Why Take Women's Studies Courses?

Academic Advising

Why Take Women's Studies Courses?

  • Employers are increasingly asking for employees who are sensitive to gender relations in society.

  • Women are 51% of the world's population, understanding the contributions women make to every aspect of society would enhance a student's education.

  • In almost any career, it will be advantageous to be able to cope with:

    • changing roles of women and men in society.
    • an increasingly multicultural work environment.
    • and increasingly international business environment.
    • a "glass ceiling" that affects women and people of color.
    • the issue of sexual harassment.
    • the feminization of poverty and a "double burden" for unemployed women.

Where Can Students Look for Career Opportunities with an Education in Women's Studies?

IPFW Women's Studies majors have entered into the following fields:

  • Arts Organizations
  • Businesses (including their own)
  • Clinical Social Worker
  • Company Trainers and Coordinators
  • Communications and the Media
  • Counseling in Shelters and Assualt Centers
  • Education (elementary, secondary, university)
  • Fundraising
  • Health Clinics
  • Human Services organizations, often with women as primary clients
  • Law
  • Non-profit and community action organizations
  • Public Relations

 

IPFW is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access University.