Welcome to the Rutgers-Newark Women's & Gender Studies Program.
The Women's & Gender Studies Program was established in Newark in 1970. Today, the program offers an Undergraduate Major and Minor, as well as a Graduate Concentration in Gender Studies. The Graduate Concentration is open to students enrolled in graduate programs in English, History, Liberal Studies, Political Science, Public Administration, Global Affairs, Criminal Justice, and American Studies.
Upcoming Events
40th Anniversary Celebration
Women's & Gender Studies and African-American & African Studies
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
2:30pm - 3:50pm
Robeson Campus Center, Robeson Gallery
7th Annual Women's & Gender Studies Symposium:
The End of 'Other' Studies? Women and Gender Studies and the Future of Interdisciplinarity
Thursday, March 4, 2010
9:30am - 4:00pm
Robeson Campus Center, Rooms 255-257
Breakthroughs in Courage: Newark's 1st Women's History Month Film Festival
Saturday, March 13, 2010
12:00pm - 6:00pm
Robeson Campus Center
Why Women's Studies?
Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary program that examines women, men and gender roles from historical and contemporary perspectives. Women's Studies courses do more than examine women's lives. They also provide a context for the study of women, men and gender that takes into account issues of race, ethnicity, class, ability, national origin, religion and sexual orientation. Students involved in the Women's Studies Program take classes ranging from Feminist Theory and Women in the Holocaust to The Politics of Reproduction and Philosophical Issues of Feminism. Graduates of Women's Studies Programs pursue careers in teaching, writing, public advocacy and many other fields. Click here for a comprehensive look at career opportunities for the Women's Studies major, courtesy of Michigan State University.
2008-2010 Undergraduate Course Schedule
2008-2009 Graduate Concentration Course Schedule
For more information or to declare the major, minor, or Graduate concentration, contact the Director, Dr. Belinda Edmondson at 973.353.1586 or edmondsn@andromeda.rutgers.edu. Also, please browse the website for more information as well as Women's Studies resources, upcoming events, undergraduate and graduate courses. If you would like to join our mailing list to receive information about on-campus events as well as events at the New Brunswick campus and the New York metropolitan area, please email Taylor Black at tayblack@andromeda.rutgers.edu.
