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About
the Program
Women's Studies at St. Ambrose is an
interdisciplinary program which explores and assesses human
experience through the lens of contemporary scholarship on
women and gender. The program focuses on issues of diversity
and emphasizes student-centered pedagogy and critical
thinking.
The program also implements the University's
mission in that it creates a climate of learning which
"fosters self respect" and enables participants
"to develop intellectually, spiritually, ethically,
socially, artistically, and physically in order to enrich
their own lives and the lives of others."
Although
primarily academic in emphasis, the program assumes a
leadership role on a campus with a long tradition of concern
for social justice. Further, it recognizes the need to prepare
women and men for the multicultural world in which they live
and work, a world currently being transformed by feminist
scholarship.
Study
Abroad in Ecuador
Every year, the SAU Women's Studies Program
offers a study abroad program, WMST
315: Latin American Women’s Issues. This course fulfills a
general education requirement in social studies, will be
offered as part of the Winter Intersession Program in Ecuador.
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