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Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Ph.D.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to Critically survey current feminist, queer, and trans scholarship, and identify gaps in the literature and new research opportunities and design an interdisciplinary feminist research project based on an original research question, and develop a relevant methodological approach for finding answers and intervening in scholarly debates.

2. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to Practice a multitude of feminist pedagogical strategies for diverse learning styles and outcomes in preparation to teach introductory and advanced courses in the field.

3. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to Explain canonical, intersectional, and transnational feminist theoretical frameworks, and apply these critical tools to analyze social structures that positively or negatively influence local and global inequalities.

4. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to Summarize the historical emergence of the field of WGSS, and situate the field in relation to the changing politics and economics of the contemporary US university.

SUCCESS RATES

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8-year graduation rate

7.06

Avg. years to degree

MEDIAN EARNINGS

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10 years after graduation

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5 years after graduation

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1 year after graduation

PLACEMENT2 years after graduation

N/A

Working in New York

25.0

Continuing Education

Notes

Graduation rates: the percent of students entering the doctoral program any time during the academic year and graduating by May 31 eight years later. Methodology adheres to guidelines from the AAU Data Exchange doctoral completion rates and means that spring entrants have less time to complete. Average of three most recent reporting years (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) Years to degree: the average number of years it takes a student to complete the selected program. Average of the three most recent completion years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23). No Asterisk-Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level based on the 2-digit CIP code at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. U.S. Census, Postsecondary Enrollment Outcomes Explorer. Degree completers from 2001-2018 in 2020 dollars. Asterisk- Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. SUNY Graduates Post Completions Interactive Dashboard. Degree completers from 2005-2019 in 2020 dollars. Working in NY State: the percent of graduates working in New York State two years after graduation. SUNY Wages Dashboard, includes graduates from 2015-18. Most recent available data from SUNY as of January 31, 2024