Program Overview:
Women’s and Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary major that aims to build an awareness of the rich history, contemporary status, and future possibilities for women and the effects of gender construction. Women’s and Gender Studies courses are more than simply courses about women; rather, they exhibit an understanding of gender as a category of analysis and contain within them a feminist theoretical framework around which course material is organized. A major in Women’s and Gender Studies provides students with an ability to study sex/gender systems as social constructs; to examine existing models and paradigms that affect our public institutions and policies; to explore the intersections between societal structures and other social divisions such as race, class, sexual orientation, age, and disability that contribute to oppression; to recognize the value of subjective experience and its challenge to traditional methods of objective inquiry; and to participate in decision making and change.
Women’s and Gender Studies majors are increasingly in demand in workplaces concerned with diversity issues. The major provides a broad-based liberal arts education with emphasis on critical thinking which can be applied to a multitude of careers in government, non-profit organizations, business, education, the arts, politics and other fields. Students of demonstrated competence are also desirable candidates for graduate study in many fields including law, sociology, literature, history, political science, and philosophy.
Program Contacts:
To email the Department Chair,
Dr. Jenise DePinto, Women’s and Gender Studies
Program Webpage:
Women’s and Gender Studies, BA
Program Requirements:
Major in Women’s and Gender Studies (42 credits)
Core Courses (12 credits)
| WGS 100 | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |
| POS 376 | Feminist Theory | 4 |
| WGS 490 | Project in Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |
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| WGS 494 | Internship in Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |
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| WGS 498 | Women's and Gender Studies Seminar | 3 |
Women’s and Gender Studies Electives (30 credits)
Thirty additional credits of electives, with a minimum of 6 credits at the 300 level, must be chosen from courses in the following categories:
Historical/Cultural Knowledge (minimum 9 credits)
Courses that explore social, economic, political and cultural aspects of women’s experience in the past.
Communication and Creative Expression (minimum 6 credits)
Courses that examine communication issues and expressive forms, including literature, music, and the visual arts, through the lens of gender.
Theory and Practice (minimum 6 credits)
Courses that provide frameworks or paradigms for understanding how gender works, or methodologies useful for the analysis of gender.
Intersections (minimum 9 credits)
Courses that present material through categories of analysis fundamentally related to gender, specifically race, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, and disability. Global intersections additionally focus on issues or materials from or within non-Western nations or environments. (3 credits must be a Global Intersections course indicated by [G])
Students may also petition the Program Director to have any course not listed above accepted as an elective or to meet one of the requirements for the major.
Thirty additional credits of electives, with a minimum of 6 credits at the 300 level, must be chosen from courses in the following categories:
Internship/Field Experiences/Service:
Required Course
| WGS 494 | Internship in Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |
Culminating Academic Experiences:
Required Course
| WGS 490 | Project in Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |
Professional Accreditation:
The College of Saint Rose, sponsored by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet, Albany Province, is chartered by the Board of Regents of New York State. All of its degrees and programs are registered and its professional programs fully approved by the Board of Regents through the New York State Education Department.
The College of Saint Rose is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. (267-284-5000) The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. http://www.msche.org
Career Opportunities and Graduate Study:
Women’s and Gender Studies majors are increasingly in demand in workplaces concerned with diversity issues. The major provides a broad-based liberal arts education with emphasis on critical thinking which can be applied to a multitude of careers in government, non-profit organizations, business, education, the arts, politics and other fields. Students of demonstrated competence are also desirable candidates for graduate study in many fields including law, sociology, literatures, history, political science, and philosophy.
Minor(s):
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Admissions and Financial Aid Information:
The Undergraduate Admissions Office begins review of Freshman applications each fall in late September for the following Fall. Students are encouraged to submit a complete an application as early as November. The Admissions Team will return a decision on complete applications within just three weeks. The College awards academic scholarships at the same time.
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- Essay or Graded Paper
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