Bachelor's Degree in Socio-Cultural Gender Studies

• Broad interdisciplinary training: combining disciplines from the political-social (law, sociology, education, anthropology, economics), historical-cultural (history, philosophy, literature, communication), and health (psychology) fields. A diverse training path to obtain a holistic and critical vision of gender and its relationship with social structures. It will provide you with the tools to act, with a critical view of the inequalities that affect certain groups, and to contribute to correcting and preventing them.
• Flexible training tracks: thanks to the wide range of optional subjects and work placement possibilities, you will be able to adapt your academic path according to your interests and concerns. It offers you a solid training, and also multiple options to specialise in those areas that interest you most, whether it be gender theory, LGTBI rights, equality policies, etc.,
• Work placements: a wide network of entities and institutions where you can practice what you have learned, developing real projects and enriching your professional experience.
• Internationalisation: you can choose from a variety of international mobility destinations to learn about other academic and social perspectives on gender.
• Creative degree: the use of diverse languages is encouraged, favouring creativity. Your final project (TFG) accepts proposals such as the creation of an artistic or cultural artifact. Many subjects include the production of cultural projects such as documentaries, podcasts and material in other innovative formats. 

Career options

This UAB programme will prepare you to intervene professionally in introducing the perspective of gender into different working environments through, for example, the design and implementation of plans for equality in companies and public institutions or the development of protocols adapted to current legislation on equality.

Some of the professional areas for graduates are:

• Public administration organisms (gender equality offices, communitarian mediation groups, social work teams, labour risk prevention bureaus, etc.).
• International organisms (United Nations, Red Cross, UNESCO, WHO, etc.).
• Associations defending the rights of women and the LGTBQ community.
• Organisations related to the economic and labour sector (trade unions, business organisations, chambers of commerce, employment offices, etc.).
• Entities offering psychosocial attention to rape victims and psychopedagogical assessment bureaus.
• Consultancies for public and social policies.
• Entities offering training in equality policies.
• Non governmental organisations and international cooperation organisations.
• Multidisciplinary teams (think tanks).
• Formal lobbies (officially recognised by the European Parliament).
• Cultural industries and institutions (publishing houses, civic centres, cultural centres, museums, etc.).
• Media channels.
• Marketing and advertising companies.
• Associations of educational leisure entities and education centre associations.
• Research centres and teams working on gender equality.

And in different job positions:

• Consultancies focusing on gender equality.
• Project Management.
• Coordination of interdisciplinary teams.
• Experts in preparing national and European interdisciplinary project.
• Gender policy makers.
• Gender policy technicians.

The social, political and legal relevance of the subject and the large interest demonstrated by hiring sectors point to a large index of employability.

Mobility programmes

The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona participates in many mobility and exchange programmes around the world (http://www.uab.cat/web/mobility-international-exchange-1345680336097.html), especially with Europe, Latin America and Asia. 

Mobility programmes allow the UAB community to experience different realities and enable foreign students to complete their education at UAB. 









Map of UAB exchange programmes.  
         
Do you want to be an exchange student? Check the Circuit for outgoing students.

Are you interested in studying at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities? Check the Procedure for incoming students

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