The major in women's, gender, and sexuality studies explores gender and sexuality in all areas of life – political, cultural, economic and bodily dimensions. Through interdisciplinary courses, students examine how gender, race, class, sexualities, and abilities shape personal identities, beliefs, opportunities, and behaviors. They also explore multiple dimensions of power in courses on black feminist theories, transnational feminisms, and feminist histories, literature and the arts. The department is committed to critical views and ideas that encourage possibilities for transformation and change.
In the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, students challenge the status quo by asking questions of themselves and the communities and worlds around them. The department's majors revisit and revise histories, understand and evaluate economic disparities, and through creative problem solving, learn to effect social change.