Gender Studies

Gender Studies is an exciting interdisciplinary academic program with a strong presence on campus through invited speakers, discussion panels, performances and other events. Students will develop a variety of skills to analyze and integrate theories, concepts and evidence. They will learn how to become activists and advocates for gender and LGBTQ equality. The program fuses a strong academic program with co-curricular programming and activist goals and challenges students to rethink their own understandings of how the world works. A wide range of courses allow students to focus on their particular study interests to fulfill the minor's requirements.With a minor in gender studies, you will apply critical thinking skills to analyze the role of gender identity in shaping human experience. The minor will foster your intellectual curiosity through an interdisciplinary curriculum to address the challenging question of how power, culture, and mass media have reinforced notions of gender roles and gender identity. The program will have a profound impact on your personal, professional and intellectual growth.