Women's Studies Program

An Interdisciplinary Program
at Pittsburg State University

What is Women's Studies?

Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary program that places women and gender at the center of academic analysis.  Students learn how gender affects social relationships, artistic expression, institutional structures, and national and international political, cultural, and economic relations.  While centrally concerned with gender dynamics, Women’s Studies also explores the ways other dimensions of diversity, including race, ethnicity, nationality, class, sexual  orientation, age, and ability shape the experiences of both women and men.