Sexuality and Queer Studies (Minor)

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Offered by the Department of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies , College of Arts and Sciences , the Sexuality and Queer Studies (Minor) examines familiar issues in gender/sexuality studies (including lesbian, gay, bi and trans studies, masculinities, and feminist theory). But here, the starting point for discussion destabilizes categories/identities while emphasizing queer of color critiques, queer diasporas and migrations, and the new queer cultural studies. Critical applications of queer theory to personal and social life are emphasized.

Minor Requirements

18 credit hours with grades of C or better, a minimum of 9 credit hours at or above 300-level, and at least 12 credit hours unique to the minor

Course Requirements

Required (6 credit hours)

Electives (12 credit hours)

Complete 12 credit hours, including at least 6 credit hours at or above 300-level, from the following, or other courses approved by program director:

AMST-330 Contemporary American Culture (3) (approved topic)
AMST-340 Community Activism and Regional Studies (3) (approved topic)
ANTH-215 Sex, Gender, and Culture FA3 (3)
ANTH-350 Special Topics (3) (approved topic)
ARTH-396 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6) (approved topic)
COMM-416 Topics in Film and Media Arts (3)
HLTH-300 Queering Health: Introduction to LGBTQI Populations and Health (3)
LIT-310 Major Authors (3) (approved topic)
LIT-332 Shakespeare Studies (3) (approved topic)
LIT-337 Topics in Restoration and Enlightenment Literature (3) (approved topic)
LIT-340 Topics in Nineteenth Century British and European Literature (3) (approved topic)
PSYC-430 Human Sexual Behavior (3)
WGSS-315 Colloquium in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (1) (approved topic)
WGSS-319 Imagined Bodies: Interpreting Race and Gender in the Long Eighteenth Century (3)
WGSS-350 Interpreting Gender in Culture (3) (approved topic)
WGSS-400 Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Theory (3)
WGSS-460 Research Seminar in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3)
WGSS-491 Internship in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (1-6)