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| What knowledge will I gain with an undergraduate degree from the Women and Gender Studies Program? |
• the historical and cross-cultural variability of social norms of masculinity and femininity;
• the ways in which ideas of masculinity and femininity shape and interact with other axis
of domination, such as class, race, ethnicity,
sexuality, ability and nation;
• the centrality of gender at the local, national and international levels of society, politics and the economy;
• the diversity of global feminism;
• how women interact with the global economy;
• how power and privilege function in relation to the intersection of gender, race, class, sexuality and nation;
• women's participation in, contribution to, and transformation of areas of social life including culture, society, politics, economy and religion;
• institutionalized discrimination and violence against women;
• women's activism and resistance to oppression;
• the varied research methods and theoretical perspectives used in women, gender and sexuality studies scholarship, including the relationship between theory and practice; and
• the history of women and gender studies as an academic discipline and the main themes that have characterized its emergence.
| What Practical Skills will I learn? |
Students completing their degree with the Women and Gender Studies program are expected to acquire the ability and skills to:
• express ideas clearly in spoken form;
• employ creative problem solving techniques;
• organize and synthesize material in new ways
• analyze texts and information critically;
• articulate clearly complex ideas in written form; and
• participate in teamwork successfully.