Why Women’s and Gender Studies?
A degree in Women’s and Gender Studies helps you understand a wide variety of topics related to gender, equality, women’s health and the role of sex and gender in society. This major helps you gain skills in critical thinking, writing, speaking, and policy analysis, among others.
Because this degree is interdisciplinary, you can take classes in fields ranging from health care to history, from mentoring to media, and more. You can tailor your degree to your specific interests.
The online degree, launching in Fall 2025, provides additional flexibility by making every course available online. Several courses are offered in eight-week sessions, giving you additional flexibility to meet your schedule needs.
Why USC?
South Carolina’s flagship public university gives you access to wide-ranging faculty expertise, academic support and career development services, and an alumni network that includes tens of thousands in South Carolina and many more around the world. South Carolina residents enjoy in-state tuition as well.
What you can do with a Women’s and Gender Studies Degree
Our graduates are health care professionals, public health experts, managers, social workers, teachers, victim’s advocates, therapists and more. They work in fields such as:
- Maternal Health and Newborn Care
- Mental Health Services
- Law and Legal Services
- Criminal Justice
- Public Health
- Education
- Human Resources
- Social Services
- Media
- Marketing
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