BA in Women's and Gender Studies in Wayne United States | William Paterson University of New Jersey

The Department of Community and Social Justice Studies provides diverse major options that equip students with analytical frameworks and practical abilities to become community advocates. Graduates can pursue careers across public, private, NGO, and nonprofit sectors or continue to advanced academic studies. Below are relevant national career statistics from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and PayScale.

This cross-disciplinary program immerses students in community engagement, civic matters, and citizenship development. Participants cultivate theoretical understanding, analytical capabilities, and critical thought while gaining hands-on learning experiences in gender studies. The curriculum emphasizes feminist examinations of gender dynamics, the persistence of sexist structures, feminist scholarship development, women's rights movements, and feminist research methodologies. An intersectional approach guides the exploration of how gender, race, class, and sexuality (as conceptual frameworks) interact with systemic discrimination (as social processes) within institutional contexts. Students acquire professional competencies through classroom instruction and community involvement while examining systemic inequalities, social movements, and activist strategies at local and international levels.