Sex Education (Certificate of Completion)




Sex Education (Certificate of Completion)

Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including emotional relations and responsibilities, human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, and more.

This course examines the physiological and psychological components of human sexuality and their interaction. The primary focus includes: theoretical perspectives on sexuality such as Freud’s psychosexual stages; cross-cultural influences on sexual attitudes and behaviors - kissing, oral sex, and masturbation; history of sexuality in religion and Greek philosophy; sex, gender and gender identity; premarital sex pros and cons; research and perspectives on sex; beauty standards and sex; male sexual organs - the penis and the matter of size; female sexual organs – the clitoris and multiple orgasms; female breasts – sizes and shapes; Masters and Johnson – the sexual response cycle; sexual disorders and dysfunctions.

This course is available to all students and advanced college level learners. It does not focus on basic instructional information (i.e. how to put a condom on a banana).

Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:

  1. Describe and compare several theoretical approaches to sexual development;

  2. Recognize cross-cultural influences on sexuality and explain the key factors involved in emotional, physical, social, and mental processes;

  3. Demonstrate a general knowledge of the basic concepts of human sexual behavior from a historical perspective to include Greek philosophy;

  4. Identify the major parts of the human sexual anatomy, to include both male and female external and internal sexual organs.

  5. Utilize the course to gain insight into his or her own developmental process, sexual attitudes, and behaviors;

  6. Understand the concept of standards of beauty, sexual variations, sexual disorders, and how these apply to human sexuality and self-image.


Psychology of Human Sexuality

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What you will learn
  • Describe and compare several theoretical approaches to sexual development;
  • Recognize cross-cultural influences on sexuality and explain the key factors involved in emotional, physical, social, and mental processes;
  • Demonstrate a general knowledge of the basic concepts of human sexual behavior from a historical perspective to include Greek philosophy;

Rating: 4.5

Level: All Levels

Duration: 5 hours

Instructor: Dr. Bev Knox


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