The minor in Queer Studies creates an opportunity for students to engage in rigorous critical thinking beyond the disciplinary range of any single department. Due to the growing demand for sensitivity and nuance toward issues relating to diversity, the Queer Studies minor has wide applicability within the public and private sectors.

Core Courses (9 units)

WGST 360 - Politics of Sexuality (3)
WGST 420 - Queer Theory (3)

Plus, one of the following:

PSYC 456 - The Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Experiences (3)
AMST 473 - Sexual Orientations and American Culture (3)

Electives (9 units)

No more than six units from the same department.

AMST 413 - The Shifting Role and Image of the American Male (3)
AMST 377 - Prejudice and American Culture (3)
AMST 419 - Love in America (3)
ANTH 316 - Anthropology of Sex and Gender (3)
ASAM 344 - Asian Pacific American Identities (3)
CAS 380 - Adolescent Sexuality and Intimate Relationships (3)
CHIC 305 - Chicana/o Families (3)
CHIC 313 - La Chicana (3)
HIST 437B - Gender and Sexuality in Modern European History (3)
HIST 437C - Gender in Russia and USSR: Men, Women, and the Family (3)
AFAM 311 - Race and Relationships (3)
PHIL 325 - Philosophy of Sex and Love (3)
PHIL 343 - Philosophy of Feminism (3)
PHIL 377 - Philosophical Approaches to Race, Class, and Gender (3)
PHIL 384 - Philosophy of the Body (3)
PSYC 312 - The Psychology of Human Sexual Behavior (3)
SOCI 354 - Gender, Sex and Society (3)
SOCI 357 - Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
SOCI 381 - Sociology of Human Sexuality (3)

Total (18 units)

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