The major emphasizes the diversity of women's lives, and provides an historical and contemporary examination of women of different races, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, classes, and sexual orientations. With liberation, justice, and equity issues as central concerns, Women's Studies provides feminist analyses both of the knowledge generated by other academic disciplines, and of societal institutions and processes, and explores the possibilities of feminist transformation of these. Women's Studies also examines the construction of gender, its intersections with race and class, and its implications for society. Finally, Women's Studies actively engages students in the generation of new knowledge and areas of inquiry.
