MASTER OF ARTS IN WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES
Advance your knowledge of women’s and gender studies with a master’s degree from Saint Louis University. SLU’s Master of Arts in women’s and gender studies examines the intersection of gender, race and class to address issues of power, resistance and social transformation while offering a vital perspective everywhere gender impacts our world.
WHY GET A MASTER OF ARTS IN WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES? The Master of Arts in women’s and gender studies provides an interdisciplinary education about contemporary social justice issues, preparing students for leadership and advocacy roles in community or academic settings. While gender is the primary focus, each course and the discipline as a whole examines gender in light of race, ethnicity, class, sexual identity, ability, age and religion. The discipline teaches students to think critically and to engage in the world as responsible citizens.
PROGRAM BENEFITS Prepares students for doctoral programs and professional careers in teaching and research as well as public policy or social justice. Offers students the flexibility to design their own concentrations within women’s and gender studies. Places students in internships across the region for research, service and/or advocacy work. Includes core, secondary and affiliated faculty from a wide range of disciplines.
OUR EXPERTS Our distinguished faculty all hold doctoral degrees and are a dedicated group of mentors. Secondary and affiliated faculty in colleges across the University publish their research in national and international venues. As a student, you’ll have the opportunity to gain knowledge directly from these experts through a curriculum that connects feminist and gender theories to activism and social justice.
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SLU ranked No. 4 on Washington Monthly’s list of universities that participate in the most community service. Overall, the University was listed 144th out of 279 colleges making a “contribution to the public good.” — Washington Monthly “2015 College Rankings”
An accelerated B.A./M.A. is available to undergraduates at Saint Louis University who will take two graduate-level courses during their senior year. Those six credit hours count for both the B.A. and M.A. degree.
LEARN MORE For more information and admission guidelines/ procedures, please visit: slu.edu/womensstudies.xml.
CONTACT US Gretchen Arnold, Ph.D. Graduate program director wstd@slu.edu / 314-977-2057 McGannon Hall, Rm 143B 3750 Lindell Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63108
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MASTER OF ARTS IN WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES
CURRICULUM The Master of Arts in women’s and gender studies requires 30 credit hours (10 courses total). Required Courses Feminist Theory Feminist Epistemologies Research Methods Current Issues and Debates Women Leaders Internship Five Cross-Listed Elective Courses Many departments across the University offer cross-listed courses that can be taken as electives, including: Political science and public policy Philosophy English Languages, literatures and cultures Fine and performing arts Social work History Law
WHAT SLU STUDENTS AND ALUMNI ARE SAYING
“SLU’s women’s and gender studies program encouraged interdisciplinary thinking and INNOVATIVE RESEARCH METHODS, something I appreciate. It also allowed me to collaborate with faculty outside of my core discipline, which has enhanced my research and transformed my teaching. I find that my approach to course design and formulating research questions has greatly improved based on my experience in the program.” Candis Bond, Ph.D. Instructor for women’s and gender studies and English at Saint Louis University
“SLU’s women’s and gender studies classes helped me to understand the systems in which DISCRIMINATION AND OPPRESSION INTERACT and are mutually reinforcing. This has definitely helped me in my work with survivors of domestic violence.”
Capstone Project A capstone project and presentation based on either an internship or research developed through coursework is also required.
Amy Knutsen, M.A. Advocacy director at Trust Women Foundation
APPLICATION DEADLINE
“MEN CAN BE FEMINISTS, TOO. The faculty at Saint Louis University showed me how to deconstruct my own gendered privilege in order to promote equality.”
Applications to the M.A. program received by Jan. 30 will be given priority for fall admission. Applications received after Jan. 30 will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Applicants to the accelerated B.A./M.A. program will typically apply for conditional admission during the spring semester of their junior year.
Alexander Ocasio, M.A. Assistant director of the writing program at Saint Louis University
“It is rare for courses to CHALLENGE THE DAILY ASSUMPTIONS we make about the world and rarer still to do so while leaving us not with a sense of defeat but of greater possibility. Women and gender’s studies at SLU has done exactly that for me.” Michelle Bach M.D./Ph.D. student at Saint Louis University
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