Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies


Faculty List

Professor & Program Director
D. Seitler, MA, PhD

Associate Professor
P. Keilty, MA, PhD

Assistant Professor
J. Moreau, MA, PhD

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
S. Rayter, MA, PhD

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream & Undergraduate Coordinator
N. Minai, PhD

Introduction

The Sexual Diversity Studies program (Specialist, Major, Minor) enables students to explore, analyze, and challenge the ways in which sexuality shapes people’s lives in both local and global contexts. The program provides vibrant interdisciplinary scholarship and academic learning on the historical and contemporary formations of sexual practices at the intersections of race, class, gender, disability, and citizenship status, among other social relations and processes. Our courses are designed to foster critical conversations of queer and normative sexualities; the formation of sexual, racial, and gender, and gender-non-conforming personhood; and the role of sexuality in culture and politics both in North America and transnationally.

Enquiries: sexual.diversity@utoronto.ca
Website: https://sds.utoronto.ca/

Sexual Diversity Studies Programs

Sexual Diversity Studies Specialist (Arts Program) - ASSPE1240

The Sexual Diversity Studies program (Specialist, Major, Minor) enables students to explore, analyze, and challenge the ways in which sexuality shapes people’s lives in both local and global contexts. The program provides vibrant interdisciplinary scholarship and academic learning on the historical and contemporary formations of sexual practices at the intersections of race, class, gender, disability, and citizenship status, among other social relations and processes. Our courses are designed to foster critical conversations of queer and normative sexualities; the formation of sexual, racial, and gender, and gender-non-conforming personhood; and the role of sexuality in culture and politics both in North America and transnationally.

Enrolment Requirements:

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.

Completion Requirements:

(10.0 credits, including 4.0 credits at the 300+ level, 1.0 credit of which must be at the 400-level.)

1. One course from: WGS160Y1, NEW240H1/​ CSE240H1, or SOC209H1. Students may substitute with another introductory course that emphasizes intersectionality of sexuality, with the approval of the Director or Undergraduate Director.

2. SDS Foundational Courses (1.5 credits):

3. Thematic Clusters (3.0 credits): 1.0 credit from each of the three Thematic Clusters.

4. Capstone (1.0 credit): SDS460Y1

5. Other Electives (3.5-4.0 credits): Remaining credits selected from the SDS Electives Group

ANT441H1, ANT456H1, ANT474H1, CAS360H1, CIN213H1, CIN336H1, CLA319H1, CRI380H1, ENG273Y1, GGR456H1, HIS417Y1, ITA315H1, ITA332H1, JNH350H1, JNS450H1, JPS315H1, JPS378H1, JSU237H1, JSU325H1, NEW240H1/​ CSE240H1, NEW241Y1/​ CSE241Y1, NEW344H1/​ CSE344H1, NMC357H1, NMC358H1, PHL243H1, PHS300H1, POL377H1, PSY323H1, RLG235H1, RLG311H1, RLG312H1, RLG313H1, SDS199H1, SDS255H1, SDS256H1, SDS279H1, SDS345H1, SDS346H1, SDS355H1, SDS365H1, SDS375H1, SDS376H1, SDS377H1, SDS378H1, SDS380H1, SDS381H1, SDS382H1, SDS385H1, SDS425H1, SDS455H1, SDS456Y1, SDS458H1, SDS459Y1, SDS460Y1, SDS465H1, SDS470H1, SDS478H1, SDS485H1, SDS490Y1, SOC209H1, SOC309H1, VIC343H1/​ REN343H1, WGS160Y1, WGS275H1, WGS374H1, WGS480H1, WGS481H1, WGS369H1, WGS374H1

Other courses, such as Special Topics courses in other Departments or Programs, may be approved by the Director or Undergraduate Director on an individual basis. Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for courses from the SDS Electives Group.

Note: Effective Fall 2021, courses associated with New College's Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity program will have the new "CSE" designator. In addition, courses associated with Victoria College's Renaissance Studies program will have the new "REN" designator.

