Graduate Minor Programs
Department of American Cultural Studies
GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES GRADUATE MINOR
The graduate minor in gender and women’s studies provides advanced, interdisciplinary,
intersectional training in feminist and gender theory and praxis. This minor offers
crucial knowledge and skills to students pursuing a wide range of graduate degrees
and professional career paths.
QUEER STUDIES GRADUATE MINOR
The graduate minor in queer studies provides advanced, interdisciplinary training
in queer theory, history and contemporary issues related to sexuality. The program
equips students with critical skills to analyze systems of inclusion and exclusion,
conduct independent interdisciplinary research and apply queer theory to academic
and professional practice.

