Women's and Gender Studies

Women's & Gender Studies is a vastly growing area of study focused on the way gender shapes social norms and individual experiences, and how those factors affect the larger world.

Courses offered as a part of this certificate and concentration place an emphasis on how gender impacts personal and professional experiences, how certain societal figures (artists, researchers, clinical practitioners, and so on) represent and respond to those experiences, and how studying Women's & Gender Studies can help you reimagine the way the world should respond to gendered experiences. 

This inter- and multi-disciplinary certificate or concentration program allows you to diversify your thinking through a dynamic curriculum that can be used to enhance all other academic disciplines. Our teacher-scholars draw upon both well established and developing research in women's studies, feminist theory, and gender studies generated externally as well as their own research to craft relevant and timely courses in related disciplines.

 

Program Information

This inter- and multi-disciplinary certificate or concentration program allows you to diversify your thinking through a dynamic curriculum that can be used to enhance all other academic disciplines. Our teacher-scholars draw upon both well established and developing research in women's studies, feminist theory, and gender studies generated externally as well as their own research to craft relevant and timely courses in related disciplines

Degree

Certificate

School

McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts

Required Credit Hours

9 (Concentration), 15 (Certificate)

Curriculum

Learn about program options for a graduate concentration or certificate

To receive a concentration in Women's & Gender Studies at the graduate level, you must take 9 credits (3 courses) that are cross-listed as Women's & Gender Studies courses, including:
  • One course must be in your main area of study
  • One course must be outside of your main area of study
  • You may inquire with the Director of Women's and Gender Studies about credit for courses not cross-listed in the program if the course(s) will have a substantial women's and gender studies content and the curriculum includes a major project or paper in the field of women's and gender studies.
To receive a certificate in Women's & Gender Studies at the graduate level, you must take 15 credits (5 courses) that are cross-listed as Women's & Gender Studies courses, including:
  • One course must be in your main area of study
  • One course must be outside of your main area of study
  • You may seek permission from the Director of Women's and Gender Studies to include courses not cross-listed in the program if said course(s) will have a substantial women's and gender studies component and if the student engages in a major project or paper in the field of women's and gender studies.