Bachelor of Arts in Women's and Gender Studies/ Master of Arts in Women's and Gender Studies

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Students complete the M.A. in three semesters after their successful completion of both their undergraduate degree and major and two graduate-level women's and gender studies courses. Saint Louis University's accelerated bachelor's/master's program (ABM) offers the opportunity for outstanding women’s and gender studies majors to begin an M.A. program in their senior year. Women’s and gender studies is the study of the human experience that places women and gender at the center of the analysis. It is an interdisciplinary field that draws from knowledge and expertise in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. It examines how gender inequality is built into social institutions and practices, envisions more egalitarian alternatives and studies strategies of social change. Women’s and gender studies looks at how gender norms vary across cultures and how they interact with other systems of inequality, such as those based on race and class. Courses range from ''Gender and Popular Culture'' to ''Violence Against Women" from ''Feminist Theory" to ''Feminism in Action'' and from ''Feminisms in the U.S.: Intersectional Approaches'' to ''Global and Transnational Feminism." SLU's master’s degree in women’s and gender studies requires 30 credits. Students will take five core courses covering feminist theories, feminist epistemologies, feminist research design or program evaluation, current feminist issues and a graduate-level internship. Students can then choose five elective courses from dozens of choices in women's and gender studies political science African American studies philosophy English history languages, literatures and cultures fine and performing arts social work and law, among others.