Women's Studies
Women's Studies is part of the School of Social Justice in the College of Human Sciences, University College Dublin offering courses and engaged in research on Women, Gender and Society.
Women’s Studies has been taught in UCD for over twenty years, offering both taught and research postgraduate courses as well as elective undergraduate options and a unique and highly renowned Outreach Programme offering both certificate and diploma courses. UCD Women’s Studies works alongside Equality Studies in the School of Social Justice and is linked to a network of Women’s Studies programmes in Europe and internationally.
Why Study Women, Gender and Society ?
Women and gender studies is an exciting field of inquiry which draws on the insights and politics of feminism to develop new and more complex understandings of gender relations and women's historical and contemporary experiences. Women studies is a vibrant international field of study, producing its own body of scholarship and, at the same time, challenging and altering traditional disciplines making a profound effect on the wider world. Feminist theory offers us a complex understanding of how oppression works locally and globally and offers rich insight into the way multiple discrimination works across gender, race, class, sexual orientation, dis/ability and age.
Our classes are taught according to feminist teaching principles and so there is active student participation with a focus on empowering students to realise their own capacity. The classes are politically and socially relevant and students learn to think critically and develop a more open mind.
Because issues relating to gender roles, women and equality are surfacing within government, community and voluntary organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, the media, service professions, Women, Gender and Society postgraduate qualifications are increasing in social, political and vocational relevance. Our programmes have practical applications for a variety of professional fields and after completion of their studies our graduates find themselves exploring opportunities across a wide diversity of institutions and organisations.
Why Study at UCD?
UCD has established itself as one of the leading centres for women and gender studies in Europe. UCD Women’s Studies Centre hosts UCD’s Feminist and Gender Studies Network, which comprises over 50 faculty, and includes established academics with international reputations as well as dynamic emerging scholars.
Women's Studies can be studied in undergraduate elective modules within the UCD Horizons system and is offered at postgraduate level in both taught and research graduate programmes. We also offer Outreach and Continuing Professional Development programmes. Our graduates come from a wide range of backgrounds and have gone on to a wide range of positions.
Research and Continuing Professional Development programmes in Women's Studies are conducted under the auspices of the .
We contribute regluarly to the Listserv list, WMST-L, hosted by UMBC, which is an international e-mail forum for discussion of Women's Studies teaching, research, and program administration.
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