NEW–Queer/Sexuality Minor Beginning Fall 2024
Description: 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 Jim Aimers
Group A/central elective
(late addition) ENGL 458 Major Authors: Christopher Isherwood Wiliam Harrison
Group B/wider scope elective
FMST 369 Black Queer Cinema Mark Broomfield
Group A/central elective
PASC 105 Performance as Social Change I Mark Broomfield
Group B/wider scope elective
PHIL 236 Medicine & Morality Amanda Roth
Group B/wider scope elective
PSYC 236 Human Sexuality Jennifer Katz
Group A/central elective
WGST 232 SZ Leadership* Alice Rutkowski
Group A/central elective
WGST 310 Race, Class, and Gender Cathy Adams
Group B/wider scope elective
* separate application required
Courses Offered in Spring 2024 That Count Toward the Minor
ANTH 288 Cross Cultural Pol of Repr (group B/wider scope elective)
HIST 275 Global History of Sexual Science (group A/central elective)
PHIL 204 Feminist Philosophy (group B/wider scope elective)
WGST 205 Topics: Art & Politics of Drag (group A/central elective)
WGST 233 Safe Zones Leadership* (group A/central elective)
WGST 320 Gender & Sexualities (required course)
* separate application required
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.**