Applied Gender Studies

Welcome to the Applied Gender Studies Department

Applied Gender Studies (AGS) gives you the opportunity to use knowledge in women’s and gender studies as a vital force for change in today’s world. The Applied Gender Studies Department at CGU combines first-rate interdisciplinary education in feminist theory with a caring, supportive faculty, hands-on experience, and career-enhancing applied applications that enable our graduates to land successful careers empowering women and enriching lives.  This program focuses upon issues of gender both globally and domestically.

At the heart of the Master’s in Applied Gender Studies program is an internship that allows students to positively impact their community even before graduation—real-world experience at organizations supporting and empowering women across the globe. The internship takes you out of the classroom and into the world to solve problems in critical settings like schools, community organizations, women’s centers, prisons, and shelters. Our students have partnered with:

Our programming in women’s and gender studies analyzes the phenomenon of gender through the lens of intersectionality—including race, class, sexuality, and location—and equips students for academic and nonprofit careers in the areas of women’s, feminist, masculinity, and queer studies. AGS faculty possess expertise in women’s studies, education studies, history, cultural studies, religion, politics, reproductive rights policy issues, media studies, GLBTQ studies, Africana studies, as well as specialized knowledge in Black women’s history.

Director: Linda Perkins
121 E. 10th St. • Claremont, CA 91711 • 909-621-8612 • Fax 909-607-9587