Gender Studies offers new approaches to untangling questions such as: Who are we? Why are we the ways we are? What directions is society taking and how can it be transformed? We frame these questions through the lens of gender and seek answers from a wide range of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities.

Gender Studies investigates what it means to be a woman/man/other in society at different times and places. You will look closely at the impact of gender, sex and sexuality on people's lives at home, cross culturally, at work, in public policy, in the media, on the streets and in the classroom. You can undertake study by completing a major within a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Social Science, combine with a second major or as a general interest.

Key Features

• Macquarie's longest standing interdisciplinary program. You can study gender with anthropology, critical and cultural studies, English, history, human geography, law, media, philosophy and sociology.
• You will develop critical thinking, communication and writing skills, and expertise on gender relevant to employment fields including education, media and policy making.
• You will formulate meaningful and practical solutions and policy responses to gender-related social problems.

• advocacy and welfare officer
• community outreach coordinator
• equal opportunity officer
• feminist, gender and queer activist
• government policy officer
• health services worker
• human rights activist
• journalist
• multicultural liaison officer
• politics and policy adviser
• sexual assault/health adviser
• social policy researcher
• social services coordinator
• social worker (eg counselling, hospitals, outreach)
• workplace relations officer