The Women's and Gender Studies Program is an interdisciplinary program that seeks to enhance students' knowledge of gender roles and relations across cultures and history. Women's and Gender Studies courses investigate the intersection of gender and such diverse phenomena as politics, religion, society, economics, war, communication, music, art, family life and popular culture. Our 56 faculty members come from numerous departments across the university. Women's and Gender Studies students learn a variety of marketable skills including critical thinking, writing, public speaking, organization, conflict resolution, diversity training and project design. The interdisciplinary and global perspective students gain in the Women's and Gender Studies Program will enable them to achieve their highest potential in their chosen field of study and as citizens of the global community. Women's and Gender Studies majors and minors will be well-prepared and sought after for work in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, social help agencies, human rights advocacy, victim's advocacy as well as graduate study in law, medicine, human relations, education, business, information science, communications, fine arts, public health or academic research.

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WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES IN THE NEWS: 

Columnist Mona Eltahawy Argues the Importance of Social Networking Sites

Love Your Body Day 2009

Susan Sharp named Kinney-Sugg Outstanding Professor in Arts and Sciences

New Name Reflects Changes in Program

Norman Transcript: Cultural and Universal Rights Converge for Women's Rights

Activist Franciska Issaka Discusses Human Rights Abuses

Gender and Sexuality in Reality TV

New Scholarship Announced--Empowerment of Spirit Award

OU Scholarship Donors Helping Single Moms 

Summer Course Focuses on Queer Studies 

Benefit Dinner for the Women of Gaza 

OU's Women's and Gender StudiesProgram launches video/oral history of Oklahoma's activists 

Activist from Kosovo visits OU 

OU Reel Video: V-Day 2009 

V-Day benefit production of 'The Vagina Monologues' Monday, Tuesday at University of Oklahoma 

Campus Groups Work to Combat Sexual Assault at OU 

Raising Awareness With the V-Word 

X-Men Star Visits OU as Part of UN Role