NEW Queer/Sexuality Minor Beginning Fall 2024
This exciting interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary minor offers students critical tools for understanding sexuality as an identity, behavior, or practice, and axis of inequality and power; the curriculum especially emphasizes understanding LGBTQ+ identities and experiences, and "queer" as a theoretical lens and tool. The minor is designed to be flexible and easy to combine with a variety of majors, minors, and/or microcredentials, especially in humanities and social sciences. Students who might be interested in combining the queer studies minor with another WGST program-the WGST major or minor- should consult with the WGST program coordinator early in their time at Geneseo in order to evaluate whether such a combination will be possible in their particular case. The minor involves two required courses and a combination of electives from the two lists below. Students should consult with the WGST coordinator when choosing courses. They may also receive permission to waive in some courses not offered on the list below such as experimental or new courses on relevant topics.
Fall 2024 Courses Approved for Queer/Sexuality Minor
- ANTH 318/WGST 318 Gender & Sexuality in Latin America
- ENGL 458 Major Authors: Christopher Isherwood
- FMST 369 Black Queer Cinema
- PASC 105 Performance as Social Change
- PHIL 236 Medicine & Morality
- PSYC 236 Human Sexuality
- WGST 232 SZ Leadership
- WGST 310 Race, Class, and Gender
Queer/Sexuality Minor Curriculum
Total Credits Required to Complete the Minor: 21-24 credits total
Basic Requirements: (3 credits):
WGST 320 Gender and Sexualities
Capstone: (3 credits):
AMST/BLKS/WGST 490 Senior Seminar or WGST 495 Internship or
Relevant Directed Study, Honors Thesis, Integrative & Applied Learning Project, or Internship from another Prefix
Electives: (15-18 credits)
Choose 4-5 courses.
- Electives should be chosen from at least 2 course prefixes other than WGST
- At least 1 elective should be at the 300+ level
Group A: Central Electives
At least 2 courses should come from Group A. These courses focus on issues on
sexuality and/or lgbtq+ identities or experiences.
- ANTH 318/WGST 204 Gender & Sexuality in Latin America
- ANTH 380 Anthropology of Sex
- ARTH 410 Women, Gender, and Art
- ENGL 443 Gender, Sexuality, and Literature
- ENGL 467 Queer 19th Century
- FMST 369 Black Queer Cinema (infrequently)
- HIST 275 Global History of Sexual Science
- MUSC 336 Topics: Music, Gender, and Sexuality
- PHIL 210 Philosophy & Social Justice Topics (subtitle: Philosophy & LGBTQ+ Issues)
- PSYC 236 Human Sexuality
- SOCL 225 Sociology of Gender & Sexuality
- WGST 205 Topics in Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies
- WGST 230 Intro to Queer Studies
- WGST 232 Safe Zones Train-the-Trainer
- WGST 233 Safe Zones Leadership
- WGST 430 Feminist Theories
Group B: Wider Scope Electives
At least 1 from Group B. These courses include substantial attention to issues of sexuality and/or lgbtq+ identities or experiences, but the courses do not necessarily focus on those topics.
- ARTH 174 Visual Culture Today
- ARTH 350 Contemporary Art and Globalization
- ENGL 329 Amer Vis: Black Masculinities
- ENGL 458: Major Authors: (subtitle: Chimanda Adichie; subtitle: Zadie Smith; subtitle: Toni Morrison; subtitle: Leslie Marmon Silko)
- HIST 112 History Matters: (subtitle: Women and Gender in East Asian History)
- HIST 249 Studies in American History: (subtitle Black Joy)
- HIST 430 Advanced Studies in Amer Hist: (subtitle: Intersectionality)
- HIST 441 Women in the Medieval World
- PASC 105 Performance as Social Change
- PHIL 204 Feminist Philosophy
- PHIL 236 Medicine & Morality
- PLSC 361 Women & Politics
- PLSC 417 Identity & Politics in the US
- WGST 201 Topics
- WGST 202 Topics
- WGST 203/ANTH 231 Topics: Language and Gender
- WGST 310 Race, Class, and Gender
- XLRN 150 Foundations in Social Identity
- XLRN 250 Intergroup Dialogue
- XLRN 350 Dialogue Facilitation
Other courses may be permitted to count for the minor with a waiver and approval from the WGST coordinator. Contact rothal@geneseo.edu.