Bachelor of Science in Gender and Health

The major offers a critical, feminist analysis of research, practice, and policies concerning gender and health. Specifically, the major allow students to examine the intersections of social categories, such as gender, race ethnicity, social class, and sexuality, with conceptualizations of health, healthcare delivery, and health-related policies. Moreover, students, for example, investigate the limits of the biomedical model, apply a feminist lens to the understanding, critique, and construction of health, explore health- related issues within a global and transnational context, grapple with ethical dilemmas in real-world case studies, and critically analyze the impact of power inequalities in specific health-related areas (e.g., the use of medical technologies and treatment of epidemic diseases). The major offers students a truly interdisciplinary, liberal arts experience with a variety of courses, spanning disciplinary approaches in the humanities and social sciences. It provides students with intellectually rich, challenging, and suitable academic preparation for a diverse series of jobs and advanced graduate or professional training.