WOMEN'S STUDIES
University of Wisconsin-Superior

The Women's Studies 

Undergraduate Minor Objectives

The Women's Studies undergraduate minor has the following objectives for each student taking the minor:

1.  To develop an understanding of the social processes through which gender is constructed and the ways in which gender structures the lives of women, as well as men. 

2.  To understand the relationship between gender and other social categories (such as class, race, ethnicity, nationality, and sexual orientation) and how these categories structure women's lives differently.

3.  To discuss and raise awareness of gender discrimination, including sexism, heterosexism, ageism, etc., that occurs at the individual, societal and systemic levels.

4.  To reveal women's historical contributions to society.

5.  To foster an appreciation of feminism and raise the consciousness of varieties and definitions, and its potential to benefit all people.

6.  To help the student become aware of social, political, religious, legislative, and philosophical movements locally, nationally, and internationally that enhance or diminish the social, cultural, and political status of women.

7.  To create positive change for women.