Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
About the Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies major
The Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies program at Union fosters research and critical analysis, challenging gender constructs worldwide. Emphasizing experiential learning, students complete a one-term internship with local organizations in social services, law, media, childcare, LGBTQ+ advocacy, women’s rights, and healthcare. Global perspectives are integrated through international programs, including a faculty-led fall term in São Paulo, Brazil, exploring women, the environment, and social change, and a winter mini-term in Argentina examining social movements led by women activists and political leaders.
On campus, the GSWS program sponsors the Valerie J. Hoffman ’75 Lecture Series, featuring feminist scholars who highlight connections between feminist politics, racial justice, and human rights activism.
Courses and requirements
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After Union
What can a degree in gender, sexuality, and women's studies do for you? Here is what our alumni have been up to:
- Commercial litigation associate, Day Pitney LPP
- Community educator and activities specialist, Grand Street Settlement, NYC
- Director for career education and internships, the College of Mount Saint Vincent
- Director of grants and advancement, Saga Education
- English Teaching Assistant, Fulbright Spain
- Human resources intern, Coty Inc.
- Master of Public Health candidate, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Public Defender, Franklin County, N.Y.
- Research specialist, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Specialist, Save the Children
- Tour consultant, ACIS Educational Tours