Women and Gender Studies

Dear Student,

Are you interested in Women and Gender Studies? If you are, we have great news!

The Women and Gender Studies program at SUNY Brockport is accepting majors for a bachelor of science or a bachelor of arts degree. We would like you to consider becoming a Women and Gender Studies major.

The Women and Gender Studies major is an interdisciplinary program that offers a well-rounded undergraduate education and expertise in a wide variety of topics that professional schools (i.e. medicine, law, and business) now prefer. Students have an opportunity to understand themselves, and their society within an inclusive view of the human experience. Women's lives are considered across time, race, ethnicity, and culture.

What can you do with a major in Women and Gender Studies? See the Career Paths pages to recognize what students can do with a Women and Gender Studies major.

Women and Gender Studies courses emphasize skills that all employers and managers look for in job applicants: thinking analytically, organizing materials effectively, developing oral and written presentations, respecting people different from oneself, and working effectively within culturally diverse groups.

Women and Gender Studies classes are proudly cooperative, collaborative, and student-centered. Feminist pedagogy emphasizes participatory learning, validation of personal experience, encouragement of social understanding and activism, and the development of critical thinking. Admission requirements are open with no specific criteria other than a sincere willingness to learn more about Women and Gender Studies. Students must receive no less than a "C" in required core courses.

The Women and Gender Studies program has an Advisory Board that stands ready to assist you in any way possible to insure the success of your studies at SUNY Brockport. The Women and Gender Studies Office is located in Room 119 Smith.

Thank you for considering the Women and Gender Studies major at SUNY Brockport. Please call (585) 395-5700 or e-mail blesavoy@brockport.edu to reach Dr. Barbara LeSavoy, interim director of Women and Gender Studies, with any questions or concerns you may have about the new major.