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Courses - Spring 2025
HNUH
University Honors
Open Seats as of
11/21/2024 at 08:30 AM
HNUH288U
The Body Knows: Creating Healthy Intimacy on College Campuses
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg
How do we figure out what we physically desire? How do we know where our boundaries are and how do we communicate that to others? What would it look like to create a campus community where young people are confident about their sexuality and their ability to communicate the nuances of their needs to potential partners? This course is designed as a creative workshop to help students put their own embodied knowledge in conversation with theories and practices of healthy intimacy. Core texts explore the history of sexual violence as a tool of colonization, the relationship between feminism and sex-positivity in popular culture, and the consent theories that have become central to college campus responses to sexual violence. With the help of performance-based techniques, students will have the opportunity to research issues specific to UMD, design curricula for their peers, and advocate for an end to sexual violence on campus.
HNUH288U is part of the Health Matters thematic cluster and pairs with HNUH288B to complete the cluster. Health Matters courses will be offered through Spring 2025.