Women's Studies offers a major, minor, and a graduate certificate. All Women's Studies students work closely with a faculty member to design their own course of study and professional advisors are available to help students plan their program and find internships. Majors have focused their studies on the law, women’s health, body image and eating disorders, the arts, the environment, political activism, and the media, to name a few.
What are the Career Options for Women's Studies Graduates?
Our graduates are engaged in a wide range of careers. They are active as: doctors, nurses, and midwives; librarians; attorneys and para legals; writers and reporters; professors and teachers; social workers and counselors; fund-raisers; filmmakers; ministers; performers; curators; computer programmers, business owners, and more. The program regularly offers a career planning course to help students focus their interests.
What is a good way to begin studying Women's Studies?
Consider our introductory course:This popular survey class introduces concepts in Women's Studies, discusses contemporary issues and United States history and is a 3 credit lecture/discussion format, and fulfills a distribution requirement, GenEd I (Interdisclipinary, can be used in several categories) and U (Diversity, United States.) Early registration is recommended.
Women’s Studies 187 (WOMENSST 187)
Introduction to Women’s Studies
Each semester Women's Studies publishes a course guide that lists around 200 Women's Studies courses at the five colleges.