The Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies minor at Occidental examines how gender and sexuality shape identities, institutions, and social life. On the Occidental campus in Los Angeles, you’ll study power, difference, and inequality across local and global contexts.
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The Occidental College Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) program offers an interdisciplinary minor that encourages students from all majors to critically examine gender, women’s lives, and diverse sexualities. You’ll explore how these concepts are socially constructed and how they intersect with race, class, ability, body size, age, and other systems of power across cultures and histories.
Coursework spans the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, allowing you to approach gender and sexuality from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Through discussion-based classes and analytical writing, you’ll build strong critical thinking and communication skills. Graduates of the Occidental Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies undergraduate program apply these skills across careers in social services, education, public policy, community advocacy, government, and business, as well as in graduate and professional programs.
