Welcome to the Rutgers-Newark Women's Studies Program.
The Women's 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.
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.
Summer & Fall 2008 Undergraduate Course Schedule
Fall 2008 Graduate Concentration Course Schedule
For more information or to declare the major, minor, or Graduate concentration, contact the Acting Director, Dr. Sherri-Ann Butterfield at 973.353.1026 or sbutter@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 Makiko Oku at makikoku@rutgers.edu.
