Lesson Overview

Welcome to PSYCH422 – Human Sexuality! This semester, we are going to be diving into a number of different topics surrounding human sexuality. 

This course is divided into 15 lessons, each covering a different topic related to human sexuality. Throughout the course, you will be introduced to a number of different theories about human sexuality as well as different methods to studying human sexuality.

The purpose of this first module is to introduce you to the major methods used to study human sexuality and introduce you to some of the questions that these methods investigate.

Lesson Objectives

Upon conclusion of this lesson, you should be able to do the following:

• Define sex and sexuality
• Identify the major influences of our understanding of sex/sexuality
• Identify the major methods of studying human sexuality

Lesson Readings & Activities

By the end of this lesson, make sure you have completed the readings and activities found in the Course Schedule.