Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies
CERTIFICATE CODE - CG30
The Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies consists of 15 credit hours of course work that can complement any graduate degree program.
- No more that two 400-level course may be counted toward certificate.
- In lieu of an exam at the end of the graduate certificate program, students may also make a presentation in the seminar course at the end of the semester in which they take that course.
| Required Courses | ||
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| Seminar | ||
| Feminist Theory | ||
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| Independent Study | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| WGST Electives * | 9 | |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
| * | WGST Electives from list of Approved Courses. Petitions for other courses possible |
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