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Academic Sexuality Programs

 

The listings below come from a variety of sources, including The Center for Family Life Education.  The CSPH has listed programs that have established they are currently in practice and are accredited as of January 2012.

Undergraduate

California

California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
Human Sexuality Minor
Center for Sex Research
Northridge, CA 91324
Tel: (818) 677-3844
E. hcsoc014@dewey.csun.edu

 

San Francisco State University (SFSU)
Human Sexuality Minor
Center for Research and Education in Human Sexuality
Psychology Building, San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA 94132
Tel: (415) 338-1138
E. hmsxdept@sfsu.edu

 

Indiana

Indiana University
Undergraduate Individualized Major in Human Sexuality
Individualized Major Program
Bloomington, IN 47405
Tel: (812) 855-9588
E. imp@indiana.edu

 

New York

New York University
Department of Social and Cultural Analysis
Contact Person: Candyce Golis

 

North Carolina

Duke University
The Program in the Study of Sexualities at Duke
Durham, NC 27708

 

Ohio

The Ohio State University
Sexuality Studies
B.A. Major or Minor
Tel: none listed
E. moddelmog.1@osu.edu
E. blackburn.99@ousted

 

Canada

University of Quebec
Department of Sexology
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
M.A. – sexology
Focuses on sex education but also encompassing sex therapy and research

Graduate

Therapy Route

 

Minnesota

University of Minnesota 
Department of Family Social Science
St. Paul, MN
M.A., Ph.D. – family social science; M.F.T. certification for clinical track
Specializes in marriage/family and sex therapy.

 

New Hampshire

Graduate School
Keene, New Hampshire
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program.

 

New York

Hofstra University 
Interdisciplinary Studies/Marriage & Family Counseling
New York, NY
M.A. – interdisciplinary studies/marriage & family counseling (plus family counseling certification)
Contact Person: George M. Simon

 

Pennsylvania

Widener University 
Human Sexuality Program
Wayne, PA
MSW. – Masters of Social Work/clinical sexuality
Contact Person: Betsy Crane, PhD

 

Utah

University of Utah 
Department of Psychology
Salt Lake City, UT
Ph.D. – clinical psychology
Emphasizes human sexuality in research and clinical work.

 

Canada

University of New Brunswick 
Department of Psychology
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Ph.D. – psychology
Focus on clinical or experimental psychology involving human sexuality.

 

Public Health Route

 

New York

Columbia University 
Mailman School of Public Health
New York, NY
M.P.H. – sexuality and health
Equips students with skills needed to address health issues, e.g., reproductive health, and child and adolescent health, related to sexuality through interdepartmental studies.

 

Sexual Research Focus

 

Utah

University of Utah 
Department of Psychology
Salt Lake City, UT
Ph.D. – clinical psychology
Emphasizes human sexuality in research and clinical work.

 

Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin 
Departments of Psychology & Sociology
Madison, WI
Ph.D. – psychology or sociology
Focuses on human sexuality, especially sex research.  Is part of a consortium where a student may study at University of Chicago, University of Minnesota or Wisconsin.

 

Educational Route

 

California

Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
San Francisco, CA
M.A., MPH, Ed. D., Ph.D., DHS (Doctor of Human Sexuality), plus certification options
Seeks to train sexologists.  Offers long-distance learning.  Certificate programs are unique to the Institute, e.g., erotology.  Accredited only in California.

 

San Francisco State University Program in Human Sexuality
San Francisco, CA
M.A. – human sexuality
Provides foundation for sex counseling, teaching and research.  Specializes in gay, lesbian, and bisexual studies.  Houses the Institute on Sexuality, Social Inequality, and Health, the National Sexuality Resource Center, and the Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality, plus has a summer institute.

 

Indiana

Indiana University
Kinsey Institute
Bloomington, IN
Ph.D. minor – human sexuality; majors include counseling, education, health behavior, psychology, and sociology
Contact Person: William Yarber, H.S.D.

