Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to describe how cultural values and ethics influence human sexuality.
• Students will be able to synthesize data collected from a literature review, meta-analysis and/or original research in an area of interest related to human sexuality.
• Students will be able to locate seminal articles related to a field of sexology and critically evaluate the subsequent progression of data and hypotheses.
• Students will be able to analyze controversies related to current issues in sexual science, and construct reasonable solutions/compromises.
• Students demonstrate meaningful self-evaluation related to increasing their lifelong personal well-being.
• Students will be able to compare and evaluate opposing positions on a controversial issue in human sexuality.
• Students will be able to discuss issues of power, violence and commercialization of sexuality.
• Students will be able to describe common variations in sexual behavior.
• Students will be able to describe the events of pregnancy, delivery, and how to enhance the birth of a healthy baby.
• Students will be able to outline the advantages and disadvantages of various family planning methods.
• Students will be able to explain sexuality over the lifespan.
• Students will be able to explain the multi-faceted aspects of sexual orientation.
• Students will be able to outline the characteristics of major sexually transmitted diseases.
• Students will be able to describe common sexual disorders and therapies, and the sexual abilities and needs of disabled people.
• Students will be able to describe male and female sexual anatomy, physiology and sexual response.
• Students will be able to explain behavioral aspects of human sexuality, regarding gender, relationships and communication.
• Students will be able to judge the validity of sexual research.