Gender Studies is an exciting interdisciplinary academic program with a strong presence on campus through invited speakers, discussion panels, performances and other events. Students gain an understanding of how individuals, communities and societies shape and are shaped by the meanings of gender in their times.

The Gender Studies minor studies the role of gender identity in shaping human experience. It analyzes how masculinities and femininities interact with sexuality, race, social class, ethnicity and other categories of identity to influence culture, society and personal experience, foregrounding questions of power.

Students choose courses from across the university in areas such as women's rights and experiences, queer theory, gender, work and family, and the role gender plays in religion, history, literature, politics, business or mass media. Finally, the program encourages students to make connections between social, ethical, technological and cultural conditions and their own experiences.

The Gender Studies minor supplies knowledge and perspectives that complement any major and are essential in negotiating life and work in our global society. The minor helps develop independent thought, critical thinking and leadership skills and provides perspectives essential for many career fields, including law, the health professions, counseling, communications, business, public service, the entertainment industry and education.

What makes the program distinctive?

The program fuses a strong academic program with co-curricular programming and activist goals, and challenges students to rethink their own understandings of how the world works. It provides opportunities for internships and teaching apprenticeships, and offers unique 1/2 unit courses such as Gender and Film.

Upcoming Events at Stetson

April 3 - Gays in the Military: Why the All-Volunteer Force Didn't "Break" with the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

April 4 - Bookfeast: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent

April 4 - Women of Morocco: The Struggle of Yesterday and Today

April 10 - Tournees French Film Festival

April 11 - TRANSaction Day - Outing Transphobia

April 11 -  TRANSaction Break-out Sessions - Trans 101

April 11 - Transaction Day - Keynote speaker

See gender studies events for more information.