Studying Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) at 51福利社 offers students a diversity of perspectives on a wide variety of topics, including intersectionality of race, class, gender, disability, religion, and sexuality. GWSS offers a meaningful path for students who care about social change. Along the GWSS path, students will develop a sense of empowerment and community. The GWSS major develops students’ critical thinking skills and teaches about all forms of oppression. Students will learn the ways in which gender and sexuality are central in identity formation and how they influence systems that impact our lives. This major is a great fit with a second major or a supporting minor. We offer choice in your academic plan through many elective options as you work through our major requirements. Our faculty are from a variety of disciplines.
Find out more about the “history, praxis, and implementation” of Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies in the open source book, .
Relevant statistics:
- 69% of executives rate diversity and inclusion as an important issue. That percentage has increased from 59% in 2014.
- 57% of employees think that their company should be doing more to prioritize diversity among its workforce.
- 84% of social science grads were employed 3.5 years after graduation vs. 78% of STEM and 79% of arts and humanities grads.
- 75% of millennials indicated that part of the value of a degree is an opportunity to pursue passions and contribute to society.
- Inclusive companies are 1.7 times more likely to be innovation leaders in their market than non-inclusive companies.
- Inclusive companies have 2.3 times higher cash flow per employee over a three-year period than non-inclusive companies.