Bachelor of Arts, Women's and Gender Studies Major - Learning outcomes

As a result of completing this program, students should be able to

• Critically analyze the diversity of gendered experience as it intersects with Indigeneity, race,ethnicity, class, sexuality, disability, and beyond.
• Analyze prejudice, discrimination, inequity, marginalization, and oppression through historical,cultural, and political lenses.
• Use gender theories to deepen understandings of diverse ways of knowing and ways of living.
• Apply feminist insights, resistances, and interventions that foster solidarity and social justice.
• Apply appropriate intersectional feminist methods to research, creative, and community-based projects.
• Be prepared to employ women’s and gender studies perspectives in a broad range of academic disciplines.
• Apply the university-level feminist skills of critical thinking, applied social justice, and creative problem solving to bring positive change to communities, workplaces, and everyday lives.

Possible career options

• Addictions Counsellor
• Advocate for women’s/children’s rights
• Program Co-ordinator
• Researcher
• Teacher
• Program Advisor
• Child Welfare Worker
• Education Co-ordinator
• Residential Counsellor
• Lobbyist
• Journalist
• Mental Health-Care Counsellor
• Social Service Worker
• Fundraising Consultant
• Training and Technical Assistance Specialist
• Crisis Intervention Worker
• Life Skills Worker
• Rehabilitation Advisor
• Organizer/Coordinator