Career Options
Who should take Women's Studies? Everyone!
Women's Studies students have a definite career advantage. A degree
in Women's Studies prepares students for jobs in organizations that work
for social and political change benefiting women. Such organizations include:
Women's Studies graduates also are prepared for employment that involves providing
direct assistance to women. This work can entail counseling, teaching, and managing
services in community agencies such as shelters for battered and homeless women,
neighborhood centers, and health care facilities.
In addition, Women's Studies prepares students to be successful in diverse
professions. For example, lawyers and social service providers benefit from
understanding institutions and practices - sexual harassment, rape, and job
discrimination - that harm women. Medical and applied health practitioners are
more
effective when they understand women's health needs and the social, economic,
and
political barriers that obstruct women's access to care. Journalists and other
media professionals are required to have knowledge of women's contemporary and
historical experiences.
Women's Studies is strongly recommended for students who wish to pursue
graduate degrees because most fields expect applicants to be familiar with current
scholarship on sex and gender.
Regardless their future plans, students benefit from taking Women's
Studies because they know how to examine their experiences and complex social issues,
which enhances their ability to contribute to society in meaningful ways.
To register for classes, contact the university registrar at
http://esc.calumet.purdue.edu/admissions/ or call 800/HI-PURDUE ext. 2213.
For more information about the Purdue University Calumet Women's Studies
Program call 219/989-2257 or toll free throughout northern Indiana and
Chicagoland 800/HI-PURDUE ext. 2257, e-mail wost@calumet.purdue.edu, or write:
Rebecca Stankowski, Director of Liberal Studies, Purdue
University Calumet
2200 169th Street, Hammond, IN 46323-2094 |
