Queer and Trans Studies (QTST)
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QTST 201 Queer and Trans Film 3 Units
Typically Offered: Inquire at department
In this course we view and analyze the depiction of LGBTQ+ people's representation in film from its very beginning to today. We also view films that are created by LGBTQ+ individuals and groups who have used this medium to resist and challenge the stereotypes used to create oppression for the community. Queer film theory will be used to focus on how representation in film has changed and how that has shaped both the LGBTQ+ community and individual identities. Films include classics, contemporary films, popular and critical hits, and documentary films. Special attention is paid to intersections between race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socio-economic class, and other facets of LGBTQ+ identities. This course is a combination of lectures, film screenings, and discussion. Students are expected to attend and actively participate. 3 hours lecture. (022480)
Cross listing(s): MADT 201
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Lower Division
QTST 310 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Issues and Identities 3 Units GE, USD
Prerequisite: GE Oral Communication (A1); GE Written Communication (A2); GE Critical Thinking (A3); GE Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (B4) requirements, or consent of the instructor.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
An exploration of intersectional lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer identities, issues, and communities. Grounded in feminist, queer, Black, Native, and people of color scholarship, with due emphasis on lived experience, this course examines LBGTQIA2S+ lives, current and historical, through various disciplinary lenses. Specific focus varies from semester to semester. 3 hours lecture. (009639)
General Education: Upper-Division Arts/Humanities (UDC); Gender and Sexuality Pathway; Health and Wellness Pathway
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; US Diversity
QTST 310W Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Issues and Identities (W) 3 Units GE, USD, W
Prerequisite: GE Oral Communication (A1); GE Written Communication (A2); GE Critical Thinking (A3); GE Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (B4) requirements, or consent of the instructor.
Typically Offered: Fall and spring
An exploration of intersectional lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer identities, issues, and communities. Grounded in feminist, queer, Black, Native, and people of color scholarship, with due emphasis on lived experience, this course examines LBGTQIA2S+ lives, current and historical, through various disciplinary lenses. Specific focus varies from semester to semester. 3 hours lecture. (021360)
General Education: Upper-Division Arts/Humanities (UDC); Gender and Sexuality Pathway; Health and Wellness Pathway
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division; US Diversity; Writing Course
QTST 320 Queer and Trans California 3 Units
Typically Offered: Fall only
Queer and Trans California explores the history of the struggles endured by individuals and groups comprising LGBTQIA2S+ communities in the state of California (with substantive focus on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color-BIPOC), as well as the myriad ways in which LGBTQIA2S+ -identified folks here have found and employed their power. As part of this, we study key ideology, legislation, institutions (political, economic, and social), events, leaders, cultural production, and conflicts in California that have shaped the way diverse LGBTQIA2S+ peoples perceive their communities and are perceived by general society. 3 hours lecture. (022189)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division
QTST 370 Coloring Queer: Imagining Communities 3 Units
Prerequisite: Recommended: QTST 310.
Typically Offered: Fall only odd years
This course focuses on the hidden history of intersectional and internationalist queer and trans people of color activism, artistry, and scholarship. Course includes readings, films, videos, writing practice, and analysis; the latter half of the semester will focus on oral history texts and scholarship that uses oral history as a research methodology, which will serve as a guiding reference for students' own oral history projects. 3 hours lecture. (022190)
Grade Basis: Graded
Repeatability: You may take this course for a maximum of 3 units
Course Attributes: Upper Division