Banca de DEFESA: CARLA MENEZES SILVÉRIO

A STUDY ON THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN GENDER AND DIVERSITY STUDIES AT UFBA: CHALLENGES AND THE LABOR MARKET

Students, challenges, graduation in BEGD and career

Our research was carried out in order to learn more about the Bachelor of Gender and Diversity Studies (BEGD) course offered by the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). We set out to answer the following question: “What are the main challenges and perspectives of the Bachelor’s Degree in Gender and Diversity Studies from the perspective of students?”. Our general objective was to obtain a survey referring to the course, having an analysis and critical view of the active students to understand a little more about the proposal of this new profession and its applicability both academically and in the job market. We carried out a survey of the students' socioeconomic profile, described their motivations and perspectives regarding the course and pointed out the challenges of this career in their view. The research used the methodology of content analysis with semi-structured interview. Our results were divided into exploratory material 1, exploratory material 2 and exploratory material 3, being coded and categorized for better structuring and analysis.