Learn more about fall 2023 FGSS and LGBT Studies course offerings

Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies

  • FGSS 1100: FWS: Science and Society - Can Science be Feminist
  • FGSS 1100: FWS: Sensation-al Feminisms
  • FGSS 2010: Introduction to Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies (REQUIRED FOR FGSS MAJOR and MINOR)
  • FGSS 2160: Television
  • FGSS 2281: Gender, Family, and Confucianism in East Asia (GLO)
  • FGSS 2421: Worlding Sex and Gender (GLO, ISO)
  • FGSS 2532: Judaism and Gender
  • FGSS 2665: Octavia Butler (ISO)
  • FGSS 2722: LGBTQ History in the United States (ISO, LGBT)
  • FGSS 3000: Feminist Theory (REQUIRED FOR FGSS MAJOR and MINOR)
  • FGSS 3160: Gender Inequality
  • FGSS 3230: Gender and Development (GLO, ISO)
  • FGSS 3400: Refugees and the Politics of Vulnerability: Intersections of Feminist Theory and Practice
    Topic Fall 2023: Learning from Movements: Refuge, Asylum, & Activism (*NEW FALL 2023 COURSE DESCRIPTION*)
  • FGSS 3510: Caribbean Literature: Migration Subjects (GLO)
  • FGSS 3520: (Dis)ability Studies: A Brief History (ISO)
  • FGSS 3588: Creating Renaissance Man (and Woman) (GLO)
  • FGSS 3636: Queer Classics (LGBT)
  • FGSS 3990: Undergraduate Study
  • FGSS 4153: Topics in Feminist Media Arts: Feminist Posthumanisms in the Visual Arts
  • FGSS 4265: Gender, Sexuality, and the U.S. in the World (ISO)
  • FGSS 4333: The Velvet Underground Archive (LGBT)
  • FGSS 4451: Gender and Sexuality in Southeast Asian Cinema (GLO, ISO, LGBT)
  • FGSS 4460: Women in the Economy
  • FGSS 4560: The Politics and Joy in Black Women's Writing (ISO)
  • FGSS 4685: Feeling Free: Radical Aesthetics and Political Affects
  • FGSS 4686: Textures of Friendship: Ethics, Politics, Crossings (ISO, LGBT)
  • FGSS 4687: Trans Theory and Politics Across the Americas (GLO, LGBT)
  • FGSS 4948: Pleasure and Neoliberalism (LGBT)
  • FGSS 4990: Senior Honors Thesis I
  • FGSS 6153: Topics in Feminist Media Arts: Feminist Posthumanisms in the Visual Arts
  • FGSS 6265: Gender, Sexuality, and the U.S. in the World
  • FGSS 6331: Gender and Sexuality in Southeast Asian Cinema
  • FGSS 6333: The Velvet Underground Archive
  • FGSS 6685: Feeling Free: Radical Aesthetics and Political Affects
  • FGSS 6686: Textures of Friendship: Ethics, Politics, Crossings
  • FGSS 6687: Trans Theory and Politics Across the Americas
  • FGSS 6741: German Critical Theory and American Radical Thought
  • FGSS 6948: Pleasure and Neoliberalism
  • FGSS 6990: Topics in Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Before applying to the FGSS undergraduate major, the student must complete any two FGSS courses with a letter grade of C+ or better. For FGSS courses that are cross-listed with another department, students may register through FGSS or the crosslisting department.

The FGSS undergraduate minor is available to all students in any college at Cornell. With a minor, you'll be able to study a wide range of fields from the perspectives of feminist and LGBT critical analysis, in a global context and with the purpose of promoting social justice. Only five courses required!

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Studies 

  • LGBT 2421: Worlding Sex and Gender
  • LGBT 2722: LGBTQ History in the United States
  • LGBT 3635: Queer Classics
  • LGBT 3990: Undergraduate Independent Study
  • LGBT 4290: The Sexual Politics of Religion
  • LGBT 4331: The Velvet Underground Archive
  • LGBT 4451: Gender and Sexuality in Southeast Asian Cinema
  • LGBT 6290: The Sexual Politics of Religion
  • LGBT 6331: Gender and Sexuality in Southeast Asian Cinema
  • LGBT 6332: The Velvet Underground Archive

The LGBT Studies undergraduate minor is available to all students in any college at Cornell. LGBT Studies is founded on the premise that the social organization of sexuality is best studies from interdisciplinary perspectives. Only four courses required!

Questions about registration? Please email Program Assistant Aidan Kelly at aidankelly@cornell.edu

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