Major in Feminist Studies
Southwestern University
Key Information
Campus location
Georgetown, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
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Earliest start date
Sep 2023
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Introduction
Interdisciplinary in nature, the Feminist Studies Program at Southwestern draws together faculty from across the university. We offer courses in feminist theory, women’s history and literature, feminist art history, and queer studies alongside courses incorporating feminist and queer approaches to sociology, anthropology, theatre, and religious studies.
The Feminist Studies curriculum exposes students to the large and ever-growing body of knowledge that makes up the broad category of feminist and gender studies, combining feminist theory with analyses of feminist activism, identifications, and practices.
Our program provides a critical exploration of how prominent categories of difference—gender, race, class, sexuality, disability, age, religion, and nation—are constituted, challenged, and altered across time and place.
Part of this project involves revising the findings of traditional disciplines to include knowledge generated through a variety of feminist methodologies.
Students with an academic focus in feminist theories and methodologies are well prepared to succeed in a variety of fields, including non-profit and social services, law, journalism, theology, public policy, health care, cultural studies, education, and numerous other traditional disciplines within the academy.