FGSS at Cornell University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FGSS coursework.

• FGSS 3000Feminist Theoryopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• ILRLE 2400Economics of Wages and Employmentopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate FGSS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 23 FGSS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 303 more FGSS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on FGSS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in FGSS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at FGSS 3990

  1. FGSS 2010Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  2. FGSS 3000Feminist Theory
  3. FGSS 3990Undergraduate Independent Study

• 3 courses deep, ending at FGSS 4460

  1. ECON 1110Introductory Microeconomics
  2. ILRLE 2400Economics of Wages and Employment
  3. FGSS 4460Women in the Economy

• 2 courses deep, ending at FGSS 3210

  1. BIOMG 3320Principles of Biochemistry: Molecular Biology
  2. FGSS 3210Gender and the Brain

• 2 courses deep, ending at FGSS 3320

  1. HD 3300Developmental Psychopathology
  2. FGSS 3320Gender and Psychopathology

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on FGSS sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Catherine Appert
• Christine Balance
• Eleonora Patacchini
• Ellis Hanson
• Karen Jaime
• Kate McCullough
• Katherine Sender
• Khadija Jallow
• Lucinda Ramberg
• Mara Du
• Mari Jarris
• Maria Fernandez
• Michell Chresfield
• Nick Salvato
• Riche Richardson
• Saida Hodzic
• Sara Warner
• Sofia Villenas
• Vida Maralani

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FGSS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

FGSS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.