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Career Opportunties

Career Opportunties

What can you do with a Women's and Gender Studies degree? Just about anything!

A WGS undergraduate degree not only prepares you for diverse and fascinating careers but also provides a wonderful stepping stone to a number of graduate and professional degree programs. Recent WGS graduates enjoy employment in the following fields:

  • Arts
  • Communication
  • Counseling
  • Criminal Justice
  • Diversity Training
  • Divinity and Theology
  • Education
  • Human Resources
  • Government
  • Law
  • Medicine
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • Social Work

 

For information about specific careers, see page 59 of the National Women's Studies Association's Women's Studies Program Administrators' Handbook

Alumni Profile

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Coming to Oakton gave Tamir Batchuluun the confidence she needed to switch career paths.

 

IMPORTANT DATES


February 12
Last day to withdraw from 16-week courses and have course dropped from record.

February 12
Last day to change to audit for 16-week courses.

February 19
Incomplete (I) grades from fall 2011 semester for which faculty have not submitted final grades will become an "F" after this date.

February 20
Presidents' Day holiday, College closed.

March 10 noon
Last day for filing Graduation Petitions.

March 11
Last day to withdraw with a "W" from 16-week courses; Students will receive a grade in all courses in which they are enrolled after March 11.

March 12-18
Spring recess.

March 19
Classes resume after spring recess.

March 26
Registration opens for summer 2012.

April 9
Registration opens for fall 2012.

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