Sexual Diversity Studies Major (Arts Program) - ASMAJ1240

The Sexual Diversity Studies program (Specialist, Major, Minor) enables students to explore, analyze, and challenge the ways in which sexuality shapes people’s lives in both local and global contexts. The program provides vibrant interdisciplinary scholarship and academic learning on the historical and contemporary formations of sexual practices at the intersections of race, class, gender, disability, and citizenship status, among other social relations and processes. Our courses are designed to foster critical conversations of queer and normative sexualities; the formation of sexual, racial, and gender, and gender-non-conforming personhood; and the role of sexuality in culture and politics both in North America and transnationally.

Enrolment Requirements:

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.

Completion Requirements:

(6.0 credits including 2.5 SDS credits at the 300+ level, 1.0 credit of which must be at the 400-level)

1. One course from: WGS160Y1, NEW240H1/​ CSE240H1, or SOC209H1. Students may substitute with another introductory course that emphasizes intersectionality of sexuality, with the approval of the Director or Undergraduate Director.

2. 1.0 credit from the SDS Foundational Courses:

3. Thematic Clusters (1.5 credits): 0.5 credit from each of the three Thematic Clusters.

4. Capstone requirement (a minimum of one 0.5 credit from the following list):
All 400-level SDS and JNS courses.

5. Other Electives (1.5-2.5 credits): Remaining credits from the SDS Electives Group.

ANT441H1, ANT456H1, ANT474H1, CAS360H1, CIN213H1, CIN336H1, CLA319H1, CRI380H1, ENG273Y1, GGR456H1, HIS417Y1, ITA315H1, ITA332H1, JNH350H1, JNS450H1, JPS315H1, JPS378H1, JSU237H1, JSU325H1, NEW240H1/​ CSE240H1, NEW241Y1/​ CSE241Y1, NEW344H1/​ CSE344H1, NMC357H1, NMC358H1, PHL243H1, PHS300H1, POL377H1, PSY323H1, RLG235H1, RLG311H1, RLG312H1, RLG313H1, SDS199H1, SDS255H1, SDS256H1, SDS279H1, SDS345H1, SDS346H1, SDS355H1, SDS365H1, SDS375H1, SDS376H1, SDS377H1, SDS378H1, SDS380H1, SDS381H1, SDS382H1, SDS385H1, SDS425H1, SDS455H1, SDS456Y1, SDS458H1, SDS459Y1, SDS460Y1, SDS465H1, SDS470H1, SDS478H1, SDS485H1, SDS490Y1, SOC209H1, SOC309H1, VIC343H1/​ REN343H1, WGS160Y1, WGS275H1, WGS374H1, WGS480H1, WGS481H1, WGS369H1, WGS374H1

Other courses, such as Special Topics courses in other Departments or Programs, may be approved by the Director or Undergraduate Director on an individual basis. Students are responsible for checking co- and pre-requisites for courses from the SDS Electives Group.

Note: Effective Fall 2021, courses associated with New College's Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity program will have the new "CSE" designator. In addition, courses associated with Victoria College's Renaissance Studies program will have the new "REN" designator.

Sexual Diversity Studies Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN1240

The Sexual Diversity Studies program (Specialist, Major, Minor) enables students to explore, analyze, and challenge the ways in which sexuality shapes people’s lives in both local and global contexts. The program provides vibrant interdisciplinary scholarship and academic learning on the historical and contemporary formations of sexual practices at the intersections of race, class, gender, disability, and citizenship status, among other social relations and processes. Our courses are designed to foster critical conversations of queer and normative sexualities; the formation of sexual, racial, and gender, and gender-non-conforming personhood; and the role of sexuality in culture and politics both in North America and transnationally.

Enrolment Requirements:

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.

Completion Requirements:

(4.0 credits)

1. 0.5 credit from SDS Foundational Courses: SDS255H1, SDS256H1, SDS355H1.

2. Thematic Clusters (1.5 credits): 0.5 credit from each of the three Thematic Clusters. May substitute a 0.5 credit in this requirement from the list of Capstone courses (all 400-level SDS and JNS courses).

