Women's and Gender Studies Program
WGS is an interdisciplinary program at the University of Michigan-Flint.
WGS has two main aims:
- To analyze the historical and contemporary experiences of women in different parts of the world.
- To examine how women's and men's lives and identities have been structured culturally, economically, politically, and socially.
WGS sheds new light on the constructions of femininities and masculinities while also recognizing differences among women and men on the basis of class, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
What can be done with WGS?
- Knowledge of the subject enables students to act more thoughtfully and vigorously in their public and personal lives.
- The insights and experiences that students bring to WGS courses constitute an important contribution to a still developing body of knowledge.
- WGS provides a strong foundation for careers in education, teaching, medicine, health services, law, politics, social work, social services, human resources, community organizing, and the creative arts.
- It also helps prepare students for graduate school in professional fields, humanities and social sciences.
If you have any technical problems please send an e-mail to miyakoj {at} umflint {dot} edu. Change the {at} and {dot} to @ and . respectively (and remove the spaces). General program/department questions should be directed to the secretary.