Remote Advising:
During this extraordinary time with so many changes taking place in our communities, we want you to know that Advising is Open in the School of Language, Culture, and Society, and we welcome you to reach out. Please schedule an appointment or drop in during our ZOOM open office hours for support with your academic portfolio, concerns, questions about remote learning, resources, or simply to share conversation and community. Stay connected. Let us join you wherever you are.
You can also reach our advisors at this link: https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/slcs/advising or call: Karen Mills at 541-737-3847 or Nick Blum at 541-737-4515
You may also contact our School Director, Dr. Susan Bernardin via email.
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS REMOTE ADVISING: https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/covid-19
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS REMOTE TEACHING: https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/remote-teaching
DESCRIPTION:
The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program offers Graduate Minors at the Master's and Ph.D. levels. A Graduate Minor in Queer Studies prepares students to examine how gender and sexuality are constructed and policed and, further, imagines liberatory futures for people of all genders and sexualities. Centering itself on the activism and scholarship of women of color, transnational feminisms, Two-Spirit Indigenous people, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) people of color, this graduate option examines homophobia and transphobia's relationship with racism, colonialism, sexism, ableism, classism and other forms of power.
REQUIREMENTS:
Master's students must complete a total of 20 credits, and doctoral students must complete a total of 24 credits. Students whose primary area is WGSS may use required coursework for their program towards an MA or Ph.D. minor in Queer Studies.
All students must complete the following course:
QS 562: Queer Theories (4 credits)
In each of the following two sections, both master's and doctoral students will complete 8 credits. In addition, doctoral students will complete an additional 4 credits in either area.
Students must complete 8 credits in the following area:
Sexuality, Gender, Race, and Nation (8 credits)
QS/WGSS/ES 531. Queer of Color Critiques (4)
QS/ES/WGSS 572. Indigenous Two-Spirit and Queer Studies (4)
QS/WGSS 576: Transnational Sexualities (4)
QS/ES/WGSS 577. Queer/Trans People of Color Arts and Activism (4)
QS 599. Special Topics in Queer Studies (4)
WGSS/SPAN/QS/ES. 569. Topics in Joteria Studies (3)
Students must complete 8 credits in the following area:
Gender Politics (8 credits)
QS/WGSS 524. Trans/Gender Politics (4)
QS/WGSS 573. Transgender Lives (3)
QS 599. Special Topics in Queer Studies (4)
WGSS 514. Systems of Oppression in Women's Lives (4)
WGSS 560. Women and Sexuality (3)
WGSS 585. Transnational Feminisms (4)
WGSS 616: Multiracial, Transnational, and Queer Feminisms I (4)
They talk about how WGSS classes offer refuge for students who are not out at home, and the need for increased counseling support for students with COVID-19-related stress.
The phrase responds to a clear and urgent need to reduce contact between people to keep the novel coronavirus from spreading faster than our hospitals can respond.
Dr. Shaw chats with Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards about the classic Third Wave feminist text.
