We are excited that you are interested in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at the 老虎机攻略! The Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at The 老虎机攻略 is at the forefront of interdisciplinary studies. The Program currently brings together undergraduate and graduate students and faculty from almost every academic department and program at 老虎机攻略 who are interested in studies relating to women, gender, and sexuality. Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies encourages the production, discussion, and dissemination of knowledge about the experiences, oppressions, and achievements of women and all sexualities in Montana, the United States, and the world. By fostering an awareness of cultural and international diversity, as well as of the circulations of power mediated by race, class, age, and ability, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies encourage students to think critically and to envision justice for all peoples. Director Elizabeth Hubble welcomes you to stop by our office in Eck Liberal Arts 138A to learn more about the program and student opportunities.
Learn more about our Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. The Graduate Certificate focuses on intersectionality; students in the program explore links between their chosen fields of study with an interdisciplinary approach that addresses questions of gender, race, and class.
Our program offers an undergraduate major and an undergraduate minor in Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and graduate courses as well as a certificate in LGBTIQ+ studies. We sponsor several campus events related to our mission, and we offer scholarships for students pursuing studies in women, gender, and sexuality studies. We have the only WGSS-related major in the state as well as the only degree in LGBTIQ+ studies.
Why Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies?
In a nutshell, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies encourages students to think critically and to envision justice for all people. A Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies degree allows you to explore areas of history, literature, sociology, psychology, culture, religion, science, business, and environmental studies.
Courses that feature feminist and queer perspectives teach students to recognize the importance of gender and sexuality for understanding our world.
What can I do with a Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies degree?
Graduates from the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program don’t just go out and get jobs, they go out and change the world! Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies graduates acquire a solid foundation in the humanities and social science with an emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice. They are articulate, imaginative, analytical, persuasive and creative. They have learned to think critically and can envision justice for all people. They are the kind of people employers today want to hire!
Graduates of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies go on to be:
- Directors of Non-Profit Organizations
- Clergy
- Historians
- Artists
- Activists
- Advocates
- Attorneys
- Politicians
- Law Makers
- Business Managers
- Educators
- Journalists
- Social Workers
- Civil Servants
- Entrepreneurs
- Counselors
- Organizers