Learn more about Spring 2023 FGSS and LGBT Studies course offerings

Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

  • FGSS 1940: A Global History of Love (GLO, LGBT)
  • FGSS 2010: Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (REQUIRED FOR FGSS MAJOR and MINOR)
  • FGSS 2260: Japanese Pop Culture (GLO)
  • FGSS 2290: Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies (LGBT)
  • FGSS 2350: Literature and Medicine (ISO, LGBT)
  • FGSS 2468: Medicine, Culture, and Society (GLO)
  • FGSS 2512: Black Women in the 20th Century (ISO)
  • FGSS 2560: Black Queer Writing and Media (ISO, LGBT)
  • FGSS 2575: Tyranny and Dignity: Chinese Women from the Cultural Revolution to Hong Kong Protests (GLO)
  • FGSS 2770: Islam and Gender (GLO, LGBT)
  • FGSS 2806: Roman Law
  • FGSS 2932: Engendering China
  • FGSS 3206: Black Women and Political Leadership (ISO)
  • FGSS 3210: Gender and the Brain (LGBT)
  • FGSS 3320: Gender and Psychopathology (LGBT)
  • FGSS 3565: Black Ecoliterature (ISO)
  • FGSS 3693: Race and Slavery, Old and Modern
  • FGSS 3702: Desire and Cinema (LGBT)
  • FGSS 3991: Undergraduate Independent Study
  • FGSS 4000: Senior Seminar in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (REQUIRED FOR FGSS MAJOR)
  • FGSS 4023: Black and Indigenous Histories (ISO)
  • FGSS 4035: Intersectional Disability Studies (ISO)
  • FGSS 4292: Sexual Identities and the Media (LGBT)
  • FGSS 4491: Feminism and Philosophy
  • FGSS 4504: The City: Asia (GLO)
  • FGSS 4701: Nightlife (ISO, LGBT)
  • FGSS 4845: Labor, Race, and Gender (ISO)
  • FGSS 4491: Senior Honors Thesis II
  • FGSS 6504: The City: Asia
  • FGSS 6561: Politics and Joy in Black Women's Writing
  • FGSS 6610: Erotics of Visuality
  • FGSS 6845: Labor, Race, and Gender
  • FGSS 6880: Proseminar in Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
  • FGSS 6990: Topics in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Before applying to the FGSS undergraduate major, the student must complete any two FGSS courses with a letter grade of B- or better. For FGSS courses that are cross-listed with another department, students may register through FGSS or the crosslisting department.

The FGSS undergraduate minor is available to all students in any college at Cornell. With a minor, you'll be able to study a wide range of fields from the perspectives of feminist and LGBT critical analysis, in a global context and with the purpose of promoting social justice. Only five courses required!

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies 

  • LGBT 1940: A Global History of Love
  • LGBT 2290: Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
  • LGBT 2350: Literature and Medicine
  • LGBT 2560: Black Queer Writing and Media
  • LGBT 2770: Islam and Gender
  • LGBT 3210: Gender and the Brain
  • LGBT 3702: Desire and Cinema
  • LGBT 3390: Undergraduate Independent Study
  • LGBT 4701: Nightlife
  • LGBT 6600: Erotics of Visuality

The LGBT Studies undergraduate minor is available to all students in any college at Cornell. LGBT Studies is founded on the premise that the social organization of sexuality is best studies from interdisciplinary perspectives. Only four courses required!

Questions about registration? Please email Program Assistant Aidan Kelly at aidankelly@cornell.edu

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