Gender and Women’s Studies Certificate

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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The College of Liberal Arts offers a Graduate Certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies with course offerings from a variety of disciplines. The curriculum stresses the exploration of theoretical and practical concepts of power, as applied to gender and sexuality and to all forms of oppression through a genuinely interdisciplinary approach. Honoring the social as well as the intellectual traditions of the disciplines, our courses draw on feminist models of collaborative learning and pedagogy and value the knowledge and authority that students as well as teachers bring to the classroom. Across the GWS curriculum, students experience the dynamic process of integrating the quest for knowledge with personal experience, through courses that give them a voice, a sense of community, and an invitation to work for social change.

Students who are pursuing a degree in another department will be able to apply some of their courses for both the degree and the certificate. The certificate allows students to enhance their studies with a deeper knowledge of GWS, which has transformed scholarship and challenged fundamental assumptions in the humanities, social and natural sciences, and the professions. The certificate can also be earned as a stand-alone program.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

The certificate requires 15 credit hours (5 three-credit courses) including Critical Perspectives on Gender (GWS 8000) and four graduate courses with the GWS attribute. The GWS curriculum is always evolving and shown in its entirety in our course catalog. Our faculty from many disciplines frequently teach new graduate courses. Recent courses that qualify for the GWS attribute are:

Graduate Courses

Course
Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
78
Total Credits:
15

 

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Overview

Program

Gender and Women's Studies

Type

Graduate Certificate