Session

Fall 2026

 Term

Y

Format

LECT

Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite

What are the big ideas that shape feminist and queer theories? What is the relationship between feminist and queer theories? How do livedexperiences of sex, gender, and sexuality intersect with systems of power? This interdisciplinary course examines questions of intersectional desire, affect, identity, politics, power dynamics, subjection, and existential choice. It considers feminist and queer theories in conversation with trans theory; critical disability studies; critical race theory; transnational, anti-colonial, and decolonial scholarship; and anti-capitalist interventions. Prerequisites: AP/GWST1501 9.0 or AP/GWST 1502 6.0 or GL/GWST 1502 6.0. Course credit exclusions: AP/GWST 4500 6.00, GL/GWST 4500 6.00. Previously approved as: AP/GWST 3555 3.00, previously offered as: AP/WMST 3555 6.00, GL/WMST 3555 6.00. AP/SXST 2600 6.00, GL/SXST 2600 6.00, AP/WMST 2600 6.00, GL/WMST 2600 6.00. PRIOR TO FALL 2026: Prerequisites: AP/GWST 2500 6.00 or GL/GWST 2500 6.00 or AP/GWST 2510 6.00 or GL/GWST 2510 9.00.PRIOR TO FALL 2013: Prerequisites: AP/WMST 2500 6.00, GL/WMST 2500 6.00, AP/WMST 2510 9.00, GL/WMST 2510 9.00. Course credit exclusions: AP/WMST 4500 6.00, GL/WMST 4500 6.00, AP/WMST4500 6.00, GL/WMST 4500 6.00.

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