The Sociology Department offers a Master of Arts degree in Women’s Health (MAWH). This program is the first in the United States to offer a broad-based graduate-level social science degree in Women’s Health. Suffolk’s Program goes beyond a solely biological or clinical model to offer a broad understanding of women’s health as including cultural, emotional, psychosocial, legal, and economic components.

This program aims to educate a new generation of educators, leaders, and advocates who can contribute to women’s health and foster awareness of women’s health issues in a variety of clinical, civic, educational, and community contexts. Combining academic training with a required, hands-on community internship, the program will provide you with intellectual and practical tools for working with women of diverse ages and backgrounds.

Learn coalition-building, community organizing, policy analysis, legislative advocacy, fundraising, marketing, media relations, and public presentation skills. Study health issues that particularly affect women such as reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, eating and body image problems, and the health concerns of our aging population. Through course work, informal seminars, and a three-month internship, you will strengthen your understanding of the social forces that shape the health and lives of women both in the U.S. and internationally.