University Catalog 2024-2025
Liberal Studies, Queer Studies Concentration, BA
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BA in Liberal Studies: Queer Studies
Location: AU Los Angeles
Credits for Degree: 180 quarter credits
Standard Mode of Instruction: Flexible
Standard time to completion: 36 months
*Actual time to completion ranges from 9 to 36 months, depending on the number of transfer credits.
General Degree Requirements
All Antioch University undergraduates must meet general education requirements in the areas of Liberal Arts (called Domains of Knowledge), Academic Writing, and Mission-core classes. See the Undergraduate Studies: General Degree Requirements page for an explanation of undergraduate general education requirements.
Queer Studies: Minor Area of Concentration
Queer Studies is an interdisciplinary field that emerged from feminist, LGBT+, and HIV/AIDS activism, in combination with postmodern thought and practice. Consequently, the Queer Studies Minor Concentration combines interdisciplinary academic study with opportunities for community, social, and political engagement and activism. Academically, Queer Studies focuses on a wide range of issues related to the lives of Queer, Non-Binary, and LGBT+ identified persons, situating them within larger historical and cultural contexts concerned with the social production and political regulation of bodies, identities, sex, sexuality, and gender. Queer Studies fosters resistance, resilience, analysis, and creative engagement in the ongoing work of social justice for Gender-Sexual-Minorities and the world at large.
Current Tuition and Fees
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Curriculum
The Queer Studies Minor requires 20 units of study in related course work and internships, with options for independent study.
Electives
Elective courses and workshops offered throughout the academic year include:
Internships
Queer Studies students are encouraged to get involved in Community-based Learning by doing internships at local organizations. Past internship placements have included the following sites: APLA Health, Being Alive, Brave Trails, Foothill AIDS Project, Lifeworks, Los Angeles LGBT Center, Minority AIDS Project, One National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Outfest, Outwords Archive, and Queer Works.
Additional Info
As a field of study rooted in a history of social engagement and activism, Queer Studies courses benefit all students regardless of their area of concentration and/or career path. Students learn how histories of oppression and resistance inform the present in a variety of areas, including housing, employment, education, and health care. They learn how theory and practice dialectically inform one another. They learn to view the world through a Queer framework, and how to queer education, professions, creativity, culture, relationships, institutions, and politics. Queer Studies courses affirm LGBT+ and Queer students, providing supportive learning environments and experiences that promote personal, professional, and political growth. Courses are taught by faculty in solidarity with LGBT+, Non-Binary, and Queer students, and their allies.
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