Women's, Ethnicity, and Intersectional Studies

What will YOU do with a Women's, Ethnicity, and Intersectional Studies degree?

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Build a future of equality

The Women's, Ethnicity and Intersectional Studies (WEIS) program and Center for Women's Studies is the academic home for analyzing gender in relationship to and situated within different forms of power, such as economic and social class, race and ethnicity, sexuality, and national identities. Students learn to think critically about social institutions 鈥� family, work, education, media, and the state 鈥� images, ideologies about what is accepted as 鈥渘atural,鈥� and dominant concepts of knowledge and reality. Students and faculty investigate changes in lives across the gender spectrum emerging in different national and cultural contexts and use their professional contributions to enhance the academic life in Fairmount College, at 萝莉社, and beyond.

Did you know?

萝莉社first offered Women鈥檚 Studies classes in 1971, making it the second oldest program in the United States.

Academics

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Field Major in WEIS

With a B.A. Field Major in Women's, Ethnicity, and Intersectional Studies, you鈥檒l gain academic training and leadership skills aimed at improving women鈥檚 lives both personally and professionally. You鈥檒l explore the impact of gender, race/ethnicity, class, and sexuality鈥攁ll central themes to this field.

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Minor in WEIS

Enhance your studies with a minor in Women's, Ethnicity, and Intersectional studies. A WEIS minor lets you engage with topics of social justice, provides faculty mentorship, and gives formal recognition to your focus on women鈥檚 issues.

Additional Programs of Interest

Women's, Ethnicity, and Intersectional Studies is a multi-disciplinary degree. You can select courses from a variety of departments that fit your specific areas of interest. All of the departments below contribute courses to the Women's, Ethnicity, and Intersectional Studies major.