Gender affects everything in our lives: personal relationships, job opportunities, world view, economic conditions, self-esteem, safety. In our program, students learn how ideas about gender shape our knowledge of the world and our experience of everyday life. Gender Studies courses explore how research on gender—and its intersection with race, class, sexual orientation, age, and culture—has transformed our understanding of social institutions, human behavior, cultural expression and intellectual inquiry.

The Gender Studies Program at UML is offered by the College of Arts and Sciences: Division of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, but any UML student can participate. Our curriculum is comprised of a wide range of designated courses in these departments: Criminal Justice, Cultural Studies, Economics, English, History, Legal Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, R.E.S.D., and Sociology. Students create an individualized program to match their interests and career goals.

Minor Requirements

The Gender Studies minor requires 18-24 credits in designated interdisciplinary courses. Six credits must be taken at the 300 level or above. Gender Studies minors may also take courses within their major and designate them for the Gender Studies minor provided that the total number of credits in their major does not exceed 45 of the 120-credit minimum required for graduation.

Bachelor of Liberal Arts Concentration

A Bachelor of Liberal Arts concentration in Gender Studies requires 24-30 credit hours in designated interdisciplinary courses. At least half of these courses must be taken at the 300 level or above.