Minor in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Studies
Contact Margaret Himley, Writing Program, 239 H.B. Crouse, 443-1083 or Andrew London, Sociology, 302 Maxwell, 443-5067.
Faculty B. Applebaum, S. Biklen, M. Braiman, S. Branson, B. Calafell, L. Carty, S. Cohan, M. DeVault, S. Faulkner, B. Ferri, M. Himley, R. Hallas, K. Jaffee, T. Keck, C. Klaver, A. Lang, A. London, J. Massey, V. May, A. Mountz, J. Orr, E. Payne, M.B. Pratt.
The minor in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Studies offers LGBT students a sustained opportunity to learn about LGBT experience, history, and scholarship, while offering all students on campus a chance to explore important questions about sexualities, bodies, identities, communities, social movements, and liberation politics. The courses in the minor are organized thematically into four clusters: (1) the Communities, Places, and Identities cluster explores the social and spatial dimensions of sexuality, the production of sexual identities, and LGBT lives and experiences; (2) the Histories and Knowledges cluster analyzes the ways knowledge about sexuality is and has been constructed through social structures, cultural contexts, systems of power, epistemologies, and analytical practices; (3) the Representation, Media, and Performance cluster addresses the ways LGBT cultures and practices have been performed and represented in art and culture; and (4) the Institutions and Public Policy cluster studies the ways legal, political, and educational institutions both shape and are shaped by LGBT lives and experiences.
REQUIREMENTS
The minor requires 18 credits of coursework: two lower-division core courses (
QSX 111 Queer Histories, Communities, and Politics and
QSX 112 Sexualities, Genders, Bodies) and four upper-division courses approved for the minor.
QSX 111 counts toward the social science divisional requirement and
QSX 112 counts toward the humanities divisional requirement in the Arts and Sciences Core Curriculum; both
QSX 111 and
QSX 112 count toward the critical reflections requirement. There are no cluster requirements for students; students may take any of the approved courses or petition to substitute other courses with substantial LGBT content or projects. Currently approved courses include those listed below; others will be added in the future.
Communities, Places, and Identities
| ARC 500 |
Space and Sexuality |
| CRS 331 |
Queer Relationships |
| GEO 500 |
Geographies of Space and Sexuality |
| SOC 456 |
LGBT Studies in Sociology |
| WSP 447 |
Sexualities and Gender in World Teen Cultures |
Representation, Media, and Performance
Institutions and Public Policy
| CFE 300 |
Queer Youth, Straight Schools: LGBT Issues in Education |
| PSC 300 |
Sexuality and the Law |
| SWK 400 |
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT)
Health and Well-Being |