Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies (FGSS)Arts and Sciences

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FGSS 1100
FWS: Topics in Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies

This course offers students the opportunity 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. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Black Feminist Imaginings of Technology

  •  2646 FGSS 1100   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Jallow, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Punk Rock Feminism: Riot Grrrl and Archives

  •  2647 FGSS 1100   SEM 102

  •  
    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Pasqualini, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

FGSS 2010
Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary program focused on understanding the impact of gender and sexuality on the world around us and on the power hierarchies that structure it. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3215 FGSS 2010   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Newman, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 2160
Television

In this introductory course, participants will study the economic and technological history of the television industry, with a particular emphasis on its manifestations in the United States and the United ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  6240 FGSS 2160   LEC 001

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 2232
Queer Pop from the Stonewall Uprising to the Millennium

This course will survey the history and US political contexts of LGBTQ+ identities in popular music over three critical decades. We will cover the 1970s era of gay liberation and visibility with glam rock, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2232, LGBT 2232, MUSIC 2232

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18087 FGSS 2232   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Peraino, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18088 FGSS 2232   DIS 201

  •  
    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18089 FGSS 2232   DIS 202

  •  
    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 2535
Issues in Contemporary Fiction: Trans Utopias and Genderqueer Science Fiction

Dragons? Spaceships? Bodies that change gendered characteristics at will? Vampire archivists? Speculative fiction (sci fi, fantasy) imagines the world not as it is but as it should be. It can imagine worlds ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2535, LGBT 2535

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8883 FGSS 2535   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Raskolnikov, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 2723
Digital Feminism and Race

This course raises profound theoretical questions about embodiment, agency, power, and race in virtual spaces. How do digital identities in their intersection with something called race, interact with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2723, COML 2723, VISST 2723

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2755 FGSS 2723   SEM 101

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Diabate, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 2750
Introduction to Humanities

These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 2750

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: 9/11 and Its Afterlives

  •  6347 FGSS 2750   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Ghosh, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Aesthetics of Scale

  •  6348 FGSS 2750   SEM 102

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Platt, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 2770
Islam and Gender

This course explores the role of gender and sexuality in shaping the lives of Muslims past and present. Through a close examination of ethnographies, intellectual histories, and religious treatises, we ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  8990 FGSS 2770   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 2932
Engendering China

In contemporary China, as in many other places of the world, the ideology and social reality of gender relations is highly paradoxical. Women are flattered for their power as consumers and commitment to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 2291, CAPS 2932, HIST 2932

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16295 FGSS 2932   LEC 001

  •  
    • MW

    • Du, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 16296 FGSS 2932   IND 601

  •  

    • Du, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

FGSS 3000
Feminist Theory

This course will work across and between the disciplines to consider what it might mean to think 'as a feminist' about many things including, but not limited to 'gender', 'women' and 'sexuality'. We will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  3216 FGSS 3000   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Parrenas, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: FGSS 2010 or permission of instructor.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

FGSS 3316
What's in a Sound? Gender and Race in Sound Cultures

What can we hear or even see in a sound? Can the sound of a voice conjure traces of a body? How does sound construct gender and race? In this course, we will consider how listening, voicing, and music-making ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 3316

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18072 FGSS 3316   LEC 001

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Moura, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 3318
Virtual Music

This course surveys the histories, aesthetics, and politics of music and virtuality, focusing on contemporary manifestations of ?virtual music? since the 2010s. We will learn about how music is created, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 18095 FGSS 3318   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Vigilante, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

FGSS 3545
Every Body: Theories of the Body from the Sixteenth Century to the Present

Discussions surrounding controversies about gender often exclude intersex, perpetuating the assumption that nonbinary gender is not "natural". We will examine the social and political stakes of including ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FREN 3545

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9372 FGSS 3545   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Long, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 3555
Comics as a Medium

What is a comic? How might comics attend to complex historical, social, and political topics? How do comics facilitate a coming to terms with the past or function as an activist medium—spurring on political ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  2080 FGSS 3555   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Schoppelrei, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Primarily for: juniors and seniors.

