Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Undergraduate Programme By Virginia Commonwealth University |TopUniversities

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies

Main Subject Area

Development StudiesMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Development Studies

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

Learning outcomes Upon completing this program, students will know and know how to do the following: Be conversant in feminist epistemology Analyze through a feminist lens the social, cultural, artistic, literary, historical, economic, political and scientific forces and accomplishments that shape the lived experiences of women and people of diverse sexualities and genders Display a working knowledge of online databases and library resources requisite to conducting contemporary and archival research Analyze data, refute bias and exercise informed judgment in problem-solving related to the lives of diverse people and to issues of social justice Synthesize information and formulate clearly articulated arguments Integrate complex thoughts into written and spoken discourse Present clear, organized and coherent arguments as demonstrated through oral and written assignments Be conversant in the ethical dimensions of gender, sexuality and women’s issues Critique civic engagement from a feminist perspective Display a working knowledge of social injustice and advocacy Understand feminist theorizing across disciplinary and cultural contexts for both methodology and epistemology and analyze and evaluate problems and questions by applying the intersection of knowledge, gender, race, class, culture, power and knower influence Identify and comprehend issues of social justice, and analyze their effects on gender and sexual minorities, and women and girls in the U.S. and around the world

Programme overview

Main Subject

Development Studies

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

Learning outcomes Upon completing this program, students will know and know how to do the following: Be conversant in feminist epistemology Analyze through a feminist lens the social, cultural, artistic, literary, historical, economic, political and scientific forces and accomplishments that shape the lived experiences of women and people of diverse sexualities and genders Display a working knowledge of online databases and library resources requisite to conducting contemporary and archival research Analyze data, refute bias and exercise informed judgment in problem-solving related to the lives of diverse people and to issues of social justice Synthesize information and formulate clearly articulated arguments Integrate complex thoughts into written and spoken discourse Present clear, organized and coherent arguments as demonstrated through oral and written assignments Be conversant in the ethical dimensions of gender, sexuality and women’s issues Critique civic engagement from a feminist perspective Display a working knowledge of social injustice and advocacy Understand feminist theorizing across disciplinary and cultural contexts for both methodology and epistemology and analyze and evaluate problems and questions by applying the intersection of knowledge, gender, race, class, culture, power and knower influence Identify and comprehend issues of social justice, and analyze their effects on gender and sexual minorities, and women and girls in the U.S. and around the world

Admission Requirements

80+
6+
Other English Language Requirement: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): 550 PBT.

Jan-2000

Tuition fees

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0 USD
International
0 USD

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