Queer and Trans Studies Minor

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department | College of Liberal Arts

Program Declaration

Completion of an Undergraduate Program Add/Change form .

Minor Requirements

Complete 18 credits from six courses including two core courses and four electives.

Pass/fail: No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor.
Residency: No more than three courses from another institution may be applied toward the minor.

Course Requirements

Introductory Course (3 Credits)

WGS 201 - Introduction to Sexuality Studies 3 Credit(s)

Electives (12 Credits)

Complete four courses from below.

At least one course must be at the 300-level or higher.

WGS 207L - Queer Visual Culture: Sexuality, Gender, and Visual Representation 3 Credit(s)
WGS 210G - Gendered Bodies 3 Credit(s)
or
WGS 227GL - Gender & Sexuality in South Asia 3 Credit(s)
or
ASIAN 227GL - Gender & Sexuality in South Asia 3 Credit(s)
or
WGS 230G - Reproductive Rights and Wrongs 3 Credit(s)
WGS 215L - Gender & Communication 3 Credit(s)
WGS 268 - Global Bodies: Sex, Families, and Reproductive Rights in Transnational Perspective 3 Credit(s)
WGS 302L - Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities 3 Credit(s)
WGS 310L - Love, Sex, and Media Effects 3 Credit(s)
WGS 325L - Sexual Identities in American Culture 3 Credit(s)
WGS 345L - Gender, Religion, and Politics in South Asia 3 Credit(s)
WGS 350 - Introduction to Queer and Transgender Studies 3 Credit(s)
WGS 360 - Gender, Culture, and Power 3 Credit(s)
AMST 228L - Asian Women in the United States 3 Credit(s)
AMST 325L - Sexual Identities in American Culture 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 364 - Anthropology of Adolescence: Biocultural Interactions 3 Credit(s)
ART 207L - Queer Visual Culture: Sexuality, Gender, and Visual Representation 3 Credit(s)
ASAMST 228L - Asian Women in the United States 3 Credit(s)
COMM 215L - Gender & Communication 3 Credit(s)
COMM 310L - Love, Sex, and Media Effects 3 Credit(s)
CSP 302L - Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 370 - Reading Sexualities: Queer Theory 3 Credit(s)
HONORS 290 - Special Topics 3 Credit(s) : Sexuality and Social Change
PSYCH 236 - The Psychology of Women 3 Credit(s)
PSYCH 468 - Science of Human Sexuality 3 Credit(s)

Capstone Courses (3 credits)

Complete one course from below.

WGS 350 - Introduction to Queer and Transgender Studies 3 Credit(s)
WGS 420 - Queer of Color Critique 3 Credit(s)
POLSCI 451 - Queer Theory & Politics 3 Credit(s)