LGBTQ Studies Minor

Students will earn a total of 15 credits, distributed as indicated below. At least 9 credits must be at or above the 300 level. No course with a grade less than “C-” may be used to satisfy the program requirements and an overall GPA of 2.0 in the program is required for completion. No more than 6 credits can overlap with the major. Students will design their programs in consultation with a women’s studies advisor.

• Required courses – 9 credits
  • LGBT 200: LGBTQ Studies
  • LGBT 310: Transgender Studies
  • Capstone Course - LGBT 488 Seminar or other approved 400 level LGBT Core courses
     
• Electives – 6 credits from any LGBT prefixed course. Additional approved courses will be shared with program students when available. 

The LGBTQ Thematic Areas only apply to students who joined the program before Fall 2025. 

• Arts, Technology and Cultural Production
• Transnational Politics and Perspectives
• Institutions, Politics, and/or Social Movements
• Race, Ethnicity, and Class
• Transgender Studies
• Queer and/or Feminist Theory

These areas of study all remain within the program, but the requirement to take courses across them has been removed after Fall 2025. 

15 total credits, minimum of 9 upper level credits

• Year 1 (3 credits / 1 course)
  LGBT200: “LGBTQ Studies”
• Year 2 (6 credits / 2 courses)
  LGBT310 "Transgender Studies" and LGBT350: “LGBTQ+ Public Speaking and Facilitation”
• Year 3 (3 credits / 1 course)
  HIST429E: “Gender and Sexuality in Latin America”
• Year 4 (3 credits / 1 course)
  LGBT488E: “Seminar – Magical Black Femmes: Queering Black Femininity”

15 total credits, minimum of 9 upper level credits

• Year 1 (6 credits / 2 courses)
  LGBT200: “LGBTQ Studies”
  HIST429E: “Gender and Sexuality in Latin America”
• Year 2 (6 credits / 2 courses)
  LGBT310 "Transgender Studies" and LGBT350: “LGBTQ+ Public Speaking and Facilitation”
• Year 3 (3 credits /1 course)
  LGBT488E: “Seminar – Magical Black Femmes: Queering Black Femininity”