Overview

Not every course that is cross-listed in the program or taught by SWG faculty will address all of these goals for the major in the Study of Women and Gender, but we expect that every graduating senior will have engaged these concepts and ways of thinking more than once during the course of the major.

The goals of the Women and Gender Studies major at the Smith College are to:

Understand the social construction of familiar or naturalized categories, while also acknowledging that these social constructions have real effects in subordinating groups and in marking bodies.
Understand and be able to apply the concept of intersectionality—a dynamic analysis of how the intersections of gender, race, class, sexuality, nationality, and other aspects of identity mutually and simultaneously constitute structures, social processes, ideologies and representations in the complex, multidimensional power hierarchies of society.
Analyze social change and understand agency and resistance.
Engage theory, read and write about theoretical texts, and recognize that theory emerges from different disciplinary locations.
Examine historical periods and beliefs different from the current moment.
Analyze forms of representation and discourse as they shape experience and shape our understanding of ourselves and of the world.
Approach problems and questions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Engage in systemic analysis with attention to institutional and economic structures of power.
Understand theories of transnational, postcolonial and diasporic studies.
Understand feminist pedagogy and ethics of knowledge production.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Study of Women and Gender
Girls in the System: Gender, Youth and Justice
Feminist and Queer Disability Studies
Queer Ecologies: Considering the Nature of Sexualized Identities
Immigration and Sexuality in France and Europe
Marxist Feminism

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-08 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

128 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Northampton, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Common Application or Coalition Application
Smith Writing Supplement
Secondary School Report, including official high school transcript
Counselor Recommendation
Two Teacher Evaluation Forms
Official SAT I, ACT, TOEFL, IELTS, PTE or the Duolingo English Test/*DET*
Early Decision Agreement (if applicable)

Tuition Fees

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67140 USD / year

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67140 USD / year

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In-State

67140 USD / year

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Living costs

Northampton

United States

1156 - 2393 USD / month

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Overview

The goals of the Women and Gender Studies major at the Smith College are to:

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Northampton

Funding

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