3. Other Electives (2.0 credits): Remaining credits selected from the SDS Electives Group

ANT441H1, ANT456H1, ANT474H1, CAS360H1, CIN213H1, CIN336H1, CLA319H1, CRI380H1, ENG273Y1, GGR456H1, HIS417Y1, ITA315H1, ITA332H1, JNH350H1, JNS450H1, JPS315H1, JPS378H1, JSU237H1, JSU325H1, NEW240H1/​ CSE240H1, NEW241Y1/​ CSE241Y1, NEW344H1/​ CSE344H1, NMC357H1, NMC358H1, PHL243H1, PHS300H1, POL377H1, PSY323H1, RLG235H1, RLG311H1, RLG312H1, RLG313H1, SDS199H1, SDS255H1, SDS256H1, SDS279H1, SDS345H1, SDS346H1, SDS355H1, SDS365H1, SDS375H1, SDS376H1, SDS377H1, SDS378H1, SDS380H1, SDS381H1, SDS382H1, SDS385H1, SDS425H1, SDS455H1, SDS456Y1, SDS458H1, SDS459Y1, SDS460Y1, SDS465H1, SDS470H1, SDS478H1, SDS485H1, SDS490Y1, SOC209H1, SOC309H1, VIC343H1/​ REN343H1, WGS160Y1, WGS275H1, WGS374H1, WGS480H1, WGS481H1, WGS369H1, WGS374H1

Other courses, such as Special Topics courses in other Departments or Programs, may be approved by the Director or Undergraduate Director on an individual basis. Students are responsible for checking co- and pre-requisites for courses from the SDS Electives Group.

Note: Effective Fall 2021, courses associated with New College's Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity program will have the new "CSE" designator. In addition, courses associated with Victoria College's Renaissance Studies program will have the new "REN" designator.


Students who do not meet stated course prerequisites can contact the program office to inquire further.

Sexual Diversity Studies Courses

SDS199H1 - Sexuality at the Intersections

Hours: 24L

This First-Year Foundations seminar will explore sexuality at the intersections of race, gender, class, disability, citizenship status, and geography, among other social relations and processes as a foundational practice in Sexual Diversity Studies. In an intimate seminar setting, students will develop reading, writing, and presentation skills necessary for engaging in Sexual Diversity Studies across a wide array of disciplinary traditions. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities, Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

JSU237H1 - Introduction to HIV/AIDS: Health, Sexuality and Gender

Hours: 24L

A critical examination of the HIV/AIDS global pandemic from a multidisciplinary perspective and with an emphasis on sexuality. The course examines the basic biology of HIV/AIDS and then covers social, historical, political, cultural, gender, and public health aspects of HIV/AIDS. Attention is given to the distinct features of vulnerable and marginalized populations, prevention, treatment, drug development, and access to medicines.

JSU237H1 is particularly intended for students in the Health Studies and/or Sexual Diversity Studies programs.

Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

SDS246H1 - Queer Digital Media Studies

Previous Course Number: SDS346H1

Hours: 24L

What does sexuality have to do with digital technologies and cultures? What could queer theory tell us about digital archives, data infrastructure, and histories of technology? How do race and sexuality shape our experiences of digital cultures and what do the histories of colonialism have to do with digital design and networks? This course considers queer and feminist perspectives and approaches to the study of digital media including social networks, digital archives, data infrastructures, participatory media, and digital activism. Drawing from queer digital studies, feminist media studies, digital humanities, Indigenous and postcolonial data studies, this course asks how the politics of sexuality, race, and gender shape our digital lives in the 21st century.

Exclusion: SDS346H1
Recommended Preparation: DHU236H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

SDS255H1 - Histories of Sexuality

Hours: 24L/12T

An interdisciplinary examination of sexuality across cultures and periods. How are sexualities represented? How are they suppressed or celebrated? How and why are they labeled as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, or perverse? How do sexualities change with race/ethnicity, class, gender, and geographies?

