What You’ll Learn
Women and Gender Studies knowledge is cutting edge. Students get a well-rounded education that prepares them for multiple career and graduate school options. They have an opportunity to understand themselves and their society. Courses include an inclusive view of the human experience.
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Curriculum
Exercise your intersectional lens! The Department of Women and Gender Studies provides a feminist perspective of the world. Apply what you learn to everyday life and a variety of work and graduate school settings. Create positive social change in the world around you.
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Admission Requirements
We recommend submitting first-year applications in October or early November. We decide your admission once you complete your application.
Next Deadline for Transfer Students
Fall Semester: August 1
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Dissenting Voices
Every spring seniors in the program take part in a capstone course where they write a senior thesis. This work is published in our program’s scholarly journal, Dissenting Voices.
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Career Outlook
Women and Gender Studies alumni go on to focus on women and gender issues in the professional field and continue to impact social and gender justice concerns. Many of our alumni go on to work in fields such as:
- Human and social services
- Education
- Government
- Law
- Communications
- Business
What’s Next?
Come for a Visit
We offer tours all year long, but February and March are our busiest months.
Schedule a VisitMy WGS major at Brockport really shaped the trajectory of my career. It gave me the strong academic and theoretical foundation that I now use to manage a multi-million dollar programming portfolio focused on advancing the rights, participation, and protection of women around the world. – Tambria Schroeder ’17