Career Opportunities

By nature, Liberal Arts majors make great employees in any field because of their ability to communicate effectively, think critically and solve complex problems. These timeless skills make them attractive to employers in all walks of society.

Women's & Gender studies majors develop specific skills that are highly valued by employers. These skills include:

• Understand women's struggles, achievements, and contributions in past and present societies and across cultures from a feminist perspective
• Knowledge of the conditions of women in various cultures and societies
• Understanding of both the causes and consequences of women's subordination
• Ability to evaluate empirical and normative theories of gender construction and inequality
• Familiar with the strategies and organizational skills needed to address gender inequalities
• Critical and analytical skills, creative approaches to problem solving, and the ability to articulate productive alternatives
• Ability to identify and analyze gender-based assumptions and biases and to recognize their consequences on individual, social, and cultural levels
• Analyze competing perspectives
• Data collection and analysis
• Oral, written and presentation skills
• Co-operative teamwork skills

Career Path Examples

Women, gender, and sexuality studies majors may find employment in a variety of areas depending on their skills and experience. Some women, gender, and sexuality studies graduates choose to work in advocacy or social services-related positions, community development, business, and government. Career-related internships or part-time jobs may be a prerequisite to finding professional-level employment after graduation in these and other fields.

Some examples of the careers that our students pursue are:

Business

• Financial Services
• Publishing
• Management
• Human Resources Manager
• Office Manager

Social and Public Service

• Director of Counseling Services
• Rape Crisis Center Community Education Coordinator
• Graduate Student -Public Health
• Women's Crisis Support Center Community Educator
• Girl Scouts of America
• AmeriCorps
• Food Bank Program Manager

Media/Publications

• Magazine Freelance Writer/Researcher
• Independent Film Maker/Producer
• Editor
• Self-Employed Film Publicist
• Production Artist

Education

• High School Teacher/English Department Chairperson
• Case Manager, Community Service Agency
• Childcare Centers
• University/College Instructor

Health

• Doctor
• Community Health Outreach Worker
• Health Services Project Administrator

Law

• Attorney, Consultant, Lecturer
• Attorney and Instructor
• Domestic Violence Victim Counselor