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Gender Studies

Gain in demand career-ready skills in critical thinking, communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and cultural awareness. This flexible minor fits with any major and helps you thrive in today’s diverse, dynamic world.

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Why Minor in Gender Studies at CSB & SJU?

A Gender Studies minor helps you build key skills like critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork—skills that employers value—while giving you broad, interdisciplinary perspective. Through coursework that examines gender and its intersections with race, class, sexuality, and identity, students gain the ability to analyze complex social issues, communicate across differences, and synthesize knowledge from multiple disciplines – skills that are in high demand across all sectors of the job market.

Gender Studies combines critical thinking with a broad liberal arts education, helping students become adaptable, collaborative, and innovative—qualities employers value more than ever.

Our Gender Studies minor is easy to add to any program. See our Curriculum page to see how!

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Program Overview

The Gender Studies Program consists of over 30 professors from many different departments to create an interdisciplinary education. Students can choose courses from Art, Strategic Communication Studies, Economics, English, Environmental Studies, Exercise Science and Sports Studies, Global Business Leadership, Global Languages and Cultures, Hispanic Studies, History, Honors, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Theology.

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Career Readiness Skills

A minor in Gender Studies equips students with essential career readiness skills that are highly valued across industries. Employers consistently rank these skills as the most valuable and sought after attributes for new hires. This interdisciplinary training not only prepares graduates for success in fields like business, law, marketing, communications, politics, public policy, non-profit work, counseling, healthcare, and as entrepreneurs, but also makes them adaptable and resilient in a rapidly changing workforce.

Gender Studies courses foster empathy, ethical awareness, and inclusive leadership practices—key competencies in today’s diverse workplaces. Here’s how a Gender Studies minor contributes to professional development while also making you a better citizen and community member (and how it can make you stand out in the job market and on grad school applications!):

  • Critical thinking and analysis:
  • Inclusive communication and teamwork skills:
  • Cultural competence
  • Ethical leadership
  • Interdisciplinary problem-solving
  • Initiative and Work Ethic
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