What Can I Do With A Major In Women's and Gender Studies

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Overview	Career Titles	Employers	Skills	Salary Information
Graduate Data	Alumni/Intern Profiles	Links of Interest	Additional Information

Overview | Return to top

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St. Norbert College currently offers a minor only in Women's and Gender Studies.  Women's and Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that takes gender as a primary category of analysis. It examines gender using the insights of various disciplines. As a result, students gain a rich understanding of gender as a social construction, one that intersects with class, race, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation and sexual identity.

Professions as varied as business, social work, medicine, law enforcement and education emphasize awareness of diversity as a key to professional success. By enhancing students' ability to recognize and analyze the gendered structures that have shaped the lives of women and men of all races, classes, nationalities, religions, sexual orientations and abilities throughout history, Women's and Gender Studies courses help students to develop what many modern professions identify as core competencies.


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Admissions Counselor Advertising Specialist/Manager Affirmative Action Coordinator AIDS Case Manager   Alcoholism Counselor   AmeriCorps Director Archivist Art Therapist Arts Administrator   Arts Council Director Attorney Biographer Business Manager Business Owner Campaign Manager Career Counselor Case Manager Chemical Dependency Specialist   Child Welfare Worker Civil Rights Advocate Civil Rights Investigator Communications Consultant Community Affairs Director Community Development Specialist Community Health Specialist Community Outreach Worker Community Planning specialist Community Relations Director Community Service Agency Director Conference Coordinator Congressional Aide Consumer Advocate Corrections Officer Counselor Crisis Counselor Cultural Affairs Officer Customer Relations Representative Demographer Director of Volunteer Services Diversity Trainer Domestic Abuse Counselor Editor Elderly Services Coordinator Eligibility Specialist Employee Relations Coordinator Environmental Consultant Equal Opportunity Advocate Event Planner Family Development Specialist

Family Planning Coordinator Family Services Administrator Filmmaker Financial Planner Foreign Service Agent Foundation Administrator Fund Raiser Girl Scouts Program Director Guidance Counselor Health and Human Services Specialist Health Clinic Director Health Counselor   Health Policy Planner Historian Hospice Counselor Hospital Administrator Hospital Foundation Executive Human Resource Administrator Human Rights Advocate Instructional Program Designer Insurance Agent/Broker International Human Rights Program Assistant International Organization Director Investment Counselor Job Developer Journalist Labor Relations Specialist Law Enforcement Officer Lawyer Legislative Aid Librarian Literacy Program Coordinator Lobbyist Management Trainee Market Research Analyst Marketing Specialist Marriage/Family Therapist Mental Health Counselor Midwife Minister Museum Curator Nonprofit Executive Director Nurse Occupational Therapist Ombudsman Paralegal/Legal Assistant Parent Educator Patient Advocate Peace Corps Volunteer

Political Organizer Politician Probation Officer Professor Program Coordinator Psychologist Psychotherapist Public Affairs Specialist Public Health Educator Public Information Officer Public Policy Specialist Public Relations Specialist Publicity Director Race Relations Specialist Rape Crisis Program Director Real Estate Agent Recreational Therapist Religious Organization Director Reproductive Health Counselor Researcher Residential Life Coordinator Sales Rep/Manager Small-Business Owner Social Services Director Social Worker Sociologist Special Event Coordinator Sports Marketing Director Staffing Specialist Student Services Specialist Survey Analyst Teacher Technical Writer Training/Development Specialist Underwriter Union Organizer Victims' Advocate Violence Prevention Educator Vocational Counselor Volunteer Coordinator Volunteer Services Administrator Women’s Issues Coordinator Women's Health Advocate Women's Resource Center Director Women's Rights Advocate Writer Youth Worker

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Adoption Agencies  Advertising Agencies Advocacy Organizations   Anthropological Groups Arts Organizations   Battered Women’s Shelters  Businesses Chambers of Commerce Civil Rights Commission  Civil Service Organizations  College Alumnae Associations Colleges and Universities Commerce Department Community Affairs Agencies Community Development Offices Community Organizations Consumer Affairs Office Consumer Product Safety Commission Counseling Groups County Probation Department Department of Labor Economic Development Councils Economic Research Foundations

