Gender and Health (Major)

专业介绍

The major offers a critical, feminist analysis of research, practice, and policies concerning gender and health. Specifically, the major allow students to examine the intersections of social categories, such as gender, race / ethnicity, social class, and sexuality, with conceptualizations of health, healthcare delivery, and health-related policies. Moreover, students, for example, investigate the limits of the biomedical model, apply a feminist lens to the understanding, critique, and construction of health, explore health- related issues within a global and transnational context, grapple with ethical dilemmas in real-world case studies, and critically analyze the impact of power inequalities in specific health-related areas (e.g., the use of medical technologies and treatment of epidemic diseases).

The major offers students a truly interdisciplinary, liberal arts experience with a variety of courses, spanning disciplinary approaches in the humanities and social sciences. It provides students with intellectually rich, challenging, and suitable academic preparation for a diverse series of jobs and advanced graduate or professional training.