GWST Certificate
Completing a Gender and Women’s Studies Certificate
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To earn the certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies, students must complete 24 credits of Gender and Women’s Studies coursework, divided as follows:
| CORE COURSES (12 credits) | |||
| Course Number | Course Name |
Semester offered |
GEP |
| GWST 100 | Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies |
SS |
|
| GWST 200 | Studies in Feminist Activism |
Spring Only |
SS |
| GWST 300 | Methodologies of Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies |
Fall Only |
WI |
| GWST 480 | Theories of Feminism | ||
| WOMEN’S HISTORY COURSES (3 credits) | |||
| Course Number(s) | Course Name |
RoE |
GEP |
| GWST/HIST 325 | History of Women in America to 1870 |
SS |
|
| GWST/HIST 326 | History of Women in America Since 1870 |
SS |
|
| GWST 327/AFST 354/HIST 323 | African-American Women’s History |
RoE |
SS |
| GWST 330/ANCS 320 | Women and Gender in the Classical World |
AH or C |
|
| GWST/HIST 366 | Doin’ It: Case Studies in the History of Western Sexuality |
RoE |
SS |
| GWST/HIST 374 | European Women’s History 1200-1750 |
SS or C |
|
| GWST/HIST 375 | European Women’s History 1750-1914 |
SS or C |
|
| GWST/HIST 376 | European Women’s History 1914-Present |
SS or C |
|
| GWST/HIST 380 | History of Women and Gender in Asia |
RoE |
C |
| GWST 383 | History and Politics of Sexuality |
RoE |
|
ELECTIVE CREDITS (9 credits)
Nine credits of elective Gender and Women’s Studies courses, including topics courses in Gender + Women’s Studies (GWST 290, 390, 490). At least two elective courses must specifically address the range of women’s experiences (RoE) for example through a focus on international women, ethnicity, sexual orientation and/or class. Students who wish to pursue GWST in even more depth than the certificate permits should consider pursuing the B.A.
NOTES
- A “C” or better is required in all courses applied toward the certificate.
- A maximum of six (6) credits of GWST electives may be taken at the 200 level.
- A maximum of three (3) GWST independent study credits may be counted toward the certificate.