What does one do with this beyond going into academia? Where else would this be useful?
The College Fix reports:
New ‘Queer Studies’ certificate at Illinois State U. aims to ‘reconfigure’ social normsIllinois State University just began offering a “Queer Studies” certificate – but a government watchdog group thinks that directing funds toward “boutique areas of study” ought not to be a priority.The public university recently announced that it would be expanding its Queer Studies program by offering a certificate.Offered through the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, it “recognizes students’ advanced coursework in LGBTQ+ and sexuality studies,” and “builds off the existing queer studies concentration” that the university started in 2016.A news release also states that “students currently pursuing the concentration can transfer into the formal certificate.”The program’s Interim Director Jason Whitesel celebrated the development, stating in the news release that the expanded program aims to “reconfigure discomfort” with social norms.“Courses in the certificate program, like Intro to LGBTQ Studies, honor queer people precisely because of who they are and what they bring to broaden and deepen our communities, including their unique contributions to history and the culture, and how they reconfigure discomfort with the norms as socially and politically productive,” Whitesel stated.One class offered to complete the new certificate is “Queer Theatre.” According to the course description, it “introduces students to queer plays and performances that live within complex intersections of gender, race, and sexuality” with the purpose of deepening their understanding of and engagement with “queer theatre.”
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