A course in human sexuality for the college student

P.M. Sarrel and H.R. Coplin

American Journal of Public Health, 1971, vol. 61, issue 5, 1030-1037

Abstract: Since 1967, 5000 students at Albertus Magnus, Amherst, Brown, Dartmouth, Mt. Holyoke, Smith, and the University of Massachusetts have participated in a sex education course, "Topics in Human Sexuality." The course format is shaped by critiques of past students. A series of 6-8 lectures, delivered by the authors, covers basic areas such as psychosexual development, interpersonal relationships, sexual response, pregnancy and birth, contraception, and abortion. The students have declared a desire to focus on issues of personal sexuality rather than on topics such as demography, abnormal sexual behavior, and morals. Discussion groups, meeting after the lectures, are coeducational and led by students who have taken the course in the past or have expressed special interest in leading a group. The rather neutral ground of college allows for relatively dispassionate examination of traditional moral teaching and peer group values. Student response has been enthusiastic.

Date: 1971
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