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Women's and Gender Studies

You’ve heard of Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth, probably read Emily Dickinson and Toni Morrison and doubtless were awed by Sally Ride. What do these women have in common? They and other amazing women have played incredible roles in history, and they’re part of a continuing legacy. Now you can study the effect women have had on philosophy, history, literature, anthropology and other disciplines, and gain an understanding for how gender has always functioned as a dynamic component in our institutions and culture.

THE MARQUETTE ADVANTAGE

CONCENTRATIONS. Begin your Women’s and Gender Studies major or minor with a multidisciplinary introductory course that prepares you for one of the broadest areas of study at Marquette. Define your own emphases as you design your course of study. Then, integrate your academic experiences and test your ideas in the real world — where you’ll make valuable contacts — in our innovative capstone course.

"One of the gross misconceptions about feminism is that it's only about women. But in order for a woman to live freely, men have to live freely, too." — Susan Faludi, author of Stiffed

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Suggested curriculum

This major can be a primary or secondary major.

INTRODUCTORY COURSE

Perspectives on Women in Society

INTEGRATIVE COURSES — FOUR

These combine theory with practice or link distinct subjects together.

Mass Media and the American Family
Women, Crime and Criminal Justice
Economics of the Family
Men’s Health
Urban Health (offered occasionally)
Childhood in America (offered every other year)
Politics of Race, Ethnicity and Gender (offered
every two years)
Psychology of Gender Roles (offered annually)
Race, Gender, Medicine (offered annually)

EXPLORATORY COURSES

These enable students to explore women’s and gender studies issues as they arise within particular disciplines.

Women and Men in Cross-cultural Perspective
Introduction to Schooling in a Diverse Society
Survey of Women’s Literature
Culture and Health
Feminist Philosophy
Psychology of Prejudice
Women in the Bible