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Women's and Gender Studies

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Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies

CERTIFICATE CODE - CG30

CORE COURSES *6
WGST 530
Feminist Theory
WGST 696
Graduate Seminar
ELECTIVES **9
Select from the following:
WGST 448
Sexuality in American Culture
WGST 450
Sex and Science at the Movies
WGST 460
Men and Masculinities
WGST 484
Seminar:Capstone
WGST 595
Independent Study
WGST 696
Graduate Seminar
WGST 790
Teaching Practicum
WGST 795
Independent Study
Additional WGST courses at the 400 level or above
ACE 671
Women in Sport
ARHS 548
Women in Art
COMM 611
Intergroup Communication
COMM 622
Gender and Communication
C&I 689
Cultural Diversity in the Classroom
DISB 682
Disability and the Community
DISB 585
Disability and Society
DISB 580
Disability and the Family
ENGL 634
Studies in Drama
ENGL 648
American Literature, 1915-Present
ENGL 666
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
ENGL 671
Twentieth-Century British Literature
ENGL 682
Recent Literary Criticism
ENGL 741
Seminar in American Studies
GEOG 603
Qualitative Research in Geography
GEOG 612
Gender, Society and Space
GERO 512
Public Policy of Aging
GERO 628
Aging Women & Cultural Issues
GEOG 640
Geopolitical Perspectives
HIED 750
Diversity Issues in Higher Education
HIED 754
Women and Gender Issues in HIED
HN&F 610
Nutrition and Fitness
SPAN 630
Latin American Culture
SPAN 651
Medieval and Golden Age
SPAN 654
Spanish Literature 1898-1936
SPAN 656
Spanish Literature after 1975
SPAN 672
Spanish Women Writers
SPAN 674
Afrohispanic Literature
Total Hours15
*

Students may repeat WGST 696. Additional attempts may count toward the electives.

**

Students may petition to have other courses count toward electives. Email the Graduate Certificate Advisor (listed on the Faculty tab) for information. Nine credit hours must be unique to the Certificate. Normally, the following restrictions also apply: no more than one 400 level course; no more than 3 credits of any combination of independent study, internship, research credits, or teaching practica. Thus, electives may use a maximum of 3 hours total and a maximum of one attempt each of 590/690/790; 495/595/695/795; 697/797; or internship courses. 

Certificate Learning Outcomes

Women's and Gender Studies

In completing a graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies, students will be able to:

  • Use the lens of feminist and gender theory to analyze manifestations of human endeavor
  • Integrate key terms and concepts related to women’s and gender studies in an interdisciplinary approach to their primary discipline
  • Engage in discourse addressing how gender, class, race, ethnicity, age, sexualities and sexual identities shape experience and reflect societal constructs
  • Analyze, dissect, and criticize arguments to demonstrate an understanding of the scholarship and theoretical underpinning of the field of women’s and gender studies
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