GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES

Gender and Women's Studies has transformed scholarship and challenged fundamental assumptions in the humanities, social and natural sciences, and the professions. Our curriculum can be tailored to students’ individual research interests., and students may enroll in the stand-alone graduate certificate program, or add the certificate to a master’s degree in another department. The certificate can be earned by completing 15 graduate credits. 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.

Why a Graduate Certificate in Gender and Women's Studies?

• Our program encourages critical thinking about gender difference and sexuality at local, national and global levels through courses and programming that challenge sex-biased generalizations and stereotypes.
• 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.
• We seek to empower students by developing the skills needed to reason and argue competently, thus giving them a voice and sense of identity to work for change.