Women and Gender Studies
的 NDSU Women and Gender Studies program is an interdisciplinary academic program that focuses on women and 性别 issues in society, while integrating the teaching, 研究, and service goals of our land grant university. 的 undergraduate program offers a major and minor, and it has internal tracks that allow students to pursue focused studies in areas such as 性别 and public health. 的 Women and Gender Studies program requirements also complement various other degrees for students interested in double majoring.
对于那些
Want to examine 性别-related issues and foster social justice in society. Are interested in interdisciplinary coursework.
寻找
Discussion-based classroom experience. Application of coursework through an internship.
成为
- 辅导员
- 律师
- 政治家
- 社会工作者
- 受害者的宣传
职业发展机会
A Women and Gender Studies degree provides students with critical fieldwork experience that helps them find job placement after graduation. As a field committed to fostering justice for all, students are offered opportunities for working with local 组, 组织, and businesses that focus on women, 性别, 和性. Students majoring in Women and Gender Studies complete an internship that places feminist theory into practice. Student experiences have included work with the YWCA, Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead, 和其他人.
毕业后, our students are well poised to find positions that match their career goals or to pursue graduate programs. 越来越多地, employers seek candidates who understand and support diversity and inclusiveness, which is a foundational principle in the Women and Gender Studies program. In NDSU’s 2019 Career Placement Report, Women and Gender Studies graduates had 100% placement. Our graduates regularly find employment as social workers, directors of non-profit 组织, 律师, 说客, 辅导员, 教授, 和图书管理员.
Program Learning Objectives
Women and Gender Studies examines 性别 in society and aims to raise students’ aspirations, expand awareness of their capabilities, and widen the knowledge and development of all.
毕业后, Women and Gender Studies students will be able to:
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Analyze how the social construction of 性别 and sex affects individual experiences
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Examine how privilege and oppression function in society and culture
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Explore how feminism and activism are intertwined by studying ways that diverse individuals, 组, and communities can work to affect change
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Analyze how social categorizations of one’s identity, 比如种族, 性别, 社会经济类, 性取向, 性别认同, intersect and affect a person’s lived experiences
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Construct evidence-based arguments within their own interdisciplinary fields of inquiry that use a variety of credible sources.
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Explore the implications of engaged citizenship
课程
的 Women and Gender Studies major consists of a total of 33 approved semester credits. Students must take 7 core courses and 12 approved elective credits in their area of choice.
的 Women and Gender Studies minor consists of a total of 18 approved semester credits. Students must take two required courses; then they may take four of any of the courses listed as core courses. Appropriate courses not on either the required or core list must be approved by the program administrators.
通识教育
Multiple Women and Gender Studies classes--namely WGS 110: Introduction to Women’s Studies, WGS 112: Introduction to Masculinities, and WGS 370: Transnational/Global Women-- fulfill both core requirements for the WGS major/minor as well as North Dakota State University’s cultural diversity general education requirements. This allows students to advance towards a timely completion of their degree.
联系
To begin your academic career in the WGS program, contact Dr. Ashley Baggett, at 阿什利.baggett@thecmcteam.com.