Crosslisting Policy

Full Attribute Opportunities

A GSS course examines the social construction of gender and sexuality in a variety of ways. In particular, a typical GSS course will:

  • address the intersections of various identity markers, including but not limited to gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and age.
  • critically examine cultural assumptions about women, gender, and/or sexualities, e.g., the gender assumptions in the traditional methodologies, theories, and research of particular disciplines.
  • explore the production of knowledge, art, literature, etc., as it reflects gendered, raced, classed, etc., experiences.
  • equip students to identify and critically analyze systems of power and privilege.
  • focus on providing information about women, contra- and non-normative gender communities, their influence, roles, experiences, history, and contributions.

Only courses that are primarily focused on a topic related to gender and/or sexuality studies will be eligible for a GSS attribute. Importantly, both the content of the course and the methodology or theory presented in the course should be related to the discipline of GSS.

If you are interested in having a GSS attribute added, please contact the GSS program coordinator.

Special Contract-Listed Opportunities

Some courses not officially "attributed" to GSS can count toward GSS credit for students who make special arrangements with the course instructor and the GSS coordinator to do readings and/or projects (e.g., their course term paper) on GSS topics. Such courses are designated "Special Contract-Listed Credit" or "SCLC" courses.

If your course is approved by GSS for special contract-list credit, please include on the regular version of the syllabus a statement describing the GSS option.

Students who want to take advantage of this option should meet with you early in the term, during which the course is taken, to fill out and sign a GSS SCLC Contract. Please staple the contract to a copy of the course syllabus and send it to the GSS coordinator for the student's advising file in anticipation of a graduation audit.

If, for any reason, the student does not follow through on the commitment, please notify the GSS coordinator so that the contract can be removed from the student's advising file.

If you are interested in contract-listing a course with GSS, please contact the GSS program coordinator.