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Sexual Identities in American Culture

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
1/26/26 - 5/13/26
MoWe 2:30p.m. – 3:45p.m.		 McCormack M02-0420 3 $2065 (guest students)
Date
1/26/26 - 5/13/26
Time
MoWe 2:30p.m. – 3:45p.m.
Location
McCormack M02-0420
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2065 (guest students)

Description

This course studies the history of sexual identities in the twentieth-century United States, with a particular emphasis upon the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender identities, through the study of cultural texts such as novels, songs, films, and poems. Topics covered in the course include homosexuality in the turn-of-the-century United States, sex in the Harlem Renaissance, sexual politics in the Depression years, purges of gay women and men in federal employment during the cold war and sexual liberation in the 1960s and 1970s.

Prerequisites

Pre-req= ENGL 102 and minimum of 30 credits or permission of instructor

Guest registration opens January 12

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

1/26/2026 - 5/13/2026

Location

McCormack M02-0420

General Ed Requirements

Humanities

Enrolled / Capacity

30 / 30

Status

Closed

Instructor

Holly Jackson

Tuition*

$2065 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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