Sexology is the scientific study of sexuality, ranging from evolutionary, cognitive, and social psychology to male and female sexual problems, from history to anatomy and physiology, from transgender to love, and from sexual orientation and paraphilia to sexual coercion and prostitution.
Sexology is perhaps best categorised as an interdisciplinary enterprise and we’ll take a bio-psycho-social perspective. The main focus, yet, will be a psychological one. That said, students who want to work from other and various perspectives are very welcome to join.
Experts in the field will join the lectures, answer your questions, participate in the discussion and stimulate you to share your opinions through assignments, both live and by using a digital discussion platform. This course aims to provide you with an introduction to sexology research that is safe, up-to-date, and inspiring.
dr. M. (Mark) Spiering
You can find the timetable on Datanose.
Open to second-year and third-year UvA Bachelor's students.
Master's students can only participate if there are still spots available. Please send an email to keuzeonderwijs-iis@uva.nl to be placed on the waiting list. One week prior to the start of the course, you will hear whether or not you can participate.
‘Bijvak’ students and contract students can register by completing the online registration form.
UvA Bachelor's students can register from 10 to 17 June 2024 in the GLASS registration rounds. Master’s students can send a short motivation to keuzeonderwijs-iis@uva.nl.
‘Bijvak’ students and contract students can register from June 10 2024 until one week prior to the start of the course, by completing the online registration form.
If you have any trouble while registering, please contact us at keuzeonderwijs-iis@uva.nl
Please note: as a contract student you can choose to participate either including or excluding assessment. If you choose the latter, you only have access to the seven lectures of the course. If you also wish to attend the seminars, please choose 'including assessment'.
Prices can be found on the IIS website.
The IIS strives to reflect current societal issues and challenges in our elective courses, honours modules and degree programmes and attempts to integrate the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in this course. For more information about these goals, please visit the SDGs website.