Human Sexuality - Minor

The Human Sexuality minor gives students an opportunity to study a range of issues—basic, in-depth and controversial—that covers women’s health, HIV/AIDS and the teaching of sexuality in age and developmentally appropriate ways. The flexible nature of the minor allows students to design their program to align with their interests and primary study.

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Minor in Human Sexuality

��’s Minor in Human Sexuality allows students to enhance their education with specialized knowledge in human sexuality studies. This minor provides additional career prospects in the human sexuality sector.

Program Information for Human Sexuality - Minor

Admissions for Human Sexuality - Minor

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

Students declared in the School Health Education major or the Community Health Education major may not declare the Human Sexuality minor.

To declare this minor, students must have attempted a minimum 12 credit hours at Kent State and earned a minimum 2.000 overall Kent State GPA. Students who have not attempted 12 credit hours at Kent State will be evaluated for admission based on their high school GPA for new students or transfer GPA for transfer students. Transfer students who have not attempted 12 credit hours of college-level coursework at Kent State and/or other institutions will be evaluated based on both their high school GPA and college GPA.

Coursework

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Program Requirements
Graduation Requirements

Program Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Minor Requirements
HED 32544	HUMAN SEXUALITY	3
HED 44025	WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES	3
HED 46057	ADVANCED HUMAN SEXUALITY	3
HED 47070	AIDS: ISSUES, EDUCATION AND PREVENTION	3
Sexuality Electives, choose from the following:		6
COMM 35912	GENDER AND COMMUNICATION (DIVD)
HDF 24011	INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILIES (DIVD)
HDF 44022	CHANGING ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN
HDF 44030	FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION METHODOLOGY
PSYC 40625	DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER ROLE AND IDENTITY (DIVD)
SOC 24011	INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILIES
SOC 32560	SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILIES (DIVD)
WMST 30091	KEY CONVERSATIONS THROUGH WOMEN'S STUDIES (DIVD)
Other electives courses require faculty approval
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies Elective, choose from the following:		3
ENG 21003	INTRODUCTION TO LGBT LITERATURE (DIVD)
ENG 35301	LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES (DIVD)
LGBT 20020	INTRODUCTION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER STUDIES
POL 40620	POLITICS OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (DIVD)
PSYC 40625	DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER ROLE AND IDENTITY (DIVD)
SOC 32560	SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILIES (DIVD)
SOC 32565	SOCIOLOGY OF SEXUALITIES (DIVD)
SOC 32570	INEQUALITY IN SOCIETIES (DIVD)
SOC 42315	SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER (DIVD)
SOC 42359	SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
SOC 42400	SELF AND IDENTITY
THEA 41115	LGBTQ THEATRE (DIVD)
WMST 30091	KEY CONVERSATIONS THROUGH WOMEN'S STUDIES (DIVD)
Minimum Total Credit Hours:		21

Graduation Requirements

Graduation Requirements Summary - Minors
Minimum Minor GPA	Minimum Overall GPA
2.500	2.000

Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).

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