Women's and Gender Studies
The construct of gender shapes social orders, human institutions and individual experiences. If you pursue a second major or a minor in Women's and Gender Studies (WGS), you will develop critical thinking, research and analysis, and oral and written communication skills. The discipline of WGS recognizes the importance of diversity and the consequences of differential power and opportunity. In providing foundational knowledge and understanding of such issues, the program prepares you to incorporate such understanding into your social life and professional career to help promote a more inclusive and equitable world.
The Center for Women's and Gender Studies curriculum will help you further your skills and awareness of these topics, a foundation that will serve you well in careers in arts, business, education, healthcare, journalism, law, science, and social services.
The B.A. in Women's & Gender Studies can enhance your studies as a second major or a minor. Pursuing further studies in the WGS field will teach you:
- How the construct of gender identity shapes experiences
- How writers, artists, scholars, researchers and clinical practitioners represent or respond to those gendered experiences
- How institutions and structures of power shape experiences of gender, embodiment and sexuality
- How to engage with the established field of women's and gender studies and the body of scholarship it has produced
- How gender studies can revise critical methods in many other scholarly fields
"My WGS studies not only gave me the opportunity to take courses in a wide variety of disciplines—including law, politics, sociology and literature—but also taught me valuable critical thinking skills and how to resist the notion of simply accepting something because someone says it's true."
Program Information
Enhance your studies by adding Women's & Gender Studies as a second major or a minor.
Program Type
Major, Minor
Degree
Bachelor's
A Women's & Gender Studies second major requires the completion of 30 credits. A minor
requires 15 credits. Program Requirements
All WSGS are cross listed with departmental offerings. WSGS also offers several unique
topic courses each semester.
Nursing students can fulfill up to 6 credits needed for the WGS minor through gender-focused
projects in three required Nursing courses.
Students should contact the Center for Women's & Gender Studies if they wish to get
credits towards the WGS minor through these courses for additional information.
Learning Outcomes