B.A. Program Overview

Global Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary department allowing students to explore a broad range of questions about gender and its impacts on personal, social, cultural and political life, nationally and internationally.  It introduces students to exciting new avenues of scholarship within and across traditional disciplinary lines and encourages students to make links between knowledge and experience both inside and outside the classroom.

Global Gender Studies at UB has been a leader in the field for more than three decades. Our program offers today’s women and men courses in three interrelated areas: Cultures and Identities; Women and Global Citizenship; and Gender and Public Policy. Our objective is to inspire critical thinking in our students, challenging them to integrate local and global knowledge and to link theory and practice across a wide range of disciplines. The Global Gender Studies faculty and its affiliated faculty members across the university work together to create an intellectual environment in which the changing roles and relationships of women and men throughout the globe can be studied and understood. 

The undergraduate program is founded on a commitment to cutting edge approaches to gender studies and a standard of academic excellence that prepares students for a many different career paths. The Department’s broadly interdisciplinary approach can prepare students for careers in public policy, law, medicine, government service, non-governmental and community organizations, and all levels of education. Past students are pursuing careers in education, law, journalism, media, psychology and counseling, computer science, and public policy research.

Degrees Offered

Undergraduate: BA (Major, Double Major, and Joint Major), Minor

Acceptance Criteria

Minimum GPA of 2.0 Overall

Advisement

Students interested in pursuing a B.A., joint major, or minor in Global Gender Studies must speak with the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies to discuss their interests in the department, as well as to plan their sequencing of courses to meet all criteria.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Barbara Wejnert
Director of Undergraduate Studies
732 Clemens Hall
(716) 645-0787
bwejnert@buffalo.edu

 or

Alison Blaszak
732 Clemens Hall
(716) 645-0797
ablaszak@buffalo.edu