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Why Study Gender?

We are excited that you'd like to learn more about Gender Studies! So, why Gender Studies you ask? 

Gender Studies offers interdisciplinary courses that explore the making and meaning of gender - femininity and masculinity - across cultures and social formations, past 和现在的. 

Gender influences human options, conditions, and experiences. Legal, political, economic, cultural and kinship systems are all profoundly gendered. Deep understanding of gender patterns, dynamics and biases can enhance the accuracy and scope of work in many fields. Gender awareness benefits individuals, communities and organizations. 

Our professors are collectively engaged in original, cutting-edge research which they often discuss in class. This makes any course you take well worth it. 

  • Questions Gender Studies investigates

    Some questions Gender Studies investigates include:

    • What is 'gender'?
    • When and why was the concept first used?
    • How is gender different from sex?
    • Are human gender divisions the product of biology, cultural construction, both, or 既不?
    • How does gender interact with other "identity markers", such as ethnicity, sexuality, class, and culture?
    • How does popular culture shape experiences of gender?
    • How do gender concepts influence mass media?
    • How has gender influenced the development of technology, science, research, and medicine?
    • How are concepts of beauty, sexuality, and pornography shaped by gender prescriptions?
    • How have gender and debates about it varied historically and cross-culturally?
  • Pairing Gender Studies with UNC majors

    Recently, minors have paired their study of gender with a variety of majors, including:

    • 业务
    • 剧院
    • Art Education
    • 历史
    • Communication
    • 人类学
    • 哲学
    • 社会学
    • 心理学
    • 护理
    • Music Education
    • 经济学
    • Political Science
    • Asian Studies
    • 英语
    • 国际 Studies
    • Africana Studies
    • Non-profit Administration
  • Recent 校友 职业生涯

    Here is a list of positions currently occupied by recent Gender Studies alumni:

    • Outcome Specialist at Colorado Coalition for the 首页less in Denver
    • Physician Residency at Creighton U
    • Peer Support Specialist for Wings, a women's addiction program at Northrange
    • Executive Assistant to Senior 领导 Team, Integrated Marketing, Paramount Pictures
    • Pursuing a degree at U or Oregon Law School
    • Employed at Clark Field Archive and 图书馆 at UNM
    • Academic Success Coach. Also attending CSU Pueblo for a Masters in Social Work
    • Intership with OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
    • House Manager at Recovered Humans Recovery 首页s
    • Pursuing a degree in the University of the Cumberlands Psych Program
    • In graduate school at Northwestern's philosophy program