Consider a major or minor in FGSS

10/27/2021

Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies offers students the opportunity to study a wide range of fields from the perspectives of feminist and LGBTQIA critical analysis, in a global context and with the purpose of promoting social justice. Students will learn how gender and sexuality are socially constructed, what these terms mean in various contexts, and how these concepts are used to support social and political institutions. They will also learn how critical analysis and creative questioning of these concepts can help to reshape those institutions.

For the spring 2022 semester, FGSS will be offering the following core courses for the FGSS major and minor:

FGSS 2010: Introduction to Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (required for FGSS major and minor)

FGSS 2290: Introduction to LGBT Studies (required for LGBT Studies minor)

FGSS 4000: Senior Seminar in FGSS (required for FGSS major)

FGSS 6880: Proseminar in FGSS (recommended for graduate minor in FGSS)

Students will use the skills they learn in our classes to engage with such disciplines as Anthropology, Performing and Media Arts, English Literature, Africana Studies, Comparative Literature, Romance Studies, Music, Asian Studies, Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), Science and Technology Studies, Sociology, Government, History, History of Art, and many more. Because of the program’s interdisciplinary focus, our majors are often double majors, and go on to pursue careers in law, medicine or public health, development and international aid, media, research, and community activism.

If you have further questions about major/minor requirements, please contact Program Assistant Aidan Kelly at aidankelly@cornell.edu or visit our FGSS Undergraduate Open House on Wednesday, November 3rd at 3pm via Zoom. Come learn about the major and minor, chat with current students, and meet the Director of Undergraduate Studies.