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Course Schedule
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Like the UCD academic quarter, the following course schedule is organized into 10 weeks with 2 class meetings per week.
Reminder: November 12 (Veterans Day) is a campus holiday (no classes on that day).
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Finals Week
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Week 1
(October 1 & 3)
Homework #1
is due on
Monday,
October 8
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Course Schedule
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Sexual Orientation and Prejudice: Coming To Terms
Here are the links you'll need to prepare for class this week (links will open in a new browser window):
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Week 2
(October 8 & 15)
Homework #2
is due on
Monday,
October 15
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Course Schedule
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I. Sexual Orientation and Prejudice: Coming To Terms (continued)
II. A Brief History of Sexual Stigma
Here are the links you'll need to prepare for class this week (links will open in a new browser window):
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Lecture/Class
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Homework Assignments
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Reading Assignment
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Bayer book: Chapters 3-5 (pp. 67-178)
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Chauncey book: Chapters 3-5 (pp. 59-166)
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Download: Sexual Orientation and Mental Health
[Requires Course Password]
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Additional Resources
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Optional Reading:
Bohan, J. S. (1996).
Psychology and sexual orientation: Coming to terms. New York: Routledge. (Introduction: pp. 3-10) [Elaborates on the distinction between essentialism and social constructionism in the study of sexual orientation.]
[Requires Course Password]
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Suggestions for further reading
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Week 3
(October 15 & 17)
Homework #3
and #4
are both due on
Monday,
October 22
See the
important anouncement
about the
writing assignment
deadline
posted in
the Week 4 section.
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I. A Brief History of Sexual Stigma (continued)
II. Understanding Sexual Orientation and Prejudice:
How To Read A Scientific Study
Here are the links you'll need to prepare for class this week (links will open in a new browser window):
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Week 4
(October 22 & 24)
Completed worksheet for writing assignment,
is due on
Monday,
October 22,
as are
Homework #3
and #4.
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I. How To Read A Scientific Study (continued)
II. Sexual Prejudice: Key Constructs and National Trends
Here are the links you'll need to prepare for class this week (links will open in a new browser window):
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Lecture/Class
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Writing Assignment
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The worksheet for the writing assignment is due Monday, October 22.
As explained in class, everyone may have a 2-day extension for completing the worksheet.
If you submit the worksheet by 2:10 pm (the beginning of class) on Wednesday, October 24, you won't incur a late penalty.
Worksheets submitted after that time will be penalized as originally explained in the writing assignment guidelines,
based on the original due date.
Thus, a worksheet submitted on Wednesday immediately after class will be considered 3 days late, a worksheet submitted on Thursday will be considered 4 days late, and so on.
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Download the worksheet template (in MS Word format).
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Additional Resources
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Week 5
(October 29 & 31)
Exam #1 on Wednesday, October 31.
Bring a Scantrons form, a pencil and a pen.
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Sexual Prejudice: Key Constructs and National Trends (continued)
Here are the links you'll need this week to prepare for Exam #1 and class.
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Exam #1
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Exam #1 will cover all class material from the first five weeks of the course
and all of the readings assigned for Weeks 1-5
(this includes the homework assignnments).
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Reminder: Study guides for many of the readings are
available for download elsewhere on this page.
Use them to identify key concepts, terms, and people discussed in the readings.
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Study tip: Pay special attention to the topics and material that were discussed both in class and the readings, or that appeared in multiple readings. Pay attention as well to terminology and definitions, and to the main findings of empirical studies discussed in class.
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Some practice exam questions are available for download. As explained in class, these items are intended to give you a sense of the kinds of questions that will appear on exams in this course. They may or may not actually appear on Exam #1.
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Lecture/Class
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Homework
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Homework assignments from the first half of the quarter (#1-#4) will not be accepted after Exam #1.
This includes any assignment that you were asked to revise or resubmit with corrections.
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Additional Resources
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Week 6
(November 5 & 7)
Extra Credit Homework
assignment
(due by Wednesday,
December 5)
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The Social Psychology of Sexual Prejudice
Here are the links you'll need to prepare for class this week.
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Week 7
(November 14)
Reminder:
November 12 is a holiday
(no class).
Final draft of paper due Monday, November 19 (see the note)
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Politics, Religion, and Sexual Prejudice
Here are the links you'll need to prepare for class this week.
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Lecture/Class
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Reading Assignment
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Herman book: Chapters 4-5 (pp. 92-136)
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Additional Resources
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Week 8
(November 19 & 21)
Final draft of paper due Monday, November 19 (see the note)
Homework #5 due November 26
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Sexual Prejudice and Violence
Here are the links you'll need to prepare for class this week.
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Lecture/Class
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Writing Assignment
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The final draft of your paper is due on Monday, November 19.
Note. As explained in class, the final paper may be submitted by 2:10 pm on Wednesday, November 21, without a late penalty.
If you wish to take this option, please submit your paper
(2 copies, with the marked-up worksheet attached)
at the beginning of class on Wednesday.
If you wish to submit your paper on Tuesday, November 20, you can take it to the Psychology Department's main office (135 Young Hall) and leave it with the person at the front desk.
Ask that staff person at the desk to date and time-stamp your paper or the envelope in which you've placed it.