Environmental Protection Agency Federal Communications Agency Financial Service Firms Government Organizations Health and Human Services Health Clinics Hospitals  Housing and Urban Development Human Resource Departments International Firms Judicial System Labor Departments Labor Unions Laboratories Law Firms Libraries Lobbying Organizations Local, State and Federal Government Management Consulting Firms Market Research Firms Media Mental Health Agencies       National Interest Groups

National Telecommunications and Information Administration Newspaper/Magazine Publications Nonprofit Organizations Nursing Homes Public Health Clinics Public Policy Agencies Public Relations Firms Publishers Rehabilitation Agencies     Research Centers Retail Stores Schools Small Business Administration Social Service Agencies Sports/Recreation Departments Television & Radio Stations Trade and International Organizations Unions Women’s Advocacy Groups Women's Centers and Safe Houses Women's Rights Organizations

Skills | Return to top 

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Accepting of differing opinions Analyze and evaluate data and ideas Analyze cultural events and texts Analyze the media and other forms of communication Awareness of gender, race and other differences Connect with communities Critical thinking and intellectual curiosity Critique and evaluate Defend one’s position Design projects Develop new agendas for old problems Develop perspectives and strategies through analysis of past experiences Diplomacy Document and present information in written and spoken form

Evaluate projects and plans Excellent communication, writing, research, and interpersonal skills Identify cultural and gender implications of policies and decisions Interpret events Interview, collect and communicate relevant data Knowledge and commitment necessary to be a social activist and agent of societal change Listen to others' thoughts and ideas Observe people Open-mindedness Oral and written communication Organize ideas/materials Perceive patterns and structures Plan and administer programs Present differing viewpoints

Problem posing/problem solving Read and understand ideas Research and extract relevant information Self-disciplined Sensitivity to diversity Sensitivity to people and problems Stimulating discussion/questioning Test and explore ideas in discussion with others Understand and interpret global cultures Understanding and insight into the many factors that impact woman today Understanding of different points of view Work independently Write clearly and creatively

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NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) Spring 2012 Average Starting Salary:

• Not Currently Available

Average Salary of SNC Women and Gender Studies Graduates:

• 2009: No salary data available
• 2010: No salary data available
• 2011: No salary data available

For additional salary information, please visit salary.com


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The job titles and employers listed below are a sample of the results from the annual St. Norbert College Career Services graduate follow-up survey for the Classes of 2003-2011.

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Alumni Profiles
Kristin Alberts
Erica (Rude) Artiles
Krissy Behnke
Beth Borgen
Nicole Bowman-Farrell
Stacy De Coster
Tammy Evers
Maureen Fallon
Caryn Harman
Carrie Haverfield
Ann Hillman
Mary Harp-Jirschele
Jennifer Jirschele
Jaime Leick
Christina Linder-Dwyer
Amber Vlasnik
Lora Zimmer

Intern Profiles

• No intern profiles available

Links of Interest  | Return to top   

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Career Information
Careers and Links
Catalyst
Graduate Programs in Women's Studies
NWSA Guide to Graduate Work in Women's / Gender Studies
Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
Women in Higher Education
Women in Sports Careers Foundation
Women's Institute for Financial Education

Professional Associations
American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy
American Association of University Women
American Business Women's Association
Association for Women in Science
Association of Women Professionals
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
National Association of Working Women
National Council for Research on Women
National Council of Women's Organizations
National Organization for Women
National Women's Studies Association

Jobs & Internships
Advancing Women
CareerWomen.com
Idealist.org Career Center
Women Sports Jobs


Additional Information | Return to top 

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SNC Women's and Gender Studies Department
Minor Requirements
Academic Advising
Career Services Job Search Links

Disclaimer: The information included on this page is not all-inclusive. You are encouraged to utilize additional online and print resources when researching majors and careers.  Some of the careers listed may require additional education, training, development, licenses and/or certifications.  If you feel something should be added, changed, updated or removed, please contact Career Services.  The content included on this page will be updated annually each summer.  Please contact Career Services if you have any questions about the information on this page or to schedule an appointment.