Overview of the Master's Degree in Women's Studies

The Department of Women’s Studies at The Ohio State University is an interdisciplinary field of research that focuses on gender. Our classes teach students about the ways in which gender functions as a socially and culturally constructed phenomenon that affects our personal lives, artistic expression, social relationships, politics, and the ways individuals think about themselves and the world. Women's Studies considers the ways that class, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and age shape women's and men's experience. We integrate scholarship and methodology from the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and legal studies in order to teach students how to approach questions from multiple perspectives. This interdisciplinary approach can enrich students’ knowledge base in their home disciplines.

Students with a Master's Degree in Women's Studies can use the knowledge gained from this in fields such as:

• Counseling
• Education
• Ethnic Studies
• History
• Journalism
• Law
• Library Science
• Media Studies
• Nursing
• Political Science
• Public Health
• Public Policy
• Social Work
• Sociology
• Geography

 

Additional Information

Use the links on this page for more information about the Women's Studies MA Program or contact Pat Drillien, the Graduate Studies Coordinator at (614) 292-1021 in The Department of Women's Studies at OSU.