Welcome to Women’s and Gender Studies at StFX, an interdisciplinary undergraduate program, which provides an academic and community context for scholarly inquiry focusing on gender. Women's and Gender Studies students learn how to use gender as a category of analysis, including reflection on the manifestation of gender in their own lives. Intersections of identities such as race, social class, gender, ability and sexuality are explored in the context of everyday life and in society. Students also explore the contributions, connections and insights of Women's and Gender Studies within the academy and beyond.
Career Options
The program emphasizes critical thinking, research skills and opportunities for practicum experiences. The program prepares graduates for future work in areas such as teaching, law, policy analysis, health, communications and graduate studies.
Degree Choices
Women’s and Gender Studies offer students an undergraduate curriculum consisting of core classes and cross-listed subjects from several departments. Students may pursue a minor, major, advanced major, or joint advanced major degree in Women's and Gender Studies.
The First Year
The first course students will take is Women’s and Gender Studies 100, which is an introduction to feminist theory and perspectives. Students will take this course in combination with complementary courses in disciplines such as Biological Sciences, English, Fine Arts, History, Human Kinetics and Psychology.
Why StFX?
Students in Women’s and Gender Studies enjoy a rich interdisciplinary academic environment supported by committed faculty. Formal academic programs are integrated with community projects. There are more than a dozen faculty members who are affiliated with the program from fields as diverse as sociology, religious studies and nursing. The Women’s and Gender Studies Program hosts an annual Film Festival as well as several events in which notable feminist activists, scholars, and artists are invited to speak and present their work to the St. FX community. A graduation prize is awarded annually to a Women’s and Gender Studies graduating student.