Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies

Description

The GWSS major encourages students to view their scholarship through a personal lens. Intellectually and critically derived information is seen from an individual point of view, one that takes into account the life experience and aspirations of the student. This adds relevance to the discoveries, and creates a unique synthesis of the public and the personal, of knowledge and narrative.

At the heart of the GWSS Discipline is the strong interaction between intellectual endeavor, personal growth, and transformation of the world outside the self. The call is not to only acquire knowledge, but to apply it. The world is always the litmus test for intellectual findings. In accord with the activist and pragmatic roots of the field, the deeper understanding acquired of the history, culture, and systems of gender are taken out of the abstract and employed in the service of improving lives and creating greater good in the world.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline March 15 Tuition fee

• USD 11720 Year (International)

Start date 2016 Credits 120
Duration full-time 48 months Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time More information Go To The Course Website

Course Content

This is an interdisciplinary program housed in the Division of the Social Sciences. The program is administered by the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies (GWSS) coordinator who is a faculty member of any of the four divisions.

Gender and sexuality are urgent contemporary issues that impact the culture, politics, and economics of American and international societies. Because such issues affect nearly every professional field and avenue of inquiry, GWSS students engage critically with theoretical and practical models from across the disciplines.

Objectives:

To explore the implications and intersections of gender and sexuality across disciplinary, chronological, and geographical barriers. Through diverse methodologies and critical paradigms, students explore the impact of gender and sexuality in their own lives and in the world around them.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 5.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test : 79

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

take an IELTS test.

Requirements

Academic Requirements

To apply, your high school transcript should include the following:

• Four (4) years of English;
• Four (4) years of math including one year each of elementary algebra, intermediate algebra, and geometry;
• Three (3) years of science with one year each of biological and physical science;
• Three (3) years of social studies, including United States history;*
• Two (2) years of a single second language.*

*Applicants missing this requirement will not be denied admission if they are otherwise admissible.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

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