Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Minor

The Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies minor at SUNY Geneseo focuses on women and gender using multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches. It includes feminist analyses of the construction and enforcement of gender differences and gender inequalities in various contexts, with an emphasis on the intersection of gender with race, class, sexuality, and nationality in the lives of women. Students are encouraged to apply what they learn in the classroom to other areas of their lives. All students take a core program of courses offered by the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program plus elective courses offered by other departments.

Program Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate mastery over key concepts pertaining to gender, sexuality, and interrelated systems of structural inequality using appropriate evidence, conventions, and critical terminology
Demonstrate critical reading, writing and presentation skills
1. Demonstrate competence in understanding, analyzing, and synthesizing texts from multiple disciplines, historical eras and global cultures
2. Clearly and effectively argue a thesis in writing using appropriate supporting evidence
Recognize different disciplinary contributions and methodologies to the inter & multidisciplinary field, how those contributions and methodologies advance the field, and how the field challenges traditional disciplinary approaches
Engage in research
1. Locate, evaluate, and interpret scholarly sources within sexuality, gender, and women’s studies or a contributing discipline
2. Demonstrate competence at organizing, expressing, and presenting sexuality, gender, and women’s studies research to diverse audiences
Apply and integrate theoretical/conceptual knowledge with community engagement, activism, or other real-world issues of social justice concern

Total Credits Required to Complete Minor: 21-23

Basic Requirements (12 Credits)

WGST 100 - Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies Credit(s): 3
WGST 310 - Race, Class, and Gender Credit(s): 3
WGST 320 - Gender and Sexualities Credit(s): 3
One Research Intensive and/or Applied & Integrative Learning Experience–One of:
WGST 430 - Feminist Theories Credit(s): 3 or
WGST 490 - Research Seminar Credit(s): 3 or
WGST 495 - Internship Credit(s): As arranged or
WGST 499 - Directed Study Credit(s): As arranged

Electives selected from the following: (9-11 Credits)

