Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor

The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor provides a multidisciplinary exploration of gender and sexuality as they intersect with race, ethnicity, class, culture, nation, and ability. The curriculum incorporates a social activism component, and students are encouraged to consider the ways knowledge and activist engagements help promote social justice in local and global communities. We also offer an undergraduate minor in Queer Studies.

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Queer Studies Minor

The undergraduate 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, Queer, Two-Spirit, Intersex and Asexual” (LGBTQ2SIA+) people of color, this minor examines homophobia and transphobia's relationship with racism, colonialism, sexism, ableism, classism and other forms of power. The Queer Studies minor is available both on campus and through Ecampus.

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Queer Studies Advising

 

Serving LGBTQIA+ Communities – Online Microcredential

Whether you work in the field of health care, social work, education, law or policy — better understanding the unique experiences and histories of LGBTQIA+ communities is critical to becoming a stronger advocate and directly serving these groups.

When you earn a microcredential in serving LGBTQIA+ communities online from Oregon State University, you’ll be introduced to key concepts, histories and political frameworks within lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer political movements. You’ll learn how to identify and understand dominant forms of oppression while also exploring and celebrating LGBTQIA+ community resilience. Rooted in activism and scholarship, this microcredential will give you the knowledge and skills needed to actively engage with these communities and help create a more inclusive and equitable future.

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