Women's Studies
Minor
History and Political Science Department
The Women's Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program examining women's lives, perspectives and experiences. Through scholarship by and/or about women and the study of feminist theories and research methodologies, our curriculum explores gender as a social, cultural and historical construct. It also looks at how gender interacts with other socially constructed categories such as race, class, nationality, sexual orientation as well as with other dimensions of identity (including religion, ethnicity, and age) that have often been used as the basis for discrimination.
Program Location
http://catalog.ndm.edu/undergraduate-catalog/school-of-arts-and-sciences/womens-studies
What to Expect Studying at Notre Dame of Maryland University
Small classes, lectures and seminars provide a climate for individualized learning while diverse course topics offer an opportunity to customize the minor to your interests and goals.
Alum
Micah Castelo
A Library for Change
Alum, NDMU Class of 2018
English, Communication Arts, Women's Studies
Micah Castelo and Lorelie Elaine Soriano submitted one of the 120 winning projects under the Davis Projects for Peace foundation. They have been awarded $10,000 each for the construction of the first official library of the Caibiran Central School in the city of Caibiran located in the eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. “From the start,” Castelo says “we knew that we wanted to work on a project in the Philippines because we are both Filipina.” Castelo didn’t have to reach very far to find motivation, “when I was still in the Philippines, my parents enrolled me in a private school because the public schools did not have enough resources to ensure each child succeeds. I see this award as a privilege that I have been granted. I want to use this privilege to help those children in need…They deserve this just as much as anyone else.”
Women's Studies Careers
The minor helps prepare for careers in multiple fields including:
- Art
- Business
- Communication
- Counseling
- Education
- Health
- Journalism
- Law
- Music
- Politics
- Psychology
- Public Policy
- Religion
- Social Services
- Sports