FGSS-MIN - Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Minor)
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Program Overview
The Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies provides students with the knowledge and skills to investigate the significance of gender and sexuality in all areas of human life. Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies examines understandings of and experiences of gender and sex and how these intersect with factors such as race, nationality, religion and belief, class, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, medicine, and health, technology and age. Additionally, the program coordinates courses offered across the University into a curriculum of LGBTQ+ studies. Through personalized, interdisciplinary curricula and practical experience, our students explore varied perspectives in gender and sexuality studies methodologies and theories to learn, ask questions, carry out research, and chart their own career and intellectual paths.
Minimum Units in the Program
Minimum University Units
To declare the FGSS minor, the student must first email the Assistant Director of Student Services (winnini@stanford.edu), who will guide the student through the steps of declaration. The student then must meet with the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Mona Tajali (mtajali@stanford.edu), to develop and review their study plan. As the final step, the student declares the major on AXESS.
The minor in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies consists of at least six courses for a minimum of 30 units. None of the units for the FGSS minor may count towards the student’s major.
Courses to be taken for 4 or more units and a letter grade.
FEMGEN 103 or other approved theory course for 4 or more units and a letter grade.
Minors designate a minimum of 4 additional courses, taken for a minimum of 4 units and letter grade from any of the approved FGSS Subplan lists below.
Courses can be all from one list or from different lists.
Students may petition to designate courses outside of the subplan lists with approval from the Associate Director. Contact both Mona Tajali (mtajali@stanford.edu) and Halima Kazem (hkazem@stanford.edu) to confer about which courses are appropriate for your focus.
The Humanities and Arts subplan centers the arts, history, literature, language, media, and performance in the analysis of how ideas about feminism, gender, and sexuality are developed, produced, and experienced alongside other categories of difference.
Not all courses offered every year.
The Queer and Transgender Studies subplan focuses on the histories, practices, and theories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer identities and communities through multidisciplinary study.
Not all courses offered every year.
The Technology, Science, and Medicine subplan investigates ethical considerations in how gender, sex, sexuality and other categories of embodied difference shape and are shaped by technology, science, and health and medicine in the application of scientific knowledge.
Not all courses are offered every year.
The Law and Social Sciences subplan investigates how gender, sex, and sexuality and other categories of embodied difference are studied, regulated, and experienced in economics, politics, education, public policy, and the law.
Not all courses are offered every year.