Feminist studies

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Feminist Studies is an interdisciplinary undergraduate program investigating the significance of gender in all areas of human life. Feminist analysis is based on the assumption that gender is a crucial factor in the organization of our personal lives and our social institutions. It focuses on how gender differences and gender inequality are created and perpetuated.

The Feminist Studies program use feminist perspectives to expand and reevaluate th e assumptions at work in traditional disciplines in the study of individuals, cultures, social institutions, policy, and other areas of scholarly inquiry.

Feminist Studies is an interdisciplinary, critical exploration of how some of the most salient categories of difference — such as, gender, race, class, sexuality, religion and nation — vary in time and place. It exposes students to the growing body of knowledge that falls under the broad rubric of 'feminism,' including feminist theory and its critics, and it seeks to revise the findings of traditional disciplines to include this new knowledge and variety of feminist methodologies.

Today, expertise in women's roles, needs, and resources is valued throughout business and government. There are over 2,000 social service agencies throughout the country that deal specifically with women's needs, including women's commissions, women's health centers, crisis shelters, career counseling centers, and other public and private, non-profit, service organizations. Students having academic focus on women also can go on to do graduate work in Feminist Studies, in traditional disciplines, and in professional programs such as law, theology, and journalism.

The Feminist Studies major exists for those students whose academic and professional career interests would best be served by a multicultural, interdisciplinary approach. Feminist Studies students can double major in any discipline. Paired majors with Communication, English, History, Philosophy, Religion, Sociology, and Theatre are available.

Students who wish to emphasize the interdisciplinary concentration on the experiences and perspectives of women also may select Feminist Studies as a minor. Students can combine a Feminist Studies minor with any major. This minor is recommended for students who are interested in careers in management, personnel, education, communications, law, affirmative action administration, and the social services.

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