在性别与妇女研究方面具有主修或辅修学位的文学士学位可以培养战略思想家，社会评论家和必要的盟友。妇女与性别研究计划以女权主义理论和教学/学习风格为基础，并承认参与式教室的价值，其中包括并认可了多种生活经验。VIU的女性与性别研究鼓励学生使用跨学科的方法，通过文化生产，机构和意识形态来建构和维护性别，以批判性的眼光看待性别。性别与其他差异类别（包括种族，种族，阶级，性别，年龄和残疾/能力）一起，是权力的标志。女权主义对交叉性的理解为探索性别体验提供了一个镜头，并为想象抵抗，行动主义和非殖民化提供了工具。该计划
The Women and Gender Studies Program at VIU uses interdisciplinary approaches to looking critically at gender as it is constructed and maintained through cultural production, institutions and ideologies.A Bachelor of Arts with a Major or Minor in Gender and Women’s Studies Studies builds strategic thinkers, social critiquers and necessary allies. The Women and Gender studies program is grounded in feminist theory and teachinglearning styles, and recognizes the value of a participatory classroom where diverse life experiences are included and recognized.