Phone: (845) 257-2975
Location: Southside House
Web address: www.newpaltz.edu/wmnstudies 
Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary academic program offering a Bachelor of Arts degree, as well as a minor. The foundation of the program is the study of women, past and present, in various fields of inquiry. The courses examine the presuppositions of academic disciplines from a feminist, multicultural perspective that places gender at the center of analaysis. They explore aspects of women's social, cultural and political experience in the United States and throughout the world, including women's roles as producers of culture and advocates of social change. Some courses are offered through Women's Studies, and others are offered through other college departments. An interdisciplinary course, "Women: Images and Realities" provides the introduction to the program. The Practicum in Women's Studies offers students an opportunity to work in organizations concerned with women's issues. In the senior seminar students do an in-depth research project in a topic of their choosing.
The Women's Studies program supports a variety of campus activities. It often presents lectures and films in conjunction with other organizations and hosts an annual conference about current issues affecting women. A colloquium series provides a forum for students and faculty to discuss their research in Women's Studies.
Because the Women's Studies Program at SUNY New Paltz is committed to improving the position of women on the campus and in the community, the program concerns itself with discrimination against women students and faculty, with affirmative action, and with the general expansion of campus services for women.
Women's Studies Program
