The Queer Studies Concentration
Students may choose a concentration in queer studies in addition to any major and may weight their choices toward the social sciences, the humanities, the arts or the life sciences.
The concentration in queer studies requires six courses:
Three Core Courses:
- Introduction to Queer Studies (QS 101)
- Queer Theory (QS 201)
- Queer Studies Senior Seminar (QS 401)
Three Elective Courses
- Queer Graphix (QS 265)
- Introduction to Black Studies (QS 235)
- Social Movements (QS 340)
- Gender and Communication (QS 329)
- Language, Identity, and Politics (QS 402)
- Rhetoric and Social Movements (QS 406)
- Women and the US Economy (QS 416)
- Masculinity in America (FYS 102/QS 268)
- Sex and Gender in America (Hist 383/QS 383)
- Human Diversity Through Literature (QS 245)
- Music and Sexuality (QS 332)
- Philosophy of Feminism (QS 275)
- Psychology of Women (QS 301)
- Introduction to Theology (QS 281)
- Sex and Gender in Society (SA 210)
- Families, Sexualities, and the State (SA 313)
- Issues in Feminism (QS 290)
- Sex, Gender, and the the Brain (Biol 103/QS 103)
- Cultures in Latin America (Span 335/QS 268)
- Mediating Gender and Sexuality (QS 229)
- Feminist Theory (QS 307)
- Special Topics in Biology (Biol 100/QS 215: Biopolitics of Women's Health)
- Special Topics in Communication (QS 236 The Trouble with Normal))
- Special Topics in Literature (Engl 245/QS 250 GLBT Writers; Engl 365/QS 250 Queer Shakespeare)
- Special Topics in Religion (Rel 340/QS 280 Women and Social Ethics in a Global Context)
- Special Topics in Education (Educ 330/QS 330 Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education)
With the approval of the committee, another course meeting the queer studies guidelines may be substituted for one of the electives listed.
Through these courses, students should gain an understanding of and respect for human differences such as age, ability, class, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, and political affiliation.
