Our Approach
妇女与性别研究专业的学生通过在该系的课程学习和经验，培养了以下核心能力和知识:
- 他们审视世界的关键镜头. 妇女和性别研究专业的学生能够分析权力如何塑造制度, knowledge, and interpersonal relationships; they appreciate the complex intersections of gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, and so on; they use conceptual frameworks from feminism and other social justice approaches to evaluate problems and seek solutions.
- 一致地使用全局视角. 妇女与性别研究专业的学生承认他们对当地的参与和责任, national, and/or global communities; recognize the complex interconnections between living beings and the environment; and value acting with empathy and promoting social justice.
- 在读、写、说方面有交际能力. Women's and 性别研究 majors read visual and verbal texts carefully and critically; hone their abilities to communicate clearly and concisely orally and in writing; consider audience, purpose, genre, and rhetorical strategy in their compositions; and are able to express their viewpoints effectively and advocate for their beliefs persuasively.
- 对过去、现在和未来之间关系的分析. Women's and 性别研究 majors understand the importance and complexity of history; they contextualize current issues and concerns in relation to events, debates, and figures from the past; they have knowledge of women's activist, intellectual, 以及社会运动的历史.
- 运用知识实现变革:妇女与性别研究专业的学生将培养在课堂之外运用学术知识的能力, as advocates for the central values in the field; they will acquire versatility in professional skills that transfer core disciplinary knowledge bases to a range of career and activist pursuits.