Answer:
by Larry Siegel: ()
In the USA and Canada, the following offer degree programs in sexology:
Antioch New England Graduate School, Keene, New Hampshire
-- Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program.
California State University, Northridge
-- Interdisciplinary Minor in Human Sexuality. Offered through the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Contact: Prof. Richard MacDonald, Coordinator, Dept. of Family Environmental Sciences, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330. See also the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences' Center for Sex Research.
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
-- Program in the Study of Gender and Sexualities (SXL). An undergraduate certificate is available in this program.
Indiana University, Bloomington
-- Undergraduate Individualized Major in Human Sexuality
-- Doctoral Minor in Human Sexuality (Kinsey Institute)
-- Doctoral Minor and Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Major in Gender Studies
The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, California
-- The Institute offers graduate programs and professional training, both onsite and through distance education. Contact: Ted McIlvenna, Ph.D., President, IASHS, 1523 Franklin St., San Francisco, CA 94109. Ph: 415/928-1133.
Maimonides University, Miami, FL.
The American Academy of Clinical Sexologists and Maimonides University, a private religous studies degree-granting institute, are offering a clinical sex therapy curriculum for a doctoral degree in pastoral clinical sexology. The program is for mature professionals and is primarily a distance-education alternative. Contact: William Granzig, Ph.D., POB 1166, Winter Park, FL 32790. Ph. 800/533-3521; 305/940-1103.
New York University School of Education, New York
-- Department of Health Studies offers the M.A., Ed.D., and Ph.D. in Human Sexuality Education. See Health Education for specific information.
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
-- Human Sexuality Studies Program, Undergraduate Minor. See also course listings.
Université du Québec à Montreal, Montreal, Canada
--Sexologie (If this page does not connect, go to Descriptions of Programmes and scroll down to Sciences Humaines. Search under "Sexologie.")
There also is a list of titles of theses in Sexology by students at the university.
University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
-- Graduate programs in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition.
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
--Pacific Center for Sex and Society- American Institutions with Human Sexuality Programs
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
-- Program in Human Sexuality, Department of Family Practice and Community Health. Educational opportunities include: medical school education, academic courses, continuing education, Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR), and a post-doctoral clinical/research fellowship.
Widener University, Center for Education, School of Human Service Professions, Chester, PA, and satellite campus in Wayne, PA
-- Offers Master's and Doctoral programs in Human Sexuality Education. The Master's program continues the tradition of the graduate program at University of Pennsylvania (where it operated the past 20 years); the curriculum has both academic and clinical components. Clergy, educators, counselors, and others who wish to become certified sex educators, to do counseling therapy, to get advanced training, or to engage in sex research may apply. The doctoral program will be accepting students for the fall 2000 semester. The mission of the doctoral program is to prepare professionals to teach, consult, counsel, and conduct research/evaluation in a variety of educational and cultural settings on the complex issue of sexuality. Director: Dr. William Stayton. Contact: Program Coordinator, Human Sexuality Education, 987 Old Eagle School Road, Ste. 719, Wayne, PA 19087. Ph. 610/971-0700. E-mail: William R. Stayton@widener.edu or wmstayton@cs.com
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
-- Studies in Sexuality, Marriage, and the Family is one of several interdisciplinary programs of study offered.
The University of Pennsylvania also offers an undergraduate program. However, if you're interested in sex therapy as a profession, you must have a graduate degree.
Good luck!!
Larry Siegel
Reviewed by: Patricia Fawver Ph.D. in Sexology
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