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Explore Marquette : Majors & Minors : Arts & Sciences : Women's Studies

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Mother Teresa 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.
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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.

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CONCENTRATIONS. Choose an approach to women’s studies that enhances your major. Are you into history? At Marquette, you have options to study the role of women in history. The same holds true for political science or philosophy or a wide range of disciplines.

MEN ARE WELCOME! The commitment to social justice attracts many men to women’s studies courses and degrees, too. Women’s studies scholarship offers a profoundly new way of interpreting human experience.

"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


This major is secondary to your primary major. Courses for junior and senior years are selected in consultation with your academic adviser from the following disciplines:

HUMANITIES – THREE COURSES
Survey of Women’s Literature
Studies in Women and Literature
Special Topics in Women’s Literature
Childhood in America
Women in Western Civilization
Undergraduate Seminar
Undergraduate Colloquium in History
Feminist Philosophy
Special Questions in Philosophy
Women in the Bible
Seminar in Communication

SOCIAL/BEHAVORAL SCIENCES – THREE COURSES
Perspectives on Women in Society (required for major and minor)
AND TWO (OR THREE) OF THE FOLLOWING:
Women and Men in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Topics in Sociology
Women, Crime and Criminal Justice
Politics of Race, Ethnicity and Gender
Undergraduate Seminar
Human Sexuality
Psychology of Gender Roles
Social Problems in Urban Society
Sociology of Sex and Gender
Race and Family

TWO ELECTIVE COURSES
Choose from a variety of courses such as Gender and Communication.

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WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT

• Public opinion analysis
• Graduate and law school
• Social work
• Multinational firms
• Government agencies, education and research fields

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