Gender and Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry that investigates how gender and sexuality operate as organizing axes of social, cultural, economic and political institutions, as well as in the everyday lives and cultural products of people who must live within them. Emphasizing the importance of historical and cross-cultural perspectives, the Gender and Women’s Studies Program at UMBC critically examines the intersections of gender and sexuality with other differences, including, class, race, ethnicity, nationality, age, and ability to make visible structures of power that otherwise remain hidden.

The Gender and Women’s Studies Program offers a major, undergraduate certificate, graduate certificate, and two minors, Gender and Women’s Studies and Critical Sexuality Studies. Access the requirements for each of these options via the menu bar to the left or above.

Advising

Students majoring in Gender and Women’s Studies or minoring in Critical Sexuality Studies should contact the Program office at 410-455-2001 to be assigned an advisor.  Before registering for classes each semester, majors should contact their advisor to schedule an appointment.  Students who are pursuing the GWST minor or undergraduate certificate are strongly encouraged to seek advising in GWST soon after declaring the minor or certificate, and periodically thereafter.