Overview

More and more, society is recognizing that gender and sexuality affect how we navigate the world around us, that these pervasive forces can reshape old axes of power and cultivate new ones. Times are changing. If you want to be a part of that change, consider the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at Fordham University.

Originally founded as the Women’s Studies program, the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program takes an expansive view of gender and sexuality studies as both a lens on and a vehicle of social change. Our dynamic interdisciplinary curriculum covers the breadth of the human experience with gender and sexuality. Our courses explore the diversity of women’s experiences, investigate women’s contributions historically and across cultures, and delve into concurrent emphases on gender and sexuality as primary categories of analysis. By looking at gender today—especially where it intersects with sexuality, class, and race—you’ll become an expert in these intersectionalities that modern-day scholars have embraced. You’ll also learn how to use that information to create positive change. And since this is an integrative program, you’ll take classes in the humanities, arts, and social and natural sciences that focus on these themes.

By studying a broad range of topics and taking literal, empirical, and theoretical approaches to your major coursework, you will become adept at traversing a world molded by gender and sexuality, and be encouraged to become an agent of social change who works for the public good.

Key Facts

Policymakers, nonprofits, and the private sector alike recognize the importance of diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice as broad social goals and as a training ground for quizzical, curious minds. Undergraduates with a concentration in women, gender, and sexuality studies are well-prepared for graduate programs in social work, education, arts, and sciences, as well as for professional programs in:

Public policy
Law
Medicine
Business

Whether or not you choose to go to professional or graduate school, you’ll be especially well positioned to work in:

education
policy institutions
development
media
social work

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Modern U.S. Women’s History
Race, Class, and Gender in the Media
Politics, Sex, and Sexuality in the U.S.
Gender, Crime, and Justice
Hysteria/Sexuality/Unconscious
Gender Politics in Latin America
Philosophical Issues in Feminism
Women Writing Africa
European Women 1500–1800
Work, Family, and Gender
Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
Gender and Modern Art
Women and Independence in Africa
Queer Theory and the Americas
Marriage in the 21st Century

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-08-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-03 00:00:00
Starting 2028-01-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Manhattan, 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.

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General requirements

Common Application with essay and $70 application fee
Letter of Recommendation from school guidance counselor or secondary school teacher
Transcripts, mark sheets or certificates from all secondary schools or high schools attended (Fordham requires transcripts for the last four years of pre-university education)
SAT or ACT Results (SAT code: 2259; ACT code: 2748)

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Singapore Cambridge GCE A levels
South African National Senior Certificate
Spanish Bachillerato
UK GCE Advanced Levels (3+ required)

Tuition Fees

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65920 USD / year

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65920 USD / year

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65920 USD / year

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Living costs

Manhattan

United States

2638 - 5751 USD / month

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