FGSS 3636
Queer Classics

This course engages classical antiquity and its reception through the prism of queer studies. Cruising Homer, Sappho, Euripides, Plato, Ovid and more, we will explore how queer theoretical frameworks help ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 3635, LGBT 3635, SHUM 3635

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8645 FGSS 3636   SEM 101

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Lambert, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 3990
Undergraduate Independent Study

Individual study program intended for juniors and seniors working on special topics with selected reading or research projects not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students select a topic in consultation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3217 FGSS 3990   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Ghosh, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3218 FGSS 3990   IND 602

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Ramberg, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3219 FGSS 3990   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Juffer, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3220 FGSS 3990   IND 604

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Hodzic, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3221 FGSS 3990   IND 605

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • McCullough, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3222 FGSS 3990   IND 606

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Devault, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

FGSS 4371
Sociology of Sex and Gender

This course provides an introduction to the theoretical and empirical literature on the sociology of sex and gender. The readings cover theory and methods, feminism, masculinity, intersectionality, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 6371, SOC 4370, SOC 6370

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  5935 FGSS 4371   SEM 101

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Maralani, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 4458
Girls, Women, and Education in Global Perspective: Feminist Ethnography and Praxis

This seminar explores the educational lives and schooling experiences of women and girls through ethnographies conducted in the U.S. and different regions of the world. Drawing on the anthropology of education, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 13180 FGSS 4458   SEM 101

  •  
    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Villenas, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 4460
Women in the Economy

Examines the changing economic roles of women and men in the labor market and in the family. Topics include a historical overview of changing gender roles, the determinants of the gender division of labor ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECON 3440, ILRLE 4450

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16497 FGSS 4460   LEC 001

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Patacchini, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 4815
Reading (with) Judith Butler

Judith Butler is one of today?s foremost theorists and cultural critics. Even though they are known, above all, for their work in gender studies and queer theory, their theoretical thought ranges widely. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  2759 FGSS 4815   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Bachner, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 4835
Performance Studies: Theories and Methods

An understanding of performance as object and lens, modality and method, is integral to scholarship and research across the humanities and social sciences. Charting the advent and defining principles of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  6229 FGSS 4835   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Jaime, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 4990
Senior Honors Thesis I

To graduate with honors, FGSS majors must complete a senior thesis under the supervision of an FGSS faculty member and defend that thesis orally before an honors committee. To be eligible for honors, students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3223 FGSS 4990   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Ghosh, D

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Ghosh, D

      Parrenas, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3224 FGSS 4990   IND 602

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Juffer, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3225 FGSS 4990   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Ramberg, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3226 FGSS 4990   IND 604

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Hodzic, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3227 FGSS 4990   IND 605

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Diabate, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3228 FGSS 4990   IND 606

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Parrenas, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

FGSS 6211
Environmental Bodies in Science and Technology Studies

Given the porosity of bodies, where does the environment begin or end? How are the bodies we call environmental more than resources for extraction and exploitation? How might they be sources of enchantment, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: STS 6211

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6025 FGSS 6211   SEM 101

  •  
    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Parrenas, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 6365
Marxism, Anarchism, Feminism

In this seminar, we will draw connections between radical theories and movements from the nineteenth century to the present. Rather than identifying isolated trajectories of “Marxism” “anarchism” ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  2084 FGSS 6365   SEM 101

  •  
    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Jarris, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 6371
Sociology of Sex and Gender

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 4371, SOC 4370, SOC 6370

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  5933 FGSS 6371   SEM 101

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Maralani, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 6441
Feminist Pedagogy: What, Why, and How

This seminar will explore the both the intellectual grounding of and the nuts and bolts of feminist pedagogy. In what context did feminist pedagogy emerge and why? How have its practitioners variously ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6610, ENGL 6440

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8834 FGSS 6441   SEM 101

  •  
    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • McCullough, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 6485
Kissing Books: Queer Romance

There's a moment in the movie The Princess Bride when, listening to an adventure story, a kid worries that this might be a "kissing book." This course takes kissing books as places where "romance" and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  9380 FGSS 6485   SEM 101

  •  
    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Howie, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 6815
Reading (with) Judith Butler

Judith Butler is one of today’s foremost theorists and cultural critics. Even though they are known, above all, for their work in gender studies and queer theory, their theoretical thought ranges widely. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  2762 FGSS 6815   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Bachner, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 6835
Performance Studies: Theories and Methods

An understanding of performance as object and lens, modality and method, is integral to scholarship and research across the humanities and social sciences. Charting the advent and defining principles of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  6232 FGSS 6835   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Jaime, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 7458
Girls, Women, and Education in Global Perspective: Feminist Ethnography and Praxis

This seminar explores the educational lives and schooling experiences of women and girls through ethnographies conducted in the U.S. and different regions of the world. Drawing on the anthropology of education, ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 13177 FGSS 7458   SEM 101

  •  
    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Villenas, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person