Women's and Gender Studies - Formerly Women's Studies, Associate in Arts - Major #7611
The Women's and Gender Studies program is designed to inform students of the historical and contemporary issues affecting women’s lives. Women’s Studies offers a broad interdisciplinary approach to the study of women in society including their contrasting roles circumscribed by their culture and social institutions, their opportunities for self expression, achievement and self actualization, their relationships with others, and their concern for survival in a violent-prone society. Attentiveness to diversity, privilege and power, and women's unique creative contributions to human experience are central aspects of this program. Because Women’s and Gender Studies is interdisciplinary, it also