LGBTQ-Related Courses

Students are able to take courses in other departments and in some circumstances supplament an undergraduate course for graduate credit. Below is a list of 400- and 500-level courses on gender and sexuality offered over the past few years. Check the Course Offerings to find courses and syllabi. We also provide information on how to take undergradute courses and courses outside the department as well as resources to streamline the process.

Taking Classes Outside the Department

Graduate students interested in taking courses outside of the Politics department for credit towards their degree should make a request in writing to the Director of Graduate Studies, copying the Graduate Program Administrator and including a copy of the course syllabus.

Director of Graduate Studies 2019-2020: Kris Ramsay (kramsay@princeton.edu)

Graduate Program Administrator: Julia Georgiana (jgeorgiana@princeton.edu)

Taking Undergraduate Courses

Forthcoming

Courses

Graduate

  • Reading Course

  • GSS 502: Publishing Articles in Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

  • HIS 519: Topics in History of Sex and Gender: History of Sexuality

  • HIS 599: Special Topics in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine: Reckoning with Biological Determinism

  • POL 514: Gender and Sexuality in American Politics and Policy

  • POL 547: Identity Politics

  • SOC 522: Family Sociology: Family Change, Gender, Work and Inequality

  • SOC 527: Sociology of Gender

  • WWS 5940: Topics in Policy Analysis: Women and Politics

Undergraduate

  • GSS 404: What is Passing? Cultural Encounters in Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality

  • GSS 408: Queer Literatures: Theory, Narrative, and Aesthetics

  • GSS 434: Gender and Sexuality in African History

  • POL 342: Sexuality, Gender, and Gender Identity in American Law and Politics

  • POL 422: Seminar in American Politics: Gender and American Politics


If there are any other courses that you know of in this area, let us know and we will add them to the list!