Women’s and Gender Studies B.A.

Program Overview

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This interdisciplinary program explores gender-related issues through the lens of race, ethnicity, and other social factors. It aims to equip students with an understanding of feminist concerns, power dynamics, and social justice. Graduates develop essential workplace skills and are prepared for careers in fields such as journalism, business, law, and social services.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

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Program Overview:

Explore gender-related issues through an interdisciplinary lens, examining race, ethnicity, age, class, sexuality, ability and more.

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Objectives:

• Comprehend the multifaceted ways that ideas and practices about gender shape the world.
• Investigate global and intersectional approaches to feminist concerns and challenges.
• Recognize, analyze, and confront power, oppression, and injustice in relation to culture, society, economy, and knowledge.
• Develop essential workplace skills, including institutional and policy analysis, comparative analysis, DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusivity, and accessibility) frameworks, and critical thinking.
• Acquire high-demand abilities for a fulfilling career in journalism, business, politics, law, advocacy, social services, education, and other fields.

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Outline:

The curriculum is structured to integrate theory and practice with the goal of transforming social relations, representations, knowledge, institutions, and policies. It emphasizes interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to understand gender intersectionally and transnationally.

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Courses:

• Women, Gender, and Violence in a Transnational Context
• Feminisms, Sexualities, and Human Rights in Middle Eastern Societies
• Trans Genders and Sexualities
• Women, Rap, and Hip-Hop Feminism
• Indigenous and Feminist Thought and Theory

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Assessment:

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Program Learning Outcomes:

• Utilize multiracial, intersectional, and transnational feminist theories and methods to explore gender relations and practices embedded in diverse social, political, material, and cultural contexts.
• Recognize, interpret, and analyze power, oppression, injustice, and social, economic, and epistemic violence.
• Identify histories and current forms of feminist agency, resistance, social movements, and collective action.
• Engage feminist theory and practice to challenge social relations, representations, knowledge, institutions, and policies.
• Integrate diverse knowledge modes, including texts, creative works, activism, and popular culture.
• Demonstrate feminist competencies for teamwork and collaboration.

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Teaching:

The program is facilitated by accomplished faculty experts in the humanities and social sciences who prioritize interdisciplinary, intersectional, global, and decolonial feminist analysis.

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Careers:

Graduates pursue careers in various sectors:

• Journalism
• Business
• Politics
• Law
• Advocacy
• Social services
• Education