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When to applyĪpplications for this programme are considered on a rolling basis, meaning the programme will close once it becomes full.

You may also have to provide evidence of your English proficiency, although you do not need to provide this at the time of your application to LSE. See further information on supporting documents academic achievement (including predicted and achieved grades) We carefully consider each application on an individual basis, taking into account all the information presented on your application form, including your: If you would like to learn more about Gender Studies at UCLA, please explore this website or email us at more information.We welcome applications from all suitably qualified prospective students and want to recruit students with the very best academic merit, potential and motivation, irrespective of their background. But we do know that at a time when women are being denied the right to reproductive freedom, Gender Studies has to step up to the challenge.Īs we approach the 2022-23 academic year, we will continue to prepare students to become anti-colonial, anti-racist critical feminist thinkers ready and able to confront the immense challenges of our times. As Angela Davis stated in a June 2020 interview “This moment holds possibilities for change we have never before experienced.” By June 2022 when the Supreme Court overruled Roe v Wade and decided that abortion was not a protected right, it is hard to hold on to Davis’s optimism. Two months later the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and too many more, sparked a mass movement against police brutality and for racial justice, which inspired hope and optimism. In March 2020, the COVID-19 global pandemic forced us to move to remote work and learning. The Department is home to the Racial Violence Hub, a virtual community of scholars and resources ( ) The Hub is directed by the Penny Kanner Endowed Chair, a position I occupy.įor the Gender Studies faculty and students, the last year and a half has been challenging, but also hopeful. Our grad program also emphasizes intersectionality with particular strengths in transnational feminist studies, Black feminism, Queer and Trans studies, racial violence, issues of Indigenous sovereignty, migration, critical disability studies and critical digital studies and media. Popular undergrad courses focus on racial violence, mass incarceration, disability rights, Black, Indigenous and woman of color feminisms. Our distinguished interdisciplinary faculty offer classes that range from large lecture courses, like our introductory Gender Studies 10, to small, student research-based senior seminars, like GS187.

Each year we welcome many transfer students, as well as international and returning students to the Gender Studies major and minor. Today, the Department of Gender Studies has 18 core and 20 joint faculty and is home to approximately 250 undergraduate majors, 50 minors, and 30 Ph.D.

Our department has grown significantly since 1975, when Women’s Studies first gained formal status as an academic program at UCLA.

The Department is deeply committed to social justice and offers a multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate program that fosters critical scholarship from diverse intellectual fields in the humanities and social sciences. Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on the complex interaction of gender, race, class and sexuality in social relations, institutions, and systems. Welcome to the UCLA Department of Gender Studies.