California State University, Long Beach	Policy Statement
12-10
October 19, 2012

Minor in Queer Studies (code W/STUM02)

This new minor was recommended by the Academic Senate on September 20, 2012
and approved by the President on October 8, 2012.

Queer Studies is an interdisciplinary minor that focuses on non-normative sexuality as a primary category of analysis.  Queer Studies starts from the assumption that sexuality is central to human social organization; is always experienced in continually shifting contexts; and lived in relation to race, religion, class, nation, and gender.  Its methods and premises grow out of scholarship on gender and thus is housed in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Department.
A minimum of 18 units chosen from the following list of courses, chosen in consultation with the Queer Studies Advisor. 

Requirements

Take both of the following courses:
WGSS 205 Introduction to Queer Studies (3)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements.
WGSS 416 Queering Gender (3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Choose any four of the following courses:
    ASAM 370, AIS/WGSS 313, CHLS 330, CRJU 461/WGSS 417, HIST 395, WGSS 375, WGSS 356, WGSS/ENGL 442

EFFECTIVE: Fall 2013

Campus Code:  (W/STUM02)
College:  28
Career:  UG