Courses & Curriculum

With Chatham's women's and gender studies major, you will gain a profound understanding of how to influence ongoing political and economic inequalities. Explore this page's sample courses and curriculum, and come back soon for a more detailed example degree progression.

Sample Courses & Curriculum

Queer Theory

Queer Theory is for everybody. We explore how gender and sexual identities intersect with race, class and ethnicity by examining the cultural representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in literature, film, history and social movements. Students will also become conversant with the arguments and critical terms used in the field of queer theory.

Social Welfare: Women And Policy

This course is designed to examine current issues and policies that impact the lives of women and to explore methods of creating or modifying policies. This course will use a comparative policy framework to explore the strengths and weaknesses of current interventions regarding their promotion of social and economic justice.

Feminist Theory

This course is designed to provide students with a critical introduction to the historical development and current controversies of feminist theory including global feminism and women’s bodies as a site of contestation. It includes a comprehensive summary of the diverse and interdisciplinary philosophical strains that make up the intellectual heritage of modern feminism. 

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