LGBT Studies investigates the historical and contemporary experiences of people traditionally neglected in scholarship and courses. It explores questions about sexuality as well as identity, community, representation, diversity, assimilation, and discrimination that are both academically and socially significant. Work in this innovative field includes material and methods from many disciplines: English and foreign languages, Allied Health Professions, Anthropology, Art History, Biology, Communications, Economics, Fine Arts, History, Music, Nursing, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Social Welfare.
The LGBT Studies Certificate Program provides a curricular structure for undergraduates interested in the interdisciplinary study of same-sex relations, and human sexuality more generally, in past and present cultures.
Program requirements
Students must complete at least 18 credits in courses from the LGBT Studies list with a minimum GPA of 2.5.
1. GayLesb 200 (Introduction
to LGBT Studies), 3 credits
2. 9 additional
credits in courses that focus primarily on LGBT issues in at least two
of the following three areas:
a.
Literary and cultural studies (English and foreign languages, Art History,
Communication, Fine Arts)
b.
Social sciences (Anthropology, Economics, History, Political Science, Sociology)
c.
Behavioral and natural sciences (Biology, Psychology, Allied Health Professions,
Nursing, Social Welfare
3. 6 credits in
courses that include a significant amount of attention to LGBT issues or
in courses that focus primarily on LGBT issues
4. 9 of the 18
credits in courses numbered 300 or above
5. No more than
6 credits in independent study
6. No more than
9 credits in any one department
7. At least 9 credits
taken at UWM
8. No credits taken
on a credit/no credit basis
It is recommended that, in their senior year, students complete one independent study course or an upper-level course such as Eng 629 (Seminar in Literature and Human Sexuality) to synthesize their previous work in LGBT studies.
For
more information contact the Program Coordinator:
Sarah
Morgan
Nursing, UWM, PO Box
413, Milwaukee WI 53201
Cunningham Hall
451
414-229-4173
(fax: 229-3989)
smorgan@uwm.edu
Links
UWM Advisory Committee on LGBT Issues
LGBT academic programs in the United States and Canada
Last updated 13 May 2004