Women's Studies
Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods in order to place women’s lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppression; and the relationships between power and gender as they intersect with other identities and social locations such as race, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, and disability.
Popular theories within the field of women's studies include feminist theory, standpoint theory, intersectionality, multiculturalism, transnational feminism, social justice, affect studies, agency, biopolitics, materialisms, and embodiment. Research practices and methodologies associated with women's studies include ethnography, autoethnography, focus groups, surveys, community-based research, discourse analysis, and reading practices associated with critical theory, post-structuralism, and queer theory. The field researches and critiques societal norms of gender, race, class, sexuality, and other social inequalities.
Women's studies is closely related to the fields of gender studies, feminist studies, and sexuality studies, and more broadly related to the fields of cultural studies, ethnic studies, and African-American studies. Women's studies courses are offered in over seven hundred institutions in the United States, and globally in more than forty countries.
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Matching Women's Studies Colleges
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Four or more years; Public; $48,814 average out-state tuition; $15,433 average in-state tuition |
University of California-Santa Cruz
Four or more years; Public; $39,516 average out-state tuition; $11,502 average in-state tuition |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Four or more years; Public; $33,523 average out-state tuition; $9,273 average in-state tuition |
Oregon State University
Four or more years; Public; $27,735 average out-state tuition; $9,075 average in-state tuition |
University of California-Santa Barbara
Four or more years; Public; $39,516 average out-state tuition; $11,502 average in-state tuition |
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Four or more years; Public; $27,560 average out-state tuition; $11,619 average in-state tuition |
California State University-Long Beach
Four or more years; Public; $17,622 average out-state tuition; $5,742 average in-state tuition |
Scholarships for Women's Studies Majors
Marjorie Skiff Rose ScholarshipUniversity of Colorado Boulder |
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award $6,640 |
deadline March 15, 2023 |
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Shoe-Smith ScholarshipUniversity of Colorado Boulder |
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award $4,000 |
deadline March 15, 2023 |
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Myrna Lee Sprengler Memorial ScholarshipUniversity of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
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award $2,500 |
deadline Varies |
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William and Effa McMeans ScholarshipUniversity of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
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award $2,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Arts and Science Alumni Affiliate Scholarship - Oakland UniversityOakland University |
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award $2,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Vincent J. and Lorraine F. Feik ScholarshipUniversity of Colorado Boulder |
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award $2,000 |
deadline March 15, 2023 |
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Asa Iokepa de Neeve Aloha Memorial ScholarshipUniversity of Colorado Boulder |
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award $1,500 |
deadline March 15, 2023 |
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Katie Redmond Memorial ScholarshipWillamette University |
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award $1,500 |
deadline April 14, 2023 |
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SJSU Alumni Association ScholarshipSan Jose State University, College of Social Sciences |
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award $1,250 |
deadline Varies |
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Louise Greene-Elizabeth Smith Activist ScholarshipUniversity of Montana, Missoula - College of Arts and Sciences |
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award $1,000 |
deadline Varies |
Women's Studies Related Majors
- African-American/Black Studies
- French Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
- East Asian Studies
- Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies
- African Studies
- Asian Studies/Civilization
- German Studies
- Chinese Studies
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies
- American Indian/Native American Studies
- Gay/Lesbian Studies
- Spanish and Iberian Studies
- Russian Studies
- Area Studies
- Korean Studies
- Italian Studies