Undergraduate

Women, Gender & Sexuality (WGS) is an interdisciplinary program in which students study gender relations and sexualities.

Graduate Certificate

Open to masters and doctoral students in any department of UVA’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Courses Offered

Courses currently being offered focus on women's media, literature, and art, women in sports, queer theory, gender politics, and LGBTQ Studies.

EMPOWERING PATHWAYS

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Marketing Assistant for National Museum of Women in the Arts
Lobbyist for the ACLU
Public Relations Associate for Girls Ink online magazine
Development Associate for non-profit organizations
Employee for International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
Screenwriter
Employee for American Bar Association, working on CEDAW issues (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women)
Lawyer
Legislative Assistant on Capitol Hill
Analyst for Democratic polling and consulting firm
Fundraiser for domestic violence shelter
Communications Director for Greenpeace
Social worker
Director of Communications at United Way
Staff at a battered women's shelter
Affirmative Action Officer
Family counselor
Women's health coordinator
Clinical therapist