LGBTQ Studies, Minor
View ChecksheetMinimum Total Credit Hours: 18
Minimum Upper-Division Hours: 9
Program Code: N642
- The requirements for a minor must be completed concurrently with the major degree requirements.
- No minor may be added by completing courses after receiving the bachelor’s degree.
At least six (6) credit hours must be earned in courses acceptable for residence credit by standards set forth by the Dodge College of Arts and Sciences, excluding transfer, correspondence, and examination (AP, CLEP, Advanced Standing) credit. Courses for the minor may not be taken Pass/ No Pass.
No single course may be used by a student to satisfy a major requirement and a minor requirement. A course may be used, however, to satisfy both a major support requirement and a minor requirement.
Requests to substitute a minor requirement must be approved in writing by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.
Required Courses
Students must successfully complete at least 18 hours of coursework, including at least nine (9) hours at the upper-division level.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| LGBT 1003 | Introduction to LGBTQ Studies | 3 |
| LGBT/WGS 3263 | LGBTQ Movements | 3 |
| LGBT/WGS 3273 | Queer Theory | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Choose three courses from the LGBTQ Studies Electives list | 9 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
LGBTQ Studies Electives
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 4723 | Gender and Health | 3 |
| ANTH 4843 | Cross-Cultural Study of Sex, Gender and Sexuality | 3 |
| COMM 2423 | 3 | |
| ENGL 5703 | Special Topics in American Literature (Cold War Sexualities, Queer Theory, & Cultural Rhetoric Studies) | 3 |
| EXPO 1213/1223 | Expository Writing (Transcending Gender) | 3 |
| HES 3523 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| HES 4523 | Human Sexuality II | 3 |
| H R 5723 | Sexism and Homophobia | 3 |
| HSTM 3223 | Gender Issues in Science, Technology and Medicine | 3 |
| HSTM 3243 | Women and Medicine | 3 |
| NAS 3123 | Gender and Sexuality in Native North America | 3 |
| NAS 4970 | Special Topics/Seminar (Two-Spirit & Native American LGBT Issues) | 1-3 |
| P SC 3203 | Sexuality, Gender, and the Law | 3 |
| SOC 3733 | Sociology of Gender | 3 |
| SOC 3593 | Sexual Deviance and Society | 3 |
| SOC 3993 | Sociology of Gender and Sexuality in the Media | 3 |
- Minors in the Dodge College of Arts & Sciences are available to all undergraduate students at OU. If the minor is officially declared, successfully completed, and noted on the graduation application, the student’s transcript will so indicate at the time the bachelor’s degree is posted.