
Kelly Hager
- Associate Provost, Curriculum, Assessment, and Accreditation
Simmons was founded over a century ago for the purpose — radical at the time — of enabling women to earn their own livelihoods through access to education. Today, we continue that legacy in all that we do.
Women's & Gender Studies courses, whether taken as part of the major or to enrich another discipline, invite students to understand past and present experiences in order to prepare for challenges and opportunities in their future personal and professional lives.
Our students develop theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives for studying the status and experiences of women. By considering gender in diverse national and international contexts, you'll study the multiple and contested meanings and roles of gender to develop an understanding of how gender is related to other social categories such as race, class, age, sexuality, religion and nationality.
Our students find fulfilling careers in management, law, academia, counseling, education, library, museum or archival work, as well as health care, social services, public administration, writing, publishing and the media.
40 semester hours (10 courses):
WGST 100 | Introduction to Multicultural Women's Studies | 4 |
WGST 111 | Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Studies | 4 |
WGST 125 | Rosie the Riveter to #MeToo: Women & Work | 4 |
WGST 204 | Roots of Feminism | 4 |
WGST 200 | Women, Nation, Culture | 4 |
WGST 210 | Black Women, Gender, and Feminism(s) | 4 |
WGST 214 | Women in World Economy | 4 |
LTWR 390 | Advanced Seminar in Literature and Writing | 4 |
HIST 260 | Interpreting the Past: The Craft of History | 4 |
SOCI 239 | Introduction to Social Research I | 4 |
PSYC 203 | Research Methods in Psychology | 4 |
WGST 350 | Independent Study | 4 |
WGST 353 | Special Topics Seminar | 4 |
WGST 355 | Thesis | 4 |
WGST 365 | Intimate Family Violence | 4 |
WGST 370 | Internship | 0 |
WGST 380 | Gender and Queer Theory | 4 |
WGST 398 | Feminist Media Studies | 4 |
HIST 360 | Seminar in the History of Women and Gender 1790-1920 | 4 |
POLS 356 | Feminist International Relations | 4 |
WGST 354 | Feminist Theories | 4 |
ART 248 | Gender and Art | 4 |
BIOL 109 | Sex, Gender, and Biology | 4 |
ECON 125 | Gender at Work: From Rosie the Riveter to #MeToo | 4 |
ECON 214 | Gender, Globalization, and Development | 4 |
LTWR 254 | The Victorian Novel | 4 |
LTWR 320 | American Women Poets | 4 |
LTWR LTWR 354 | Studies in Film: Melodrama | 4 |
HIST 213 | Race and Ethnicity in U.S. History | 4 |
HIST 360 | Seminar in the History of Women and Gender 1790-1920 | 4 |
PHIL 223 | Philosophy of Diversity | 4 |
PHIL 390 | Seminar | 4 |
POLS 223 | Human Rights: The Basic Dilemmas | 4 |
POLS 219 | Gender and Politics | 4 |
PSYC 220 | The Psychology of Gender | 4 |
SPAN 336 | Latin American Women Writers | 4 |
SOCI 210 | Body Politics | 4 |
SOCI 220 | Working for Social Justice | 4 |
SOCI 222 | Organizing for Social Change | 4 |
SOCI 249 | Inequalities | 4 |
SOCI 346 | Gender and Islam | 4 |
SOCI 348 | Re-envisioning the Third World | 4 |
WGST 100 | Introduction to Multicultural Women's Studies | 4 |
WGST 111 | Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Studies | 4 |
WGST 125 | Rosie the Riveter to #MeToo: Women & Work | 4 |
WGST 204 | Roots of Feminism | 4 |
ART 248 | Gender and Art | 4 |
BIOL 109 | Sex, Gender, and Biology | 4 |
ECON 125 | Gender at Work: From Rosie the Riveter to #MeToo | 4 |
ECON 214 | Gender, Globalization, and Development | 4 |
LTWR 254 | The Victorian Novel | 4 |
LTWR 320 | American Women Poets | 4 |
LTWR 398 | Feminist Media Studies | 4 |
HIST 213 | Race and Ethnicity in U.S. History | 4 |
HIST 219 | History of Sexuality and the Family | 4 |
HIST 230 | Women and Gender in Europe | 4 |
HIST 360 | Seminar in the History of Women and Gender 1790-1920 | 4 |
PHIL 223 | Philosophy of Diversity | 4 |
PHIL 390 | Seminar | 4 |
POLS 223 | Human Rights: The Basic Dilemmas | 4 |
POLS 219 | Gender and Politics | 4 |
PSYC 220 | The Psychology of Gender | 4 |
SPAN 336 | Latin American Women Writers | 4 |
SOCI 210 | Body Politics | 4 |
SOCI 220 | Working for Social Justice | 4 |
SOCI 222 | Organizing for Social Change | 4 |
SOCI 330 | Transnational Studies | 4 |
SOCI 249 | Inequalities | 4 |
SOCI 346 | Gender and Islam | 4 |
SOCI 347 | Antiracism and Social Justice | 4 |
SOCI 348 | Re-envisioning the Third World | 4 |
WGST 215 | Women and Gender in U.S. History Before 1890 | 4 |
WGST 216 | Women and Gender in U.S. History: Since 1890 | 4 |
So you know that Simmons is a great place to be, you've learned about our programs, maybe even come for a visit...now you're ready to apply! Let's get started.