Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Gender and Women's Studies

University of Illinois Chicago

Gender and Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary major that teaches students to think critically and to analyze our world and the political and social structures surrounding us. GWS students learn not only about gender and sexuality issues, but also about race and class, diversity and multiculturalism, cultural, political, and social issues that we can apply to all aspects of our lives and occupations. Students develop important analytical, research, writing, communication, leadership, and organizational skills, and there is no limit to what you can do with a GWS major. The Gender and Women's Studies Program at University of Illinois at Chicago is an interdisciplinary unit dedicated to investigating the relationships between gender (including transgender), sexuality, feminism, and social justice.GWS insists that gender and sexuality must be understood through their intersections with race, class, age, nation, citizenship, and ability. We conceptualize how these interconnected categories inform and structure social life, culture, politics, social movements and knowledge production.GWS sees a sustained engagement with local, national and transnational communities as central to our research and teaching/work at UIC.

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences