Program Description
The gender studies program, which offers a major leading to the BA as well as a minor, examines gender using an interdisciplinary approach. Consisting of a variety of courses drawn from across the college, the program offers students the opportunity to study gender in a variety of historical periods and geographical areas using different academic, political, and feminist perspectives. The program equips students with reading, writing, research, and analytical skills that enable them to:
Requirements for the Major
A minimum of eight courses in gender studies with a grade of C or higher and an 8-credit senior project:
Representative Elective Courses
American Women Writers
Birth and Death
Citizens Living Under Islamic Laws
Feminist Approaches to Art and Theory
Feminist Theory
Gender and Health: International Issues
Gender and Popular Culture in South Asia
Gender and Power
Gender Politics and Islam
Global Sexualities
History of Feminist Movements
History of Gender and Sexuality in the U.S.
Human Sexuality
Masculinities: Feminist Perspectives
Psychology of Women
Queer Cinema
Queer Media Convergence
Race, Gender, and the Law
Riot Grrls and Radical Women
Sex and Gender in Latin America
Sex, Politics, and Health
Sexuality and Society
The Islamic State, Gender, and Sexuality
The Lives of Women
Theories of Sexuality
The Political Economy of Women
Women and Film
Women and Politics
Women Artists and Feminist Criticism
Women in the Biblical/Ancient World
Women in Developing Countries
Women in Performance
Women’s Rights as Human Rights
Representative Alumni
For more information, please visit the gender studies program site.
Updated Dec. 12, 2012
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