If you wish to submit your paper on Wednesday before class, you can leave it
in the mailbox drop next to the door of the Psychology Department's Undergraduate Advising office (141 Young Hall).
(The Psychology offices will be closed on Wednesday, so don't try to leave your paper in the main office that day.)
To avoid loss, be sure that all of your papers are clipped together or in a manila envelope, clearly marked with Prof. Herek's name.
After Wednesday's class, it won't be possible to submit your papers until Monday, November 26.
On that day, you can drop your paper at the Psychology main office or bring it to class.
Papers submitted after Wednesday at 2:10 pm will be penalized as explained in
the writing assignment guidelines, based on the original due date
(e.g., a paper submitted before class on Monday, November 26, will be considered 3 days late; after class, it will be considered 4 days late).
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Homework Assignment
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Reading Assignment
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Herman book: Chapters 6-7 and Afterword (pp. 137-200)
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Reading:
Hate crime victimization among lesbians and gay men
(Acrobat format)
[Requires Course Password]
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Reading: Unassuming motivations: Contextualizing the narratives of antigay assailants (Acrobat format)
[Requires Course Password]
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Additional Resources
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Week 9
(November 26 & 28)
Homework #5 due November 26
The extra credit homework assignment is due by the beginning of the final class meeting (2:10 pm on Wednesday, December 5).
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Beliefs About Sexual Orientation, Causal Explanations, and Attributions of Blame
Here are the links you'll need to prepare for class this week.
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Lecture/Class
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Reading Assignments
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Download: The Question of Causation: Origins of Sexual Orientation. Chapter 3 from
Psychology and sexual orientation: Coming to terms
by Janice Bohan (available at Shields Library).
[Requires Course Password]
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Study questions for The Question of Causation can be downloaded from the "Study Guides" section of this page.
[Requires Course Password]
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Download: Attempts to Change Sexual Orientation with Psychological Interventions (Acrobat format)
[Requires Course Password]
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The American Psychiatric Association's 2000 position statement on Therapies Focused on Attempts to Change Sexual Orientation (PDF format) [Note: Read the entire document, including the Appendix, which follows the Bibliography.]
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The American Psychological Association's 1997 resolution on "reparative therapies"
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Additional Resources
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The Pseudo-Science of Sexual Orientation Conversion Therapy
by Douglas Haldeman, Ph.D. (Acrobat format)
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Don't Forsake Homosexuals Who Want Help,
a letter to the editor,
published in The Wall Street Journal, January 9, 1997.
Written by NARTH leaders Charles Socarides, Benjamin Kaufman, Joseph Nicolosi, Jeffrey Satinover and Richard Fitzgibbons.
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National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH)
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Ex-Gay Watch, a blog that provides "news and analysis of exgay politics and culture."
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Focus on the Family's Love Won Out conferences for "addressing, understanding and preventing homosexuality."
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Copies of print ads discussed in class (will open in new browser window):
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Week 10
(December 3 & 5)
Exam #2 on Wednesday, December 5.
Bring a Scantrons form, a pencil and a pen.
The extra credit homework assignment is due by the beginning of the final class (2:10 pm on Wednesday, December 5).
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Strategies for Reducing Sexual Prejudice
Here are the links you'll need to prepare for Exam #2 and for class this week.
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Exam #2
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Exam #2 will cover all readings, lecture/discussion material, and material related to homework assignments from weeks 6-10 (this includes Internet readings).
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Be sure to download the study guides for the readings.
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Study tip: As always, pay special attention to topics and material discussed both in class and the readings, or in multiple readings.
Pay attention as well to terminology and definitions, and to the main findings of empirical studies discussed in class.
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Some practice exam questions are available for download. As with the practice items for Exam #1, they are intended to give you a sense of the kinds of questions that will appear on the exam. These questions and the specific material they cover may or may not actually appear on Exam #2.
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Because of the University deadline for submitting final course grades, no late papers or assignments will be accepted after the final class day (December 5).
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Lecture/Class
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Additional Resources
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After Week 10
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Finals Week
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Office Hours
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Between the last class meeting on Wednesday, December 5, and the final exam on December 13, Prof. Herek, Mr. Avilla, and Mr. Sims won't hold regularly scheduled office hours but will be available for meetings by appointment.
If you would like to meet with any of them before the final exam, please e-mail them to arrange a mutually convenient time.
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Final Exam
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The final exam will be administered in our regular classroom on Thursday, December 13, at 1:00 pm.
Although two hours are allotted for the final, it will have the same format as the previous two exams and should take an hour or less to complete.
Bring a Scantrons form, a pencil and a pen.
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The final exam will be cumulative — it will cover all of the lecture, reading, and homework material for the entire quarter.
However, its coverage will be at a somewhat more general level than was the case for Exams #1 and #2.
As with the previous exams, you should especially focus on areas where the lecture overlapped with reading material, or where two or more readings overlapped.
As always, use the study guides for the readings.
Pay attention as well to terminology and definitions, and to the main findings of empirical studies discussed in class.
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Remember, the final exam is optional if you have already taken both Exam #1 and Exam #2.
If you take all three exams, we will use your two best scores to compute your final grade.
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General Information and Resources
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The following links provide general information for students in UCD courses.
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Computer Information and Resources
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These links will be useful when you're using your computer to complete course assignments.
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