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Overview Students who major in gender studies begin by taking introductory courses on:women and genderfeminist theorymethods and practices.Gender studies majors cultivate the habit of asking how gender—through its connections with other forms of power—shapes bodies, lives, texts, institutions, and worlds. Gender studies is interdisciplinary and cross-cultural in its approaches. The goal is to provide students with multiple angles of vision that enrich their learning in and beyond the major.At Mount Holyoke, the Bachelor in Gender Studies grew out of women’s studies, with its commitment to uncovering the realities of women’s lives, understanding the nature of women’s oppression, and charting paths to significant social change. Building on this foundation, gender studies encompasses investigations into the very nature of gender; its intersection with other forms of difference and power such as class, race, nation, sexuality, and species; and its intimate connection with myriad forms of knowledge and social practice, from scientific investigation to artistic creation and performance.Majors are introduced to the foundations of the field in courses on women and gender, feminist theory, and methodology. Drawing on courses offered across the Mount Holyoke College curriculum and in the Five Colleges, majors then explore topics such as women’s literary and artistic production; gender in imperial and postcolonial contexts; feminist antiracism; women’s health; women and labor; violence against women; feminist science studies; queer studies; men and masculinity; transgender politics; U.S. women of color politics; women immigrants and refugees; transnational feminisms.A field-study seminar, taken in the junior or senior year; and a senior capstone course bring majors together to think through connections among the diverse intellectual and creative approaches they have encountered as well as between scholarship and social action. I want to find another Bachelor Course

At Mount Holyoke College, the Bachelor in Gender Studies grew out of women’s studies, with its commitment to uncovering the realities of women’s lives, understanding the nature of women’s oppression, and charting paths to significant social change.

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English Requirements

IELTSMin 7
TOEFLMin 100

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1Common Application or Coalition ApplicationMount Holyoke Writing Supplement (optional)Secondary School Report, including official high school transcriptCounselor RecommendationTwo Teacher Evaluation Forms (from core academic courses)Midyear Report (due February 15, as applicable)*Standardized Test Scores (optional)Art Supplement (optional)English Proficiency Requirements for non-native English speakersEarly Decision Agreement (if applicable)Interview (optional, but strongly encouraged)

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