Distribution Requirements: Humanities, Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

SDS256H1 - Methods in Queer and Trans Studies

Hours: 24L/12T

This course examines a variety of methodological approaches used in humanities and humanist social sciences concerning sexuality and gendered diversity. Students will explore some of the popular methods in sexuality studies including ethnography, archival research, visual cultural studies, oral history, and media and discourse analysis.

Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

SDS279H1 - Queer Popular Culture

Previous Course Number: SDS379H1

Hours: 24L

This introductory course examines the critical relationship between popular culture and queer sexualities in historical and contemporary contexts. The course will draw upon literature from performance studies, media studies, and queer of colour cultural productions. Students will engage with a range of queer public cultures and arts, including drag performance, queer musics, social media networks, and popular media.

Exclusion: SDS379H1
Recommended Preparation: Introductory course in Sexual Diversity Studies, Women and Gender Studies, or Equity Studies
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

JSR312H1 - Queer Religion and Religiosities

Hours: 24L

This course will introduce students to key terms, theories, and debates in Queer and Religious Studies and to the history of queer identities as they are expressed within various religious traditions, texts, and communities. It asks how dominant heteronormative discourses on gender and sexuality are adhered to, legitimized, negotiated, and contested within various religious traditions. The course will also allow students to interrogate how power and power relationships are shaped by sex, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, age, and ability in the world of religion.

Prerequisite: Completion of 4.0 credits
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

JPS315H1 - LGBTQ Politics

Hours: 24L

This is an interdisciplinary course examining the development of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) movement and its interaction with the state in the US and Canada. (Given by the Department of Political Science and the Sexual Diversity Studies Program)

Prerequisite: SDS255H1/ SDS256H1/ UNI255H1/ UNI256H1/1.0 credit on the politics of 20th century Europe, U.S., or Canada/1.0 credit on gender or sexuality/permission of the instructor
Exclusion: JPU315H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

JPS316H1 - Indigenous Feminist and Queer Theories

Hours: 24L

This course explores Indigenous feminist and queer political thought. We survey comparative political theories developed by scholars in the field of Indigenous, gender, and feminist studies. Charting key developments in the field, the course investigates unique and innovative ideas about affect, decolonization, erotics, utopia, and much more. (Given by the Department of Political Science and the Sexual Diversity Studies Program)

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in POL/ JPA/ JPF/ JPI/ JPR/ JPS/ JRA/ SDS, or 0.5 in POL/ JPA/ JPF/ JPI/ JPR/ JPS/ JRA and 0.5 in SDS
Exclusion: POL377H1 Topics in Comparative Politics I (Indigenous Feminist and Queer Theories) taken in Winter 2020 (LEC0101), Winter 2021 (LEC0101), Winter 2022 (LEC0201)
Recommended Preparation: POL195H1 (First-Year Foundation Seminar – Settler Colonialism and Enduring Indigeneity), JPI201H1, INS201Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

JSU325H1 - Queerly Canadian

Hours: 36L

This course focuses on Canadian literary and artistic productions that challenge prevailing notions of nationality and sexuality, exploring not only how artists struggle with that ongoing Canadian thematic of being and belonging, but also celebrate pleasure and desire as a way of imagining and articulating an alternative national politics.

Prerequisite: SDS255H1/ SDS256H1/ CDN267H1/ CDN268H1. Students who do not meet the prerequisites are encouraged to contact the Department.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

SDS345H1 - Sex and the Epidemic: Social Work, HIV, and Human Sexuality

Hours: 36L

HIV has forever changed the way human beings understand sexuality. Through a social justice lens, this course examines the nature of community norms, laws, popular media, and the academy to explore how the epidemic has impacted the provision of social services in relation to the diversity of human sexuality.

Prerequisite: 0.5 credit in SDS
Recommended Preparation: JSU237H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

SDS355H1 - Theories of Sexuality

Hours: 24L

This course introduces students to key theories of sexuality and sexual diversity. The main goal is to create a framework for understanding sexuality at its intersections with race, gender, class, disability, citizenship status, and geography among other social relations and processes at an advanced level. Closely tracing sexuality’s intersections, course readings will draw upon critical race theory, postcolonial critique and decolonizing movements, women of colour feminisms, trans studies, and transnational sexuality and gender studies.

