryo, zygote, and fetus. (CSLO 3)

  11. (Analysis Level) Understand and differentiate between different types of sexually transmitted diseases, the behaviors leading to them, and prevention methods. (CSLO 1 & 4)

  12. (Analysis Level) Examine one's own personal sexual development and engage in discussion on gender issues, gender identity development, and willingness to establish healthy and safe sexual and emotional well being. (CSLO 1 & 3)