Women's Studies Major
Online Degree Completion Program
UMass Dartmouth's Women's Studies Program offers a fully online degree completion program to students who wish to enter the field of Women's Studi
es. Students who complete the program receive a Bachelor's of Arts in Women's Studies.
Why Women's Studies?
Women's Studies explores women's experiences by placing women at the center of inquiry as subjects rather than objects. It also examines women's lives, voices, histories, roles, and ideas in an effort to understand how women—of various classes, races, ethnicities, sexualities, religions, and ages—have been constructed, identified, oppressed, acclaimed, and developed.
Women's Studies argues that women's experiences are important if we are to understand human society and to make changes cross-culturally. Gender alone does not yield a full understanding of women's lives, so Women's Studies courses examine other factors, such as race, class, culture, and sexuality.
Women's Studies Prepares You for the Future
Women's Studies prepares students to live and work in an increasingly diverse culture. The program helps students to:
- Understand the role of diversity within the nation and the world, especially pertaining to the ways in which gender is linked to race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, etc.
- Develop lifelong learning skills as they learn to self-reflect on both their place and their responsibilities within their local community
- Develop self-confidence, critical thought processes, and communication skills that contribute to academic achievement and successful post-university careers
A WMS degree enables students to pursue a variety of occupations in fields such as the arts, business, education, health care, media, politics, law, social services, and psychology.
Online programs and courses are offered by the Departments and Colleges of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, in collaboration with the Division of Professional and Continuing Education and UMass Online.
