Gender Studies Program

Why Gender Studies?

You like

Interacting with people, questioning social norms, and understanding the roots and challenges of injustice. These skills empower to think critically, engage meaningfully with others, and work toward social change.
You'll learn

About gender as a form of diversity. This perspective encourages thoughtful engagement and equips with skills to make meaningful change in their communities.
You can be

A person who applies personal insight and academic knowledge to improve the lives of communities, working across fields from education to law; from criminal justice field to healthcare.

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Why Gender Studies?

The Gender Studies major and minor examine gender as a social construct that shapes power, inequality, and social organization, with a particular emphasis on justice, activism, and institutional change.
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Gender Studies (BA)

Gender Studies BA

Through an interdisciplinary approach, the major equips students with skills in critical thinking, research, and writing, while also fostering a commitment to social justice and advocacy. Typically the major (and minor) helps students in securing positions in corrections and reentry services, probation and parole, law enforcement, legal services, nonprofit and community-based organizations, and work addressing gender-based violence.
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Gender Studies Minor

Every field of knowledge incorporates gender perspectives, as gender shapes how questions are framed and how knowledge is produced. Applying a gender lens, especially in areas like law and criminal justice, reveals inequalities, challenges bias, and supports more just and effective policies and practices.
Admissions

Be a fierce advocate for justice!

Admissions

Consider majoring or minoring in Gender Studies and discover new ways to understand the world and make a meaningful impact.

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