The Graduate Certificate in Gender, Power and Difference provides students with a solid foundation in feminist frameworks that address gender, power, and privilege. The graduate certificate should benefit students interested in feminist epistemologies, research, and pedagogy.
Students interested in graduate work should refer to the Graduate and Professional Bulletin. For more information on the certificate, please visit the department website.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of the program of study, students will:
- Demonstrate a mastery of feminist frameworks that focus on gender, power, and difference.
- Analyze academic disciplines from feminist and intersectional perspectives.
- Demonstrate understanding of feminist epistemology of power and difference.
- Implement feminist methodology and research.
Effective Fall 2022
Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Course | ||
| WS 601 | Foundations of Feminist Research | 3 |
| Select at least 9 credits from the following list that focuses on how gender intersects with race, disability, sexuality, sovereignty, sustainability, nation, or other categories of difference. 1 | 9 | |
| Women, Health, and Culture | ||
| Gender, Sexuality, and Culture | ||
| Seminar | ||
| Group Study | ||
| Special Topics in Literature: Gender Studies | ||
| Research Seminar | ||
| Political Economy of Race and Gender | ||
| Contemporary Ethnic Studies Issues | ||
| Race and U.S. Social Movements | ||
| Chicana Feminism: Theory and Form | ||
| Gender, Violence and Indigenous Peoples | ||
| National Identities and Nation Building | ||
| Indigenous Law, Policy, and Peoples | ||
| African American Intellectual Thought | ||
| Critical Disability Studies | ||
| Supervised College Teaching | ||
| Family Therapy Practice: Topics in Sexuality | ||
| Advanced French Author Studies | ||
| Advanced Topic Studies-French | ||
| Seminar-French | ||
| Literary and Cultural Theory | ||
| Advanced Spanish Author Studies | ||
| Advanced Topic Studies-Spanish | ||
| Seminar-Spanish | ||
| Seminar | ||
| Seminar in Contemporary Philosophical Theory | ||
| Seminar | ||
| Group Study | ||
| Gender and the Law | ||
| Psychology of Women, Men, and Gender | ||
| Social Stratification | ||
| Gender and Global Society | ||
| Feminist Theories of Discourse | ||
| Seminar | ||
| Women and Sustainability | ||
| Supervised College Teaching | ||
| Seminar in Women's Studies | