<p>I used to be set on majoring in international relations so that's what I focused on when looking at schools, but now I'm thinking more gender studies but my info is limited. </p>
<p>What are some schools that aren't tiny with good gender studies programs? </p>
<p>Thanks! If you have any questions to better help me, just let me know!</p>
<p>Instead of figuring out what schools have good gender studies programs, you should ask yourself if majoring in gender studies is a good investment. Do you want to be unemployed and in debt forever?</p>
<p>I’m still confused about what a gender studies major even is. What type of classes does it involve? What type of job prospects does it offer? Not trying to offend or anything, I’m just genuinely curious.</p>
<p>See this.</p>
<p>[Department</a> of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison](<a href=“Gender & Women's Studies – UW–Madison”>http://www.womenstudies.wisc.edu/)</p>
<p>Define “tiny”. Lots of programs seem to be at LAC’s such as Wellesley or Brandeis, which I assume are too small for you?
B.C.
College search engines lump gender studies in together with “Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies”, so you may have to dig a little to find all possible schools with that major.</p>
<p>Previous posting on this topic:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1452084-gender-sexuality-studies.html?highlight=gender+studies[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1452084-gender-sexuality-studies.html?highlight=gender+studies</a></p>
<p>[Department</a> of Women’s and Gender Studies | School of Arts and Sciences - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey](<a href=“Page cannot be found”>http://womens-studies.rutgers.edu/)</p>
<p>What is your career goal? I think the concern of some posters is that this degree will not lead to any kind of employment. Maybe the student should consider this discipline as a second major or a minor.</p>
<p>Most liberal arts or social science fields won’t lead directly to employment, and I’m fairly sure the OP is well aware of that. Even most of the sciences require grad work to be at all employable.</p>
<p>Have a look at the University of Chicago (~5400 undergraduates). </p>
<p>[Gender</a> and Sexuality Studies - University of Chicago Catalog](<a href=“Gender and Sexuality Studies < University of Chicago Catalog”>Gender and Sexuality Studies < University of Chicago Catalog)
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<p>Chicago is pretty strong in several traditional academic disciplines that contribute to gender studies (anthropology, sociology, political science). </p>
<p>It also is strong in International Relations.
([Inside</a> the Ivory Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_the_Ivory_Tower]Inside”>Inside the Ivory Tower - Wikipedia))</p>
<p>Undergraduates can major in International Studies, or study Political Science with focus on the IR subfield.
[Undergraduate</a> Program in International Studies | The University of Chicago](<a href=“http://inst.uchicago.edu/]Undergraduate”>http://inst.uchicago.edu/)
[Political</a> Science - University of Chicago Catalog](<a href=“http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/thecollege/politicalscience/]Political”>Political Science < University of Chicago Catalog)</p>
<p>Also have a look at American University, Brown, Duke, George Washington, Michigan, or your state flagship.</p>
<p>Friedman, you have a habit of making useless, unwarranted remarks. They seem to hide a tinge of homophobia in them as well. </p>
<p>I don’t know of anyone on CC who has majored in pure gender studies, but I study (indirectly) gender studies and gender/sexuality issues! So, I can definitely help here. To those asking what type of classes do gender studies majors take? It’s a subset (primarily) of sociology, so you end up studying theories of gender, the history of gender, politically gendered issues, gender and law, etc. </p>
<p>The best gender studies university? Hands down, no question, UC Berkeley. After that, other excellent programs are NYU, UCLA, Rutgers, Michigan UC Santa Barbra, UW-Madsion, UMD, UMass Amherst and Brown. Personally, I find Berkeley, UCLA, NYU and Rutgers to have the best programs. I find Brown attractive because it’s host to Anne Fasto-Sterling (but she’s more on the science/biology side of sex and gender and focuses more on the genetics of non-binary sex)</p>
<p>Chicago isn’t very impressive for gender studies (they don’t have any very well-known professors to my knowledge) </p>
<p>I’d be happy to help further if I can.</p>
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Questions like this rarely deserve “hands down, no question” answers.
This isn’t my field, and I don’t know whose faculty are among its leading lights. But especially if you are considering a relatively new, interdisciplinary field, and aren’t even all that committed to majoring in it, you might want to take a holistic view of the overall quality of undergraduate education.</p>
<p>Faculty distinction isn’t the only factor to consider.<br>
Compare class sizes, for example. Compare financial aid, student qualifications (selectivity), facilities, and strength across related/supporting disciplines (anthropology, sociology, political science, etc.) Also consider personal preferences for location (region, urban/rural/suburban setting, climate), political/social/intellectual atmosphere (including Greek & sports scene), etc.</p>
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<p>The attraction of specific professors, and their research interests, becomes a major (THE major) consideration in choosing a PhD program in the arts & sciences. For a typical high school student choosing a college? Not so much (although it’s worth noting that a college is able to attract distinguished professors in programs that interest you.)</p>
<p>Berkeley has been the major source of gender studies related work since the inception of the field. Their star ‘big name’ faculty is Judith Butler, who is currently teaching this spring at Columbia University. (Columbia has given her the option to remain as full-time faculty and, if she does, it will certainly harm Berkeley’s reputation in the gender studies area). She, of course, remains a very controversial academic in the field. </p>
<p>In terms of leading the gender studies field, Berkeley has been been doing that for the past two decades easily. </p>
<p>If you’re looking for the ‘best’ in terms of faculty strength, financial aid, class sizes, etc. then Berkeley may not be the ‘best’ if you’re looking for high FA and small class sizes. If you’re looking for who has the best faculty, definitely Berkeley. </p>
<p>While the research interests of faculty may not be of the utmost concern of incoming undergraduates, it is something to take into consideration - it determines which ‘direction’ a particular school’s faculty may be inclined towards. A very famous gender writer, Kate Bornstein is also a graduate of Brown (studied theater, but her books are read by almost every undergraduate studying gender). Brown certainly also has the small class sizes and good FA. </p>
<p>@OP </p>
<p>What are your stats? What can you afford? Do you have regional preferences for schools? etc.?</p>
<p>What about Emory? I know a gender studies major who’s extremely satisfied with the program, and there are plenty of ways for gender studies majors to get involved both on and off campus. The same gender studies major helped organize a campus wide anti-rape movement and currently works with an Atlanta non profit.</p>