Gender Studies Major

• What is Gender Studies?
• What Kinds of Students Major in Gender Studies?
• What Courses Do Gender Studies Majors Take?
• List of Gender Studies Jobs
• What is the Median Salary Range for Gender Studies Careers?
• College and University Departments to Consider

What is Gender Studies?

Students in this major will examine differences between the experiences on men and women throughout history and across cultures, races, and classes. These majors study and generally, seek to assure, through research, writing and action programs, to give equitable attention to both genders. This major may be fall within a history or political science department.

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What Kinds of Students Major in Gender Studies?

A major in gender studies offers an opportunity for the interdisciplinary study of men and women from various perspectives humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Gender studies majors seek an understanding of the new intellectual frameworks that are reshaping thought about the meaning and role of gender in human life. Majors pursue knowledge of gendered experiences in diverse cultures and across time, examining the ways in which race, social class, sexuality and ethnicity constitute that experience. There is some crossover of interest by students for whom gender and race relations is important. Women tend to be open to the possibility of a major in this field than are men.

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What Courses Do Gender Studies Majors Take?

The required and elective courses you would take for Gender Studies majors vary considerably among institutions. Courses are listed here that are illustrative of the breadth of topics you are likely to experience were you to major in this field.

Feminist Issues/ Research / Methods	Feminist Scholarship and Pedagogy
Feminist Spirituality	Introduction to Gender Studies
Women and Film	Women and Religion
Women is Revolutions

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List of Potential Jobs in Gender Studies

These professions and professional organizations illustrate the types of positions you might qualify for if you complete this major. Some majors are more directly related to employment than others, however. You should consider the likelihood of employment after graduation carefully, if you do not plan to go on for graduate work in a field. Even with the completion of graduate work in some fields, however, employment is difficult, so you should determine what the prospects are for this or any major. Employment possibilities are often enhanced by the selecting employment-related courses and by the enrollment in second major or in a minor.

Gender Advocacy	Grant Writer
Planned Parenthood	Women's Shelter Staff

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What is the Median Salary Range for Gender Studies Careers?

Actual expected salaries will vary depending on your chosen career path, experience, and even your geographic location. Are you interested in detailed information about the forecasted demand for a particular profession? Are you interested in the estimated salaries such positions are likely to pay? This government Web site allows you to search on a particular job, whether listed here or not, to give you this information.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Colleges and Universities offering majors in Gender Studies

MyMajors complete list has 605 schools in the USA with a major in Gender Studies.
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