Queer Studies (QUST)

This course introduces students to the academic disciplines of LGBTQ+ and Queer Studies, interdisciplinary fields that analyze structures of power and privilege in relation to categories and norms about gender, sex, and sexuality.  Students will interrogate both the ways that culture regulates these identity categories and the ways in which they influence social institutions, artistic expressions and political discourses, particularly in relation to LGBTQ+ people.

Examination of selected topics of importance to the field of LGBTQ+ / Queer studies. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

In-depth examination of selected topics of current importance to the field of LGBTQ+/ Queer studies. May be repeated for credit when course content changes.

Designed to give students in LGBTQ+/ Queer studies an opportunity to complete in-depth study under faculty supervision. Admission by recommendation of the instructor and permission of the Queer Studies minor coordinator.

Provides the student with practical experience in employing and refining LGBTQ+ / Queer studies concepts in a public or private agency, under faculty supervision. Approval by QUST minor coordinator required.