该跨学科专业旨在发展对学术研究各个领域中妇女研究和妇女观点的广泛了解。重点是对妇女的生活，妇女的社会，文化和科学贡献以及性别/性别体系结构的女权主义分析。该课程的跨学科和包容性反映在一个课程结构中，该课程结构包括与多个部门交叉列出的课程，处理历史上妇女生活各个方面的课程，以及认识文化，种族，宗教多样性的课程，种族，年龄，残疾和性取向。妇女研究探索身份，社会力量和特权的交集。关于社会如何“构造”不平等和社会偏见，妇女研究通过批判性视角分析了我们生活的方方面面，而没有滤除社会政治不平等的影响以及妇女及其家庭的
This interdisciplinary major is designed to develop a broad understanding of the study of women and women's perspectives in all areas of academic scholarship. The focus is on feminist analyses of women's lives, of women's social, cultural, and scientific contributions, and of the structure of sex/gender systems. The interdisciplinary and inclusive nature of the field is reflected in a curricular structure that includes courses cross-listed with a wide variety of departments, courses that deal with aspects of women's lives throughout history, and courses that recognize the diversities of culture, race, religion, ethnicity, age, disability, and sexual orientation.<br>Women's Studies explores the intersection of identity, social power, and privilege. Concerned with how societies construct inequality and social bias, Women's Studies analyzes every aspect of our lives through a critical lens, without filtering out impacts of socio-political inequalities, and lived experiences of women and their families. With cross-listed courses in Anthropology, Communications, Government, History, Psychology, Sociology, Women's Health and more fields, students can approach Women's Studies from almost any direction. Alongside the U.S. history of women and feminist movement, transnational feminism offers a wider comparative study of: constructions of gender across cultures, the legal and political standing of women and marginalized populations, the nature and impacts of gender-based violence, mass migration, militarization, climate change, food insecurity and other contemporary challenges on the physical, social and political wellbeing of women around the globe.