Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies Minor

Minor Requirements

Completing the minor requires students to work closely with their course instructors, their advisers, and the LGBT director. Students are encouraged to incorporate a capstone experience, such as pursuing an independent study or undertaking a thesis within one's department that meaningfully incorporates LGBTQ-related scholarship.

Five Courses

A minimum of five courses, of which:

• At least three courses should be at the 300 or 400 level
• No more than two courses should come from a single department or program other than LGBT
• No more than one course should earn credit for an LGBT minor and the student's major

One Course

One course must be taken from the following list and completed prior to declaring the minor:

• FMST 230 - LGBTQ Cinema/Transnational
• LGBT 220 - Lives, Communities, and Modes of Critical Inquiry: An Exploration into LGBTQ Studies
• LGBT 227 - Machismo & the Latin Lover
• LGBT 241/EDUC 241 - Queering Education  
• LGBT 242/ALST 242 - Religions of Resistance: Gender, Sexuality and Performance in the Caribbean  
• SOCI 220 - Gender, Sexuality, and Society
• WMST 279 - Black Feminist Thinkers

Four Additional Courses

At least four additional courses chosen from the following lists and in consultation with an adviser typically selected from the LGBT Advisory Committee:

• ENGL 208 - Sex and the Global City
• FMST 230 - LGBTQ Cinema/Transnational and FMST 230L 
• FMST 350 - Hollywood and the World: Performing Gender and Sexuality Onscreen
• HIST 304 - Sex and Sexualities in U.S. History (US)
• LGBT 220 - Lives, Communities, and Modes of Critical Inquiry: An Exploration into LGBTQ Studies
• LGBT 227 - Machismo & the Latin Lover
• LGBT 241/EDUC 241 - Queering Education  
• LGBT 242/ALST 242 - Religions of Resistance: Gender, Sexuality and Performance in the Caribbean  
• LGBT 303 - Queer Identities and Global Discourses
• LGBT 310 - Imagining Queer Caribbean Futures
• LGBT 340 - Rural Sexualities and Genders
• LGBT 350 - Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
• LGBT 355 - Partners and Crime: Queer Outlaws in Literature and Film
• LGBT 360 - Special Topics in LGBTQ Studies
• RELG 253 - Love, God, and Sexuality
• SOCI 220 - Gender, Sexuality, and Society
• WMST 279 - Black Feminist Thinkers

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies Program

For more information about the department, including Faculty, transfer credit, awards, etc., please visit the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies program catalog page.