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• Gender and Women's Studies is part of WMU's College of Arts and Sciences.

Gender and Women's Studies courses are open to all students and may fulfill General Education, Liberal Education, major/minor, and elective requirements. Gender and Women's Studies courses encourage in students a spirit of inquiry and teach approaches to thought and action that prepare students to function effectively in a diverse, rapidly changing society. The organizing principle of the field is the concept of gender as a social construction; equally important are the categories of ethnicity, race, class, age, sexual identity, and nationality, and gender is always investigated within this context. Course work investigates the condition of women in societies, historically and currently, and approaches issues related to women and gender through multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary methods. Gender and Women's Studies seeks to develop students' critical skills and creative potential in analyzing issues and conceiving solutions to problems regarding women and gender in a democratic society.