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Course Info for FYSM - 189 - 01, Fall 2026
Class number: 3486 Title: Sex, Gender, Identity Department: First Year Sem & Colloq
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Graded Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 16 Current enrollment: 7 Available seats: 9
Start date: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 End date: Wednesday, December 23, 2026 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MW: 2:55PM-4:10PM, LIB - 174 Instructor(s): Provitola, Blase
Prerequisite(s): Only first-year students are eligible to enroll in this class.
Distribution Requirement: Meets FirstYr Seminar Requirement
Course Description:
How do sex, sexuality, and gender impact the way we see ourselves, others, and the world around us? How have authors and filmmakers used storytelling not only to make sense of their own identities, but to shift cultural understandings of those identities more broadly? By reading short theoretical texts along with narratives of lives that depart from the status quo, we will gain insight into the social construction of human experience. Course texts will primarily consist of contemporary works and may include novels and memoirs such as Audre Lorde’s Zami and Imogen Binnie’s Nevada, graphic novels like Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, and films and television shows like Moonlight, Pose, and Sense8.