BA in Gender and Sexuality Studies in Evanston United States | Northwestern University

The Gender & Sexuality Studies program provides students with an interdisciplinary exploration of gender and sexuality through humanities and social science lenses, while connecting these academic pursuits to past and present feminist and LGBTQ+ movements. This program serves as a primary or secondary major, minor, or concentration for undergraduates across WCAS, SESP, MEDILL, and the School of Communications.

Gender & Sexuality Studies faculty and students examine these themes through diverse academic perspectives, employing feminist, queer, transgender, and other critical frameworks within disciplines including history, literature, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, media studies, political science, and public health. The curriculum highlights how gender and sexuality interact with race, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, nationality, and global migration patterns. Through coursework and independent research, students analyze gender and sexuality as fundamental aspects of political, social, and cultural systems. Recent student projects have explored diverse topics such as microfinance initiatives for women in Uganda, campus dating culture, transgender representation in cinema, medical classifications of female sexuality, and the ongoing impact of the 1977 Hyde Amendment on reproductive rights debates.