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Off-Campus Studies can help Gender Studies students…
- Gain awareness of the major discipline from a different scholarly tradition
- Improve and acquire foreign language skills
- Develop a global perspective
- Gain primary research skills from field studies or work with primary sources
- Expand cross-cultural communication and problem-solving skills
- Prepare for an increasingly diverse and international workplace
- Learn on-site about key issues in gender and sexual justice
How does a semester or year of OCS help students in Gender Studies prepare for graduate school or various career opportunities?
- Gender Studies majors may discover their future career focus or even their passion in the field while studying off campus, and they have the opportunity to develop networks that may lead to post-graduate career placements. Those who continue on to graduate school can gain from new perspectives on the field and from hands-on experience with issues of concern to Gender Studies.