Bachelor's in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Founded in 1972, UNC Greensboro’s program in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies is one of the oldest in the nation. The program offers an interdisciplinary liberal arts education that critically engages students in considering the complexities of gender, sexual identity and women’s lives historically and in the contemporary moment. Coursework helps students understand how gender intersects with other social identities, like nationality, sexuality, race, class, ethnicity, and ability.

Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies PROGRAM DISTINCTIONS

• Faculty awards include the John Hope Franklin Best Book in American Studies, the American Educational Association’s Choice Best Book Award, the Kenneth Jackson Book Award in Urban History, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Humanities Center.
• Faculty author books and articles on topics including U.S. feminisms and transnational feminisms, human rights discourses, African American art, social movements, French film, public history, Brazilian dance, and queer poetics.

THE Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies STUDENT EXPERIENCE

• WGSS students receive individualized attention. They are assigned an adviser and mentor who help them develop a career plan which includes course work, along with optional internship or independent study.
• When students finish a WGSS major, they will have a strong resume and relationships with faculty who know them well enough to write a recommendations fully describing their strengths.
• A double major in Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies and another discipline is easy to accomplish and carries numerous advantages.
• Annual scholarships and special project awards are available for eligible students.
• This program is mindful of UNCG’s historical identity as the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina and works to maintain and revisit that history as it carries on the tradition of fostering social awareness and intellectual and personal development.

AFTER GRADUATIng with a bachelor’s in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• The degree prepares students for careers in politics and law, social work, psychology, human relations, sports and recreation, sociology, administration, the arts, business, education, health sciences, media, and more.
• Graduates have pursued advanced degrees at such institutions as University of Maryland, New York University, University of Southern California, Boston University School of Law, Emory University, University of Texas at Austin, and UNCG.

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