Gender and Women's Studies
The Gender & Women¿s Studies program helps students find their voice, passion, and purpose to become active leaders in their lives and in society. Students study interdisciplinary feminist analysis of gender as it intersects with race, class, sexuality, immigrant status, disability, and national identity. By examining the structural interlocking systems of oppression, both nationally and transnationally, students can better understand the historical and current power dynamics in society. By studying how marginalized groups have always worked for social change, students are prepared to create liberatory social transformation. Gender & Women¿s Studies classes feature interactive and applied le
Courses
- GERO415 — Gender and Aging (Diversity)
- GWS201 — Introduction to Gender & Women's Studies (Diversity)
- GWS220 — Race and Gender in the U.S.
- GWS270 — Feminist Leadership and Social Transformation
- GWS340 — Global Feminisms
- GWS405 — Women of Color in the U.S. (same as ETHS 405)
- GWS415 — Feminist Theory
- GWS430 — Feminist Transformative Leadership
- GWS444 — Internship: Undergraduate
- GWS485 — Capstone Seminar: Applied Feminism(s) in Gender and Women's Studies
- HURL491 — Change Agent Skills
- HURL492 — Practicum in Social Empowerment
- PHIL211 — Philosophy and Feminism (Diversity)
- PSY225 — Psychology of Women
- SOC273 — Sociology of Gender (Diversity)
- SOC374 — The Sociology of Family Violence