Studies in Women and Gender, a major or minor open to all undergraduates, is an interdisciplinary program that seeks to study history and culture from women's perspectives and to deepen methods of academic pursuit by acknowledging the critical places of gender. By examining issues raised in SWAG, students develop a fuller understanding of their options as human beings than they have previously recognized, living as we do in a culture divided by gender stereotyping that defines and limits both men and women. Offering a critical perspective, SWAG encourages a re-examination of traditional methods and concepts, supports new kinds of research, and permits students to understand better the changing roles and behavior of men and women in the contemporary world. Acknowledging the central place of women's experience widens the entire base of our understanding of past and present to encompass the wholeness of life.