wgs职业 & 实习
Individualized Career Coaching for Arts & Sciences Students
College of Arts & Sciences students can take advantage of individualized career coaching, with many resources to help them prepare for successful lives. Students with liberal 艺术s degrees are highly sought after because they are educated to think critically and become problem solvers for 21st century issues.
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Careers Options
女性的, 性别, and Sexuality Studies curriculum prepares students for a wide range of career opportunities in numerous fields. It is an interdisciplinary course of study that introduces students to hidden histories, explores complex social structures, confronts injustice and oppression, and hones the skills of citizens of the future. Allowing students to select courses from a variety of disciplines, including history, 地理位置, political science, 哲学, 英语, 社会学, communications studies, 艺术, biology and more, wgs majors and certificates offer a rich environment within which to develop the skills in critical thinking and communication that are required by employers and graduate schools.
But how does all of this translate into a career? 研究生s of our program are applying their skills and knowledge to academic and professional pursuits in law, 教育, 政府, social service, public policy, 宗教, 咨询, international relations, 新闻, 出版, 业务, and the 艺术s, to name a few. Recent alums are working for Ms. Magazine, Netflix, Planned Parenthood, AmeriCorps, the United Nations, and Teach for America.
A liberal 艺术s degree is often a strength in the work world. Employers understand that a liberal 艺术s 教育 emphasizes critical thinking, 写作, and presentation skills. More specifically, 女性的, 性别, and Sexuality Studies program at Ohio University gives students:
- Expertise in finding and using information on contemporary social issues
- An understanding of differences of gender, sexuality, race, culture, and social class
- Insight into the connections among different forms of oppression
- A foundation for analyzing inequities and initiating change
研究生 School
This preparation in critical thinking and social awareness is also excellent background for students pursuing graduate and professional degrees. Women's, 性别, and Sexuality Students have gone on to earn master's and Ph.D. graduate degrees at Carnegie Mellon, the University of California at Berkeley, The Ohio State University, and the University of Texas at Austin, 等. Recently, an undergrad was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for graduate study in Germany.