Bachelor of Arts - Women's Studies
About Bachelor of Arts - Women's Studies
The Women's Studies program at Portland State University's (PSU) integrates feminist research and innovative, experiential learning. The curriculum is complex, challenging, and relevant.
The curriculum merges feminist theory with community experiences. Students will conduct and produce intersectional, interdisciplinary, problem-centered scholarship.
Women's Studies majors connect with professors across many disciplines. Students learn how feminist theory has and continues to influence:
- Culture
- Language
- Social
- Economic
- Political institutions
The Women's Studies program at the university's encourages students to analyze feminist issues through the lens of race, class, sexuality, and gender.
The Women's Studies major provides a blend of coursework, community involvement, and close connections with faculty. This means that a Women's Studies program that prepares graduates to fill a wide variety of roles. Women's Studies alumni have gone on to careers in:
- Reproductive Health Activism: Women's Studies graduates have gone on to work at hospitals, schools, and advocacy groups like Planned Parenthood.
- Combating Noiselessness: Graduates have earned jobs with organizations that support populations who struggle with noiselessness.
- Interpersonal Violence Activism: Women's studies graduates have accepted positions at organizations that seek to provide safe spaces and resources for communities and individuals dealing with interpersonal violence, including YMCAs and government agencies.
- Social Work: Working with local and national government agencies, graduates have pursued careers in agencies and organizations that provide resources to at-risk persons
Portland State University's encourages Women's Studies students to pursue graduate studies to expand their understanding of Women's Studies. Graduates have gone on to graduate school at the following institutions:
- University of Wisconsin/Madison
- University of Washington
- Simmons School of Social Work
- SUNY/Buffalo, Columbia University
- Oregon State University
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