Power, Gender and Identity Option

Degree Requirements

The Power, Gender and Identity option offers a strong foundation for understanding the historical roots of intersections between race, gender, ethnicity, class and socioeconomics that have created and continue to transform hierarchical structures of power. This option examines the origins of social stratification with regard to race, gender, ethnicity and class.  In consultation with primary sources drawn from divergent cultural, social and natural science documents, this option explores the historical context of marginalization, disenfranchisement, political and economic inequality and disempowerment.