Description
Help With Liberty CCOU 305 Issues in Human Sexuality Entire Course
Course Detail :
This course provides a panorama of sexual challenges that men and women are currently experiencing, as well as the results of a national report on the sexuality of Christian men and women. This vibrant and fascinating study enables students to gain a better understanding of the complexities and fundamental differences between male and female sexuality and marital intimacy in contrast to cultural myths and distortions.
For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.
Rationale :
Our world is permeated with sexual problems: infidelity, pre-marital sex, sexual abuse, and sexual addictions of various kinds. This course helps to define and identify healthy sexuality and then provides clinically excellent and biblically sound guidance on how to help persons achieve it.
**Disclaimer: This course discusses the mature subject matter. The student taking this course should be aware that sex and sexuality will be discussed in a professional, Christian context. The student may want to preview the course textbook before enrolling in the course. **
Measurable Learning Outcomes :
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
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- Explain the biblical foundations of healthy sexuality.
- Analyze literature pertaining to sexuality.
- Discuss pertinent sex-related issues that exist today.
- Evaluate the broad categories of sexual dysfunction.
- Recognize sexual harassment in professional environments.
- Analyze the pitfalls of pornography, homosexuality, and infidelity.
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Course Assignment :
Textbook readings and lecture presentations – (Learning Outcomes A, B, C, D, E, F) :
Course Requirements Checklist :
After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.
Discussions (4) :
- The student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided promptly for each discussion.
- Each thread must be 350 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge.
- In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 2 other classmates’ threads.
- Each reply must be 200 words and should include course materials and/or external research with proper APA citations and references (MLOs: A, B, C, D, E, F)
Book Critique: Title and Reference Page Assignment :
The student will read The Gift of Sex text and then write and submit a review and critique of the major themes of the book. The review must summarize the content of the five major headings of the book and analyze the content as it relates to sexuality and intimate relationships. The critique must be objective, not personal. The Book Critique must be completed in 2 parts: Book Critique: Title and Reference Page Assignment and Book Critique: Final Assignment.
For the Book Critique: Title and Reference Page Assignment, the student will submit a portion of his/her final paper in proper APA format. This portion of the paper will include a title page and a reference page (complete with a minimum of 6 references). The resources cited on the reference page should be scholarly resources including peer-reviewed journal articles and published books (MLO: B)
Book Critique: Final Assignment :
The student will read The Gift of Sex text and then write and submit a review and critique of the major themes of the book. The review must summarize the content of the five major headings of the book and analyze the content as it relates to sexuality and intimate relationships. The critique must be objective, not personal. The Book Critique must be completed in 2 parts: Book Critique: Title and Reference Page Assignment and Book Critique: Final Assignment.
For the Book Critique: Final Assignment, the student will submit a final version of the Book Critique in proper APA format. The paper should contain a brief summary of each of the five sections of the book. Then, the paper should contain a scholarly critique of each of the five sections of the Penner book. It should contain at least 6 professional citations (published books or journal articles) in the critique sections of the paper. It should have between 6-8 pages of content. The paper should also include a title page and a reference page which does not count toward the 6-8 pages of content (MLOs A, B, C, D, F).
Interview Paper Assignment :
The student will write a 3–5-page paper in current APA format that summarizes their interview with a pastoral or professional counselor regarding issues in sexuality that he/she has experienced in his/her vocational setting. For example, this may include counseling clients who have experienced infidelity, sexual addiction, infertility, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, etc. The paper should include an APA Title page and Appendix page containing questions and answers (MLOs: A, C, D, E, F).
No of Quizzes (4) :
The student will complete 4 quizzes that are non-cumulative and cover the material presented in the lecture notes as well as the assigned readings. These quizzes will be open-book/open-notes and will be comprised of both multiple-choice and true/false questions (MLOs: A, B, C, D, E, F)
