Explore concepts of gender and sexuality, race, class, religion, and nation; as well as skills in theory, history, and research methods relevant to LGBTQ studies. Survey the making of modern understandings of sexual and LGBTQ identities in the last one hundred years and the implications of this history for broader understandings of gender and sexuality. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Introduction to LGBTQ Studies) and 303 may not both be counted.