 

Pennsylvania

Widener University – Human Sexuality Program
Wayne, PA
M.Ed., Ed.D. – human sexuality education/clinical sexuality
Prepares professionals for sex education, consulting, research, and counseling. Also offers joint degree programs with Social work or Clinical Psychology.
Contact Person: Betsy Crane, PhD

 

Canada

University of Guelph 
Department of Family Relations & Applied Nutrition
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
M.Sc. – couple and family therapy;
Ph.D. – family relations and human development
Emphasizes child/adolescent development, social/personality development, parent-child relations, social gerontology, human sexuality, and marriage/family therapy.

 

University of Quebec 
Department of Sexology
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
M.A. – sexology
Focuses on sex education but also encompassing sex therapy and research

 

Post Graduate Training in Academia

 

Florida

Postgraduate Sex Therapy Training Institute
Designed for Psychotherapist’s who wish to become certified and accredited in sex therapy

 

Michigan

University of Michigan Sexual Health Certificate Program
Ann Arbor, MI
15-month certificate program utilizes AASECT-recommended standards of learning, including six courses (90 hours) in sexuality education, SAR, and additional hours of training specific to certification credentials in sexuality educator, sexuality counselor, and sex therapist.

 

Minnesota

University of Minnesota 
Department of Family Practice and Community Health
Minneapolis, MN
Fellowships in human sexuality, dysfunction and disease prevention for post-doctorates in clinical psychology.

 

New York

Postgraduate Sex Therapy Training Institute
Designed for professionals with postgraduate degrees who wish to become sex therapists or add an extensive knowledge of sex therapy to their practices.

 

Texas

University of Texas
Clinical Psychology
Austin, TX
Prepares students for research and teaching careers, and the secondary objective is to train students for the professional practice of clinical psychology.
Tel: (512) 232-4644
Contact Person: Cindy M. Meston, Professor

Medical School

California

University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical School
Human Sexuality Program
Los Angeles, CA 94143
Contact person: Gail E. Wyatt, Ph.D.

 

University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) 
School of Medicine
Human Sexuality Program
San Francisco, CA 94143

 

Illinois

Loyola University
Sexual Dysfunction Training Elective Department of Psychiatry
Medical School Medical Center
Maywood, IL 60153
Tel: (708) 216-3752
Contact person: Dr. Domeena C. Renshaw

 

Minnesota

University of Minnesota Medical School
Department of Family Practice and Community Health
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Tel: 621-625-1500
Contact person: Eli Coleman, Ph.D.

 

New Jersey

Rutgers University
Post-Graduate Training Program in Sex Therapy Medical School,
Department of Psychiatry
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Tel: (732) 235-4273
Contact person: Sandra Leiblums

 

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Three day human sexuality course (21 hours) Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Psychiatry
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Tel: (908) 235-4273
Contact person: Sandra R. Leiblum, Ph.D.
E: leiblum@umdnj.edu

 

New York

SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Center for Human Sexuality
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Contact Person: Marian Dunn, Ph.D.

 

Washington

University of Washington
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Reproductive and Sexual Medicine
Reproductive and Sexual Medicine Clinic
Seattle, WA 98105
Tel: (206) 543-3555
Contact person: Dr. Julia R. Heiman

Online Learning

Online training tool to develop critical sexuality studies research and scholarship. All course modules are openly available under a Creative Commons licence.
The Programs listing at SexualityStudies.net includes undergraduate, graduate & short courses in a variety of gender or sex research-related areas.

 

Engender Health

Online minicourse called “Sexuality and Sexual Health”. This online, self-instructional mini-course is a basic introduction to sexuality and sexual health. Designed for healthcare providers, the course provides information on such topics as sexual anatomy and physiology, stages of male and female sexual development, and sexual dysfunction.

Ph. (212) 561-8063
Contact: Olga Kozak

 

Humboldt University, Berlin
The Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology in Berlin offers a freely accessible online curriculum in sexual health. The curriculum consists of 6 courses and is designed for both undergraduates and graduates.