Women's Studies/Gender Studies

Womens Studies

The feminist movement, one of the great social movements of the twentieth century, has produced an explosion of scholarship focused on the role of women in such diverse fields as law, science, literature, philosophy, politics, art, business and religion.

Women’s studies projects can range across time and cultures and can be broadly interdisciplinary or intensely personal.

 

 



Learners can study:

  • Women & Business
  • Women’s fiction
  • Autobiography
  • Poetry
  • The visual arts
  • Music
  • The history of women
  • The roles women have played in shaping society
  • Women’s psychology
  • Feminist theory and philosophy
  • Culture and women
  • Politics
  • Education
  • Behavior and development


Learners may also focus on the role of men in society. As with women’s studies, a focus on men can be historical, scientific, cross-cultural, personal, or take a combined approach.

Some examples of study projects created by UI&U's undergraduate learners and their mentors:

  • Women Behind the Veil
  • Fathers and Sons
  • Women Travelers and Adventurers
  • The Suffrage Movement in the United States and Britain
  • Women and Self-Esteem
  • Women’s Role in Seventeenth-Century England
  • Contemporary Feminist Theory
  • Women in the Civil War
  • Women’s Spirituality
  • Appalachian Women


For more information, or to receive a brochure and DVD, please contact an enrollment counselor at 888-828-8575 or 802-828-8500 (outside the U.S.) or email admissions@tui.edu