Prerequisite: 4.0 credits
Recommended Preparation: Some coursework in intersectionality of gender or sexuality
Distribution Requirements: Humanities, Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

SDS365H1 - Sexuality and Law

Hours: 24L

The course explores the legal regulation of sexuality. How does law understand, constitute and regulate sex, sexuality and sexual diversity? It will consider the role of different types of regulation, including criminal law, family law and constitutional law, and explore issues ranging from sex work and pornography to same sex marriage to transgender discrimination.

Prerequisite: 0.5 credit in SDS
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

SDS375H1 - Special Topics in Sexual Diversity Studies A

Hours: 24L

Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. This seminar is intended to expose students in the Sexual Diversity Studies program to topics that may not be covered by permanent university courses.

Prerequisite: 0.5 credit in SDS
Distribution Requirements: Humanities, Social Science

SDS376H1 - Special Topics in Sexual Diversity Studies B

Hours: 24L

Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. This seminar is intended to expose students in the Sexual Diversity Studies program to topics that may not be covered by permanent university courses.

Prerequisite: 0.5 credit in SDS
Distribution Requirements: Humanities, Social Science

SDS377H1 - Lesbian Studies: Identity/Theory/Culture

Hours: 24L

This multidisciplinary course examines multiple lesbian identities that have varied in time and place. The course will pose such questions as: What does lesbian mean? Why have changes occurred in meaning? How has the identity of lesbian been culturally represented and politically expressed in various social and political contexts? It will also take up contemporary theoretical, cultural, and political understandings of lesbianism.

Prerequisite: 0.5 credit in SDS
Distribution Requirements: Humanities, Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

SDS378H1 - Queer Youth Studies in Education

Hours: 24L

Experiences of queer youth are explored in various education settings through academic research, personal essays, and visual and performing arts to investigate how queer youth define themselves, what they are learning, the curriculum and pedagogy used in the learning process and the possibilities of said learning for social change, individual and community well-being.

Prerequisite: 0.5 credit in SDS
Distribution Requirements: Humanities, Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

JPS378H1 - Sex and the State

Hours: 24L

What role have sex and sexuality played in the formation of the modern nation State? How has the State regulated sex? This course explores these questions with a theoretical focus on biopolitics. We will proceed in two parts. First, we engage Foucault’s History of Sexuality and its reception by postcolonial theorists, focusing on questions of state building. The second part of the course shifts examination from State formation to contemporary forms of sexual regulation by the State. This includes maintenance of the public/private divide, citizenship law and nationalism, administrative violence and the prison industrial complex, and neoliberalism and BDSM. By the end of the course, students are able to apply core theoretical concepts and identify forms of contemporary sexual regulation in a variety of Western and non-Western contexts.

(Given by the Department of Political Science and the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies.)

Prerequisite: A combined minimum of 1.0 credit from POL and/or SDS courses
Exclusion: POL378H1 (Topics in Comparative Politics II: Sex and the State), offered in Fall 2017 and Fall 2018; SDS375H1 (Special Topics in Sexual Diversity Studies A: Sex and the State), offered in Fall 2017 and Fall 2018
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

SDS380H1 - Sexual Diversity in Transnational Perspective

Hours: 24L

An exploration of LGBTQ rights and changes in social and cultural responses to sexual diversity in varied regional, national, and cultural contexts, potentially including Africa, Latin America, South and East Asia, and Eastern Europe. The role of transnational linkages and networks will also be considered in effecting change.

Prerequisite: 0.5 credit in SDS
Distribution Requirements: Humanities, Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

SDS381H1 - Intro to Trans Studies

Hours: 24L

This course examines current and historical transgender issues by exploring legal and health care issues, politics, mainstream and other media representations (including films, interviews, and other genres), as well as current and historical advocacy and community work in relation to power structures such as the nation-state, race, disability, and sexuality.

Prerequisite: Completion of one 0.5 credit from SDS/WGS/CSE.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities, Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

SDS382H1 - Intro to Queer of Colour Critique

Hours: 24L

This course provides an introduction to the intersections between race, gender and sexuality through an exploration of the political theories, activisms and cultural forms of LGBTQ people of colour. It examines the emergence of queer of colour theory and critiques, and the ways in which the intersections of race, gender and sexuality figure in national, global, economic, & cultural structures.

Prerequisite: 0.5 credit in SDS
Distribution Requirements: Social Science, Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

SDS385H1 - Queer Indigenous Politics and Cultures

Hours: 24L

This upper level course introduces students to questions of gender, sexuality, two-spirit, and same-sex desire at the intersections of race, indigeneity, and the violences of settler colonialism. Students will engage with work by scholars, activists, and artists in the fields of indigenous and queer studies, decolonizing activism, and cultural production.

Prerequisite: 0.5 credit in SDS/INS
Exclusion: SDS375H1 (Special Topics in Sexual Diversity Studies A: Indigeneity & Sexuality), offered in Winter 2019
Recommended Preparation: Some coursework in indigenous culture and history in Canada/US
Distribution Requirements: Social Science, Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

SDS425H1 - Sexuality & Health

Hours: 24S

How is the idea of “ethics” understood and deployed in research on sexuality and health? What are the ways that discourses of “risk,” “precarity,” and “cure” become regulative frameworks? How do racialization, colonialism and nation-­building participate in the biopolitics of sexuality and health? With these questions in mind, this interdisciplinary course will discuss various scholarly and activist literatures, including Youth Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Environmental Justice scholarship, Sex Education and Public Health Research, Critical Development Studies, and Queer and Feminist Studies to explore the cultural, social and political dimensions of ethics, health, and sexuality historically, and at the present moment.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in SDS/HST
Exclusion: SDS375H1 (Special Topics in Sexual Diversity Studies A: Sexuality & Health), offered in Winter 2018; SDS455H1 (Special Topics in Sexual Diversity Studies: Sexuality & Health), offered in Winter 2019
Recommended Preparation: Some coursework in health, disability studies, and equity studies
Distribution Requirements: Social Science, Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

JNS450H1 - Sexuality & Disability

Hours: 24S

An interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to the study of disability and sexuality. Students will engage with historical, mainstream and critical discourses and explore complex issues and representations pertaining to disability, sexuality, sexual practices and desire. Draws from a range of writings and cultural texts in queer, crip and sexuality studies.

Prerequisite: 1.0 SDS credit/ NEW240Y1/ NEW240H1/ CSE240H1/ NEW241Y1/ CSE241Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

SDS455H1 - Special Topics in Sexual Diversity Studies

Hours: 24S

Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. This seminar is intended to expose students in the Sexual Diversity Studies program to topics that may not be covered by permanent university courses.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in SDS
Recommended Preparation: Coursework in SDS at the 300 level or higher
Distribution Requirements: Humanities, Social Science

SDS458H1 - Research Essay in Sexual Diversity

Hours: 24S

A research essay under the supervision of a faculty member with knowledge of sexual diversity, the proposal and supervisor subject to the approval of the SDS Undergraduate Coordinator. This course is available to students enrolled in Sexual Diversity Studies programs (Specialists, Majors, and Minors). Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Students must submit a supplemental application one month prior to the start of term: August 01 for courses starting in the Fall term, December 01 for courses starting in the Winter term, and April 01 for courses in the Summer term. The application must describe the student's planned independent research project, supervisor, prospective readings, timeline, and method(s) of assessment. Students are responsible for finding their own supervisor. Both the supervisor and SDS Undergraduate Coordinator or Director must approve the application. Applications will be reviewed to assess the intended research plan and timeline, and the suitability of the project for SDS credit.

Please visit https://sds.utoronto.ca/courses/ and email sexual.diversity@utoronto.ca for application materials and more information.

Prerequisite: SDS255H1, SDS256H1 and a minimum of 4.0 additional credits from SDS, JPS, JSU, or JNS courses.
Recommended Preparation: SDS460Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

SDS459Y1 - Honours Essay in Sexual Diversity

Hours: 48S

A major research essay under the supervision of a faculty member with knowledge of sexual diversity, the proposal and supervisor subject to the approval of the SDS Undergraduate Coordinator. This course is available to students enrolled in Sexual Diversity Studies programs (Specialists, Majors, and Minors). Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Students must submit a supplemental application at least one month prior to the start of term: August 01 for courses starting in the Fall term, December 01 for courses starting in the Winter term, and April 01 for courses in the Summer term. The application must describe the student's planned independent research project, supervisor, prospective readings, timeline, and method(s) of assessment. Students are responsible for finding their own supervisor. Both the supervisor and SDS Undergraduate Coordinator or Director must approve the application. Applications will be reviewed to assess the intended research plan and timeline, and the suitability of the project for SDS credit.

Please visit https://sds.utoronto.ca/courses/ and email sexual.diversity@utoronto.ca for application materials and more information.

Prerequisite: SDS255H1, SDS256H1, and minimum of 4.0 additional credits from SDS, JPS, JSU, or JNS courses.
Recommended Preparation: SDS460Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

SDS460Y1 - Advanced Research in Sexual Diversity Studies

Hours: 24S

A capstone for majors and specialists who will work closely with SDS faculty in developing their own research project while participating in this seminar and learning about key debates, methodologies, and ethical issues in conducting research in SDS. Students will learn to write proposals, ethics reviews, grants and other relevant documents. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credits in SDS, 0.5 of which needs to be a 300+ level SDS course
Recommended Preparation: SDS256H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

SDS465H1 - Queer Migrations and Refugee Politics

Hours: 24S

This interdisciplinary course will explore the politics of migration and border-crossing from queer, feminist, and trans perspectives. Drawing upon contemporary North American and transnational research, students will engage with critical literatures on citizenship and the state, mobility, belonging, and kinship and how these processes intersect with sexuality in the context of immigration and refugee systems.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in SDS/DTS
Exclusion: SDS455H1 (Special Topics in Sexual Diversity Studies: Queer Migrations and Refugee Politics), offered in Fall 2018
Recommended Preparation: Some coursework in migration & diaspora studies, or transnationalism
Distribution Requirements: Social Science, Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

SDS470H1 - Critical Approaches in Porn Studies

Hours: 24S

This course is a critical study of the historical, aesthetic, material, technical, legal, and cultural formation of the concept of pornography. The course explores the relationship between sexual representation, sex work, visual cultures, consumption, distribution, and format; works through debates about artistic merit and censorship and how they relate to larger issues of power, capitalism, and technology; and theorizes the relationship between sex and commerce. Readings will emphasize work by sex workers and feminist, queer, people of colour, and trans scholars.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in SDS
Recommended Preparation: SDS279H1, SDS365H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

SDS478H1 - Queer Musics

Hours: 24S

This course explores, through queer of colour critique, feminist and queer theories, how sexuality, gender, and race are performed and heard in several popular music styles/genres. Sampling the field with readings, music videos and audio recordings, we examine sexuality, gender and race in music performance and reception currently and historically.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in SDS
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

SDS485H1 - Advanced Seminar in Queer Studies

Hours: 24S

This course will provide an advanced exploration of the historical and contemporary formations and debates of queer studies. This seminar is designed to provide students with the opportunity to practice their skills of research and interpretation at a particularly advanced level. The specific theme of the seminar changes per year. Please see the department website for details.

Prerequisite: 4.0 credits
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

SDS490Y1 - Engaging Our Communities

Hours: 48S

A service learning course with student placements in various LGBT community organizations alongside regular classroom seminars to look at the politics of engagement, active citizenship, mobilization, archiving community histories, accessibility, belonging, activism, and philanthropy. For students in the Sexual Diversity Studies Major or Specialist.

Prerequisite: SDS255H1/ SDS256H1 and at least 1.0 SDS credit at the 300-level.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

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