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The field of gender, women's, and sexuality studies (GWSS) explores gender and sexuality through an interdisciplinary lens, considering factors like class, ethnicity, nationality, and race. This area of study challenges commonly accepted notions about masculinity and femininity while fostering analytical approaches across various academic fields, especially within humanities and social sciences. At Iowa, the curriculum additionally investigates how gender and sexuality influence everyday experiences and explores the connections between biological sex characteristics and societal expectations for women and men.
Students must meet the following requirements for admission: completion of academic upper secondary school (generally a total of 12-13 years of primary and secondary education); a corresponding secondary school diploma or leaving certificate; completion of minimum high school course requirements of the following: 4 years of English/language arts; 2 years in a single language of world languages; 3 years including courses in physical science, biology, chemistry, environmental science and physics of natural science; 3 years of social studies; 2 years of algebra; and 1 year of geometry.
English Language Requirements: