IDS 155 Syllabus

Your Instructor: Erin Barrett, M.A. (SAC Canvas Bronze Training Badge, SAC Canvas Bronze Certification Badge)

Course Syllabus: pdf

Syllabus

Course Description: 

An interdisciplinary review of the biological development and psychological influences across the lifespan, including neuroscience research and sociocultural considerations in the areas of gender, attraction, attachment, love, sexual orientations, anatomy, sexual arousal and response, conception, contraception, reproduction, health, including sexual coercion and sexually transmitted infections.

Textbook Information: 

Revel Digital Access:

Rathus, Nevid, Fichner-Rathus. Human Sexuality in a Changing World, 10^th, eText – REVEL Access Card Package ISBN 9780134450728. Once on our Canvas site, click on “Pearson Revel” to create a free account with Revel, get free access our eTextbook (for two weeks), and access all chapter quizzes. If you run into any issues with Revel, please contact Revel Customer Service.

Course Requirements

Discussions

located on Canvas

Regular participation is expected and is a significant component of your grade. To receive points for participation, you must post a response to my “Get to Know Me” reply and chapter posts; these posts should be thoughtful responses, consisting of at least 5-7 (minimum) spell-checked and grammar-checked sentences – complete sentences (not phrases). When you are finished with your response, post a 4-6 (minimum) sentence comment to the post of at least one other student.

All due dates are listed on the last page of this syllabus – please check your course calendar section of this syllabus for specific dates for your assignments. The “Get to Know Me” reply is due before 11 pm on Wednesday, during our first week. All chapter replies/posts are due before 11 pm on Wednesdays. All student comments are due before 11 pm on Sundays.

As students complete their work at various times and days, most posts will not be graded until the days following the assignment’s due date. Quick note: Discussion assignments will be submitted on Canvas and they will be available through our ‘Modules’ tab.

Quizzes

from Canvas, click on ‘Pearson Revel’ to access this Revel content

There are two types of ‘tests’ in this class: mini quizzes and chapter quizzes. Each question, for each quiz, is worth 3 points; you have 3 attempts to earn as many of those points as possible. All quiza assignments are due by 11 pm PST on Sundays. Quizzes do not have a time limit – isn’t there enough stress in your life as it is?

Group Presentation

from Canvas, click on ‘Modules’ to access this group assignment in ‘Module 4’

Each student will be assigned to a group of three students; each group will be assigned to a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI). More details will be provided in ‘Module 4’. 

Important!

In accordance with the college drop policy, students who do not access the class web site or submit the “first assignments” by the due date may be dropped as a no show. Students who fail to turn in the weekly assignments and or participate in the discussion boards will be considered “absent” and may be dropped from the class for “excessive absence.” Students are responsible to officially drop the class or they will receive a letter grade based on their performance.   

• No Show Drop: You must complete all of the Week 1 activities (listed within the “Week One” Module in Canvas by the due dates designated for each activity, or you will be dropped as a “No Show”
• Excessive Absence Drop: If two consecutive weeks of non‐participation is observed by the instructor the student will be dropped.

 

Student Learning Objectives (stuff I'm going to learn by the end of this class class): 

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify the location, structure, and function of male and female reproductive anatomy and physiology. Identify specific gender based sexual and general health concerns. Have acquired the knowledge of human reproductive anatomy, gender issues, physical and psychological development to make well thought out choices.
• List and describe the different levels of gender-identity formation from a psychological, social learning and biological perspective. Be able to assess the impact of social life, biological and genetic factors to one’s gender.
• List categorical identifications of symptoms, transmission and treatment of common STI’s. Identify the ethical aspects of human sexual behavior.
• Be able to identify and explore the process and choice of conceiving children.
• List and describe contraceptive methods and how they prevent pregnancy.
• List and describe the sexual response cycle (S.R.C.) in males and females.
• List and describe the phases of the menstrual cycle.

 

This is going to be a great semester! 

 

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