Gender identity organizes our lives, defining the roles we are expected to fulfill and who we are expected to become at home and in the workplace. Built around a commitment to social justice, our program offers students the opportunity to examine intersections of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, race, class, and nationality, and to design a career path that combines knowledge of oppression and social inequality with valuable critical thinking, advocacy, communication, and problem solving skills.Built around a commitment to social justice, in this minor you will examine intersections of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, race, class and nationality in the roles we fulfill at home and in the workplace. The women and gender studies minor provides you with valuable critical thinking, advocacy, communication, and problem-solving skills desirable in a variety of careers including: business, child and family services, education, journalism, law, medicine, politics and social service administration.