Learning Goals

Student Learning Goals

Students graduating with a major in Gender Studies will demonstrate:

A. Knowledge of Gender Studies methods and content in the following four areas:

1. History,
2. Humanities,
3. Social Sciences,
4. Theory,
5. Global Context;

B. Understanding of and the ability to apply gender theory from the following perspectives:

1. Feminist theory,
2. Queer theory,
3. Men and masculinity studies;

C. Knowledge and appreciation of human diversity, and an understanding of the role of intersectionality in the gendered realities of human life;

1. The ability to write clearly, expressively, and creatively;
2. The ability to discuss and verbally defend academic ideas;
3. The ability to apply Gender Studies theories to new problems;
4. Knowledge of different approaches to a single issue within Gender Studies;
5. Adequate preparation for graduate-level work;
6. The ability to apply critical perspectives on gender and sexuality to situations beyond the context of Whitman College.