Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies
CERTIFICATE CODE - CG30
| CORE COURSES * | 6 | |
| Feminist Theory | ||
WGST 696 | Graduate Seminar | |
| ELECTIVES ** | 9 | |
| Select from the following: | ||
| Sexuality in American Culture | ||
| Sex and Science at the Movies | ||
| Men and Masculinities | ||
| Seminar:Capstone | ||
| Independent Study | ||
WGST 696 | Graduate Seminar | |
| Teaching Practicum | ||
| Independent Study | ||
Additional WGST courses at the 400 level or above | ||
| Women in Sport | ||
| Women in Art | ||
| Intergroup Communication | ||
| Gender and Communication | ||
| Cultural Diversity in the Classroom | ||
| Disability and the Community | ||
| Disability and Society | ||
| Disability and the Family | ||
| Studies in Drama | ||
| American Literature, 1915-Present | ||
| Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature | ||
| Twentieth-Century British Literature | ||
| Recent Literary Criticism | ||
| Seminar in American Studies | ||
| Qualitative Research in Geography | ||
| Gender, Society and Space | ||
| Public Policy of Aging | ||
| Aging Women & Cultural Issues | ||
| Geopolitical Perspectives | ||
| Diversity Issues in Higher Education | ||
| Women and Gender Issues in HIED | ||
| Nutrition and Fitness | ||
| Latin American Culture | ||
| Medieval and Golden Age | ||
| Spanish Literature 1898-1936 | ||
| Spanish Literature after 1975 | ||
| Spanish Women Writers | ||
| Afrohispanic Literature | ||
| Total Hours | 15 | |
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Students may repeat WGST 696. Additional attempts may count toward the electives.
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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