Liberal Arts and Sciences: Women and Gender Studies
A.S. Degree
Liberal Arts and Sciences: Women and Gender Studies
Women and Gender Studies is an exciting program that analyzes how the social construction of gender shapes the lives of women and men. It is an interdisciplinary program that examines historical and contemporary issues through the lens of gender, while emphasizing race/ethnicity, class, and sexual identity as categories of analysis. Gendered perceptions of women and men in media, arts and sciences, health fields, and literature are examined. Internships designed to provide students with first-hand experience in public and private agencies and organizations are available.
Degree Requirements
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While the curriculum for this program is designed primarily for transfer to a bachelor’s degree program, students develop vital transferrable skills that support them in the workplace as well. A quality liberal arts education provides students with one of the many lenses through which they view the world and prepares them to pursue a wide array of careers. We encourage students to intentionally engage in applied learning opportunities (such as volunteering, services learning, internships, jobs, research, etc.) as well to gain valuable hands-on experience. Learn about some of the many jobs students explore:
Transfer Options
Women and Gender Studies graduates may consider further study in women’s studies, men’s studies, women’s history, and gender or sexuality studies.
Colleges and universities that offer baccalaureate programs include:
- Binghamton University
- Buffalo State College
- SUNY College at Brockport
- Cornell University
- SUNY College at Cortland
- SUNY College at Geneseo
- SUNY New Paltz
- SUNY College at Oswego
- SUNY College at Plattsburgh
- SUNY College at Purchase
- Stony Brook University
- Wells College
Student Showcase
Fatemeh Moradi
Sometimes life can be like the movies in all the wrong ways but still have a happy ending. So it is with Fatemeh Moradi's flight from her home country of Afghanistan at age four, the intervening years she spent as a refugee in Iran, and her short-lived return home. Although rediscovering Kabul in adulthood came with restrictive gender roles and Taliban conflict, it is also the place from which Fatemeh was propelled to the U.S. and her pursuit of Women and Gender Studies at Tompkins Cortland.
It was that challenging arc that introduced her to faculty instructors such as Angela Palumbo and Christina Stavenhagan-Helgren, who served as sources of support and inspiration in her studies, and that led to the authoring of her recently published film review. The article, featured by the University of Michigan Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, parallels her own story with that of the documentary film Midnight Traveler to striking effect.
Why did you choose to attend Tompkins Cortland? Because Tompkins Cortland Community College is a wonderful academic center. They help the students to reach their professional academic goals.
How is your college experience at Tompkins Cortland preparing you for what comes next? I have benefited from the academic services at the college; thoughtful professors, friendly staff, help from the Baker Learning Center tutors, and the library. Everyone is very supportive and makes you feel comfortable, ensuring you enjoy your studies at Tompkins Cortland. They are helpful, reachable and focused to your academic needs. I am honored to be named on the President’s List as well as the Dean’s List. It will help me transfer to a well-known university for my next step.
What do you hope to go on to do after graduation? I hope that I can continue my education in the United States and also run my office professionally with the new skills that I learned at Tompkins Cortland.
Who at TC3 has had the greatest positive impact on your experience? Without a doubt I want to appreciate Professor Angela Palumbo Martin! Angela was the first person I met at TC3 and through her I met so many other good people. Thanks to her advising during these two years at Tompkins Cortland, and the other amazing professors who were extremely supportive during the semester, I completed all of classes and learned what I needed and more.
What are you involved in on campus and how has it added to your overall college experience? I would like to join some programs but because of pandemic, I could not have any additional activity except my academic studies. I did however have a short immigration story published in the University of Michigan’s Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS) fall 2020 newsletter that again be republished for the Spring 2021 edition.
As a student leader what is one piece of advice you would give to a new student considering attending our school? I would recommend Cortland Community College to anyone that applies. You will find TC3 a bridge to achieve your goals. You will enjoy studying at a peaceful place as well as the diversity. You will also find faculty that would like to help you succeed your program with a big smile!