2024 Course

Sexuality and the Law

• PUBPOL 3260/5260; FGSS 3260/5260 (counts for LGBT Studies minor; Law & Society minor)
• 4 credits
• Frank Bewkes

Examination of the relationship between sexuality and the law, focusing primarily on the treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the areas of constitutional law, criminal law, family law, and employment law. Topics include how the legal system regulates and affects lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender relationships and sexual behaviors; open expressions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender identity; workplace and school effects; and other issues related to LGBTQ identity.

Enduring Global and American Issues

• PUBPOL 3071; GOVT 3071; AMST 3071
• 4 credits
• David Silbey

The US and the global community face a number of complex, interconnected and enduring issues that pose challenges for our political and policy governance institutions and society at large. These include sustainability, social justice, technology, public health, security and conflict, and globalization, among others. Students will investigate these issues, and the challenges they pose, through weekly case studies, class discussions, lectures and guest speakers, guided by a number of robust and generalizable analytical frameworks.

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