AMST 200 - Race, Prisons and Policing Credit(s): 3
ANTH 231 - Language and Gender Credit(s): 3 [crosslisted w/WGST 231]
ANTH 318 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America Credit(s): 3 [crosslisted w/WGST 318]
ANTH 319 - Cross-Cultural Politics of Reproduction Credit(s): 3
ANTH 326 - Race, Racism and Antiracism in the Americas Credit(s): 3
ANTH 343 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women’s Health Credit(s): 3
ANTH 380 - Topics in Cultural Anthropology: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3 (with appropriate subtitle)
ARTH 410 - Gender and Art Credit(s): 4
BIOL 468 - Biology and Global Health Credit(s): 4
BLKS 200 - Introduction to Black Studies Credit(s): 3
BLKS 220 - Black Lives Matter: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3 (with appropriate subtitle)
ECON 365 - International Macroeconomics Credit(s): 3
ENGL 112 - World Cultures and Values in Literature and Culture: (subtitle) Credit(s): 4 (with appropriate subtitle)
ENGL 318 - Black British Literature and Culture Credit(s): 4
ENGL 329 - American Visions: (subtitle) Credit(s): 4 (with appropriate subtitle)
ENGL 335 - Asian American Literature Survey Credit(s): 4
ENGL 336 - Native American Literature Credit(s): 4
ENGL 337 - African-American Literature Credit(s): 4
ENGL 344 - Black Atlantic Writing Credit(s): 4
ENGL 439 - American Ways: (subtitle) Credit(s): 4 (with appropriate subtitle)
ENGL 443 - Gender, Sexuality, and Literature: (subtitle) Credit(s): 4
ENGL 458 - Major Authors: (subtitle) Credit(s): 4 (with appropriate subtitle)
ENGL 467 - Topics in Modern Literature: (subtitle) Credit(s): 4 (with appropriate subtitle)
ENGL 468 - Topics in Recent Literature: (subtitle) Credit(s): 4 (with appropriate subtitle)
FMST 369 - Connections in Film: (subtitle) Credit(s): 4 (with appropriate subtitle)
GEOG 123 - Global Development and Sustainability Credit(s): 3
HIST 112 - History Matters: (subtitle) Credit(s): 4 (with appropriate subtitle)
HIST 249 - Studies in American History: (subtitle) Credit(s): 4 (with appropriate subtitle)
HIST 260 - Issues in the History of American Women Credit(s): 4
HIST 261 - Native American History Credit(s): 4
HIST 266 - Civil Rights Movement in America Credit(s): 4
HIST 267 - Women and U.S. Social Movements Credit(s): 4
HIST 270 - History of Latin America to 1825 Credit(s): 4
HIST 271 - History of Latin America since 1789 Credit(s): 4
HIST 275 - Global History of Sexual Science Credit(s): 4
HIST 282 - History of Modern East Asia Credit(s): 4
HIST 284 - Studies in Global History: (subtitle) Credit(s): 4 (with appropriate subtitle)
HIST 292 - The Modern Islamic World from 1800 to the Present Credit(s): 4
HIST 413 - Black Power and Structural Inequality in Post-1945 Credit(s): 4
HIST 430 - Advanced Studies in American History: (subtitle) Credit(s): 4 (with appropriate subtitle)
HIST 441 - Women in the Medieval World Credit(s): 4
HIST 476 - Modern China Credit(s): 4
HIST 480 - Advanced Studies in LACAANA History: (subtitle) Credit(s): 4 (with appropriate subtitle)
HUMN 222 - Black Humanities Credit(s): 4
MUSC 336 - Music, Gender, and Sexuality: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3 (with appropriate subtitle)
MUSC 337 - Music, Race, and Ethnicity: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3 (with appropriate subtitle)
PASC 105 - Performance as Social Change I Credit(s): 4
PHIL 204 - Feminist Philosophy Credit(s): 3
PHIL 210 - Philosophy & Social Justice Topics: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3 (with appropriate subtitle)
PLSC 361 - Women and Politics Credit(s): 3
PLSC 412 - American Social Welfare Policy Credit(s): 3
PLSC 417 - Identity & Politics in the United States Credit(s): 3
PLSC 442 - Human Rights in a Global Perspective Credit(s): 3
PSYC 236 - Human Sexual Behavior Credit(s): 3
PSYC 308 - Psychology of Women Credit(s): 3
SOCL 105 - Introduction to Global Social Change Credit(s): 3
SOCL 210 - Sociology of Families Credit(s): 3
SOCL 225 - Sociology of Gender and Sexuality Credit(s): 3
SOCL 245 - Sociology of Sports Credit(s): 3
SOCL 281 - Selected Topics: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3 (with appropriate subtitle)
SOCL 325 - Global Social Change Credit(s): 3
WGST 201 - Historical and Political Topics: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3
WGST 202 - Topics in Representation in the Humanities and Arts: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3
WGST 203 - Topics in Gender in the Social World: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3
WGST 204 - Global Issues of Sex and Gender: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3
WGST 205 - Topics in Gender, Sexuality, Queer Studies: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3
WGST 230 - Introduction to Queer Studies Credit(s): 3
WGST 231 - Language and Gender Credit(s): 3 [crosslisted with ANTH 231]
WGST 240 - Arab Women, Islam, and Feminism Credit(s): 3
WGST 318 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America Credit(s): 3 [crosslisted with ANTH 318]
WGST 332 - Safe Zone Train-the-Trainer Credit(s): 3
WGST 333 - Safe Zone Leadership Credit(s): 1
WGST 430 - Feminist Theories Credit(s): 3
WGST 495 - Internship Credit(s): As arranged As arranged
WGST 499 - Directed Study Credit(s): As arranged As arranged
XLRN 150 - Foundations in Social Identity Credit(s): 3
XLRN 350 - Dialogue Facilitation Training Credit(s): 3

Footnotes:

Departmental subtitle or topics courses with appropriate subtitles can be submitted to the Women’s and Gender Studies Advisory Group for inclusion on an individual basis.

Guidelines for choosing electives:

No more than two courses with the same prefix (e.g., ENGL or HIST or SOCL), other than the WGST prefix.
No more than one at the 100-level.