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Women’s and Gender Studies, BA

The Women’s and Gender Studies Department at Sonoma State University centers the vision of feminism as articulated by bell hooks, as a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and
oppression. [1] Our department enables students to explore the social, political, and cultural dimensions of gender and inequity. Our field empowers students to use an intersectional feminist
analysis to engage in building a more equitable world. It compels us to envision and commit to transformative action.

WGS studies how gender structures everything from our innermost self to transnational circuits of society and economy. Feminist theory and practice involve a critical exploration of power,
difference, and the production of knowledge. Feminist pedagogy is committed to knowledge as co-constructed and collaborative between professors and students with an emphasis on equity
and empathy.

Our department utilizes an intersectional perspective, which means that we understand gender to be co-constituted with race, ethnicity, sexuality, nation, ability, and other forms of social power.
We use an interdisciplinary approach that examines gendered identities, relationships, structures, institutions, and ideologies through social, historical, political, legal, and cultural lenses.

Our department fosters critical awareness and builds community. The WGS Department’s general education courses, lecture series, and major courses produce campus-wide transformative
consciousness. Emphasizing the connections between theory and practice, Women’s and Gender Studies encourages applied learning through internships, service learning, cultural production, and research. This empowers students with the knowledge and fortitude required to exact meaningful individual, interpersonal, workplace and systemic changes toward a more just and equitable world. WGS extends its legacy as a change agent through its faculty, students, scholarship, curriculum, service, and alumni.

Intakes

Application Processing Time in Days: 30

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description	IELTS (1.0 -9.0)	TOEFL IBT (0-120)	TOEFL CBT (0-300)	PTE (10-90)
Expert	9	120	297-300	86-90
Very Good	8.5	115-119	280-293	83-86
Very Good	8	110-114	270-280	79-83
Good	7.5	102-109	253-267	73-79
Good	7	94-101	240-253	65-73
Competent	6.5	79-93	213-233	58-65
Competent	6	60-78	170-210	50-58
Modest	5.5	46-59	133-210	43-50
Modest	5	35-45	107-133	36-43
Limited	4	32-34	97-103	30-36
Extremely Limited	< 4	< 31	< 93	< 30

Job Opportunity Potential

The Career Center requires that all employers who post jobs via Handshake, attend an on-campus event, or collaborate with the Career Center in any way adhere to federal, state, and local employment laws as well as campus policies. No employer working in collaboration with the Career Center shall portray signs of discrimination and/or harassment of job candidates and/or employees on that basis of race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy status, or a physical or mental disability. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provides detail on how to recognize and protect yourself against discrimination and harassment. The SSU Career Center reserves the right to refuse to work with any employer, company, or organization who does not work in congruence with these values.

PSW Opportunity

Post-Study Work visa or permit, allowing international students on F-1 visas to work in the US after completing their studies, typically through Optional Practical Training (OPT).

Eligibility:
To be eligible for OPT, students must have been enrolled full-time in a US educational institution for at least one academic year and be seeking work related to their major.

Duration:
Students can apply for up to 12 months of OPT, either before they finish their studies (pre-completion) or after graduation (post-completion).

STEM OPT:
Students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields can apply for an extended OPT period of up to 24 months.

Contact our PSA counselor for more information

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Complete a high/secondary school curriculum which totals 12 years of primary-secondary education, and earn a graduation diploma or certificate
Complete high school curriculum with above satisfactory grades or marks which is equivalent to a 3.0 Grade Point Average (GPA) on a 4.0 grading scale or a qualifying Multi factor score.

In addition to minimum admissions requirements, international student applicants must demonstrate that they meet the minimum English proficiency required to attend Sonoma State University. International applicants may meet English proficiency by:

Having attended 3 years full-time at an institution (secondary or postsecondary) where English is the primary language used OR
Having been educated in one of the countries that qualify for an English waiver (listed below) OR
Completion of GE Area A2/1A (Written Communication) at a US institution with a grade of C- or better OR
Submit official verification of English proficiency via an exam (English proficiency test scores are valid when received from the testing agency and will be valid for 2 years from the test date).

TOEFL iBT Total Score = 61

TOEFL Paper-Based Exam = 500

IELTS Overall Total Band Score (Academic) = 6.0

Pearson PTE = 47

Sonoma State University

California , California ,United States