WGST 332 - Safe Zone Train-the-Trainer

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0

This course, which trains students to become facilitators in Geneseo’s Safe Zone program, covers LGBTQ history and identities in addition to more contemporary issues and problems. It also emphasizes: developing an effective public speaking style; learning how to facilitate discussions; developing activities that require active learning; critically evaluating and revising Safe Zone program curriculum; and marketing and outreach to the campus community. Students who demonstrate mastery of skills in this course will be eligible to become Safe Zone Trainers the following semester; in addition, they also have the option to apply to the Safe Zone Leadership Program in subsequent semesters for which they can earn internship credit. Enrollment in the course is selective: students must complete an application to the course during the fall semester preceding the semester they wish to enroll.

Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Enrollment in the course is selective: students must complete an application to the course during the fall semester preceding the semester they wish to enroll.
Offered: Spring Semester