Women's and Gender Studies
What is Women's and Gender Studies?
WaGS is an academic field of study that focuses on the experiences of women and the study of gender identity as categories of analysis from multiple perspectives. That is, the field is interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary, allowing Saint Mary's students to take courses from different departments but focused on women and gender. What unifies the classes is that students critique societal norms and explore new ways of thinking about sex and gender, taking into account race, class, ethnicity, nationality, disability, and other social categories across history and geography.