About the GSWS Program
GSWS students at SOU are involved and engaged on and off campus.The ideas and skills they learn in the classroom are catalysts to drive social change and make the world a better place.
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Our Mission
Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS) at Southern Oregon University is a dynamic and interdisciplinary program. Students develop a critical perspective that will serve them throughout their careers, factoring in innovative and inclusive perceptions on gender, sex, sexuality, race/ethnicity, class, (dis)ability, and body size.
GSWS integrates the fields of humanities, social sciences, and sciences while emphasizing the relationship of classroom learning with social and personal awareness, and community involvement. In addition to providing general education courses, we offer a GSWS minor, drawing on courses from departments and programs across the university including Art & Art History, Communication, Economics, English, Human Services, History, Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology. We also participate in the Interdisciplinary Studies Major as both a primary and secondary field of concentration.
Your Future
The Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies minor at Southern Oregon University prepares undergraduates for a variety of careers. Our program provides an excellent foundation for undergraduates with career aspirations in law, health, public administration, and social services. Students who wish to pursue doctoral work find that interdisciplinary training in GSWS equips them with theoretical and methodological strengths in most disciplines and applied research fields. Increasingly, specialists in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies are highly sought-after consultants in industry, higher education, insurance companies and personnel firms. State and federal government agencies often have a need for professionals with special training in the study of gender relations. Educational institutions commonly seek specialists to develop and administer Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies programs, contribute to the processes and offerings of women’s centers, LGBTQIA centers, and other institutional structures designed to study and support women, members of the queer community, and various underrepresented populations.
Scholarships and Awards
Outstanding students who plan to minor or concentrate in GSWS are eligible for the Peter David Farber Memorial Scholarship in GSWS. This scholarship is awarded in March/April for the following academic year. The GSWS program also honors exceptional students with a Graduating Senior and Outstanding Practicum award each spring.
Contact the GSWS Program
SOU Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
541.552.6759
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