Undergraduate Program
Brandeis University offers a major and a minor for students interested in the dynamic field of women's and gender studies. Our program draws an enthusiastic and diverse group of students who seek intellectual challenges and who are committed to social justice. Women's and gender studies draws on the humanities, arts, social and biological sciences to explore the broad range of intellectual questions concerning both the social positions of women and the gendered constructions of knowledge, identity, and culture. Students in the program have the opportunity to study theories of feminism, gender, and sexuality; the diversity of women's experiences and representations past and present; and women's movements in the United States and around the globe. This curriculum brings students into contact with the extensive research on women, gender, and feminism that has burgeoned during the past thirty years as well as with historical and
cross-cultural knowledge that recognizes the intersections of gender with race, class, religion, sexuality, ethnicity, age, ability, and nationality. Click here for a list of what some of our graduates are currently doing.
How Do I Go About Becoming a Major or Minor?
cross-cultural knowledge that recognizes the intersections of gender with race, class, religion, sexuality, ethnicity, age, ability, and nationality. Click here for a list of what some of our graduates are currently doing.
How Do I Go About Becoming a Major or Minor?
As early as possible in their academic careers, students interested in Women’s and Gender Studies should take WMGS 5a (Women and Gender in Culture and Society), the required introduction to the field. In order to declare a major or minor, each student should meet with Susan Lanser, the WGS Undergraduate Advising Head, who will help him or her select as an advisor a faculty member well suited to the student’s academic interests. The advisor will help to plan a course of study tailored to the student’s intellectual and professional interests while meeting the core and elective requirements for the degree. Please contact Faith Smith, WGS Study Abroad Advisor, to learn how study abroad options may be incorporated into your Women’s and Gender Studies program.
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| Susan Lanser WGS Undergraduate Advising Head |
