Women and gender studies Major at Marquette

What Can You Do With a Major in Women's and Gender Studies?

Women and Gender Studies major careers and jobs

Marquette's major in women's and gender studies will give you a critical, feminist and cross-cultural understanding of gender and power in a global context and across disciplinary boundaries — a perspective that will be helpful no matter which career path you choose. You'll find Marquette's women's and gender studies majors working in the following fields:

  • Education
  • Graduate school or law school
  • Health care professions
  • Local, national or international business
  • Public service
  • Social work

Jobs for Women and Gender Studies majors

What can you do with a major in women's and gender studies? You'll find our recent graduates at the following employers and graduate schools:

  • City of Milwaukee
  • Chicago Public Schools
  • Penn State (Philosophy/Gender Studies Ph.D. program)
  • Marquette Law School

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Women and Gender

You might like the Women's and Gender Studies major if you:

✓ Want to ask new questions and re-evaluate the traditional focus of many disciplines

✓ Want to delve into gender relations

✓ Explore ways in which gender-based divisions affect the growth of women and men

✓ Are interested in the role of women in politics leading into the 21st century

What is the major in Women's and Gender Studies?

Studying at the BrewNow 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.

What is the major in women's and gender studies?

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