性别与女权主义研究强调对社会学和女权主义理论中有关性别，阶级和种族矩阵的基本假设进行批判性分析。它研究了结构上的不平等以及这些等级在社会进程和日常生活中的再现，甚至研究了性别本身的建构方式。在此过程中，该程序分析了具有不同理论出发点的女权主义者调查和解释社会现象的各种矛盾和重叠方式。除了对家庭，工作和其他机构的理论探索和实证分析之外，该方案还致力于妇女的集体行动以及妇女个人对社会学，政治运动和历史创造的贡献。由于其灵活性和社会学的普遍方法，该研究生课程长期以来一直是创新和开拓性工作的孵化器。对于对女权主义
Gender and Feminist Studies emphasizes a critical analysis of basic assumptions within sociology and feminist theory about the matrix of gender, class and race. It investigates structural inequalities and the reproduction of those hierarchies in social processes and in everyday life, and even examines the ways that gender itself is constructed.<br><br>In the process, the program analyzes the various contradictory and overlapping ways feminists with different theoretical starting points investigate and explain social phenomena. In addition to the theoretical explorations and empirical analyses of the family, work and other institutions, the program attends to the collective action of women and the contributions of individual women to the sociological discipline, to political movements and to the making of history. <br><br>Because of its flexibility and ecumenical approach to sociology, the graduate program has long been an incubator for innovative and path-breaking work. It has proven to be a fruitful place for students interested in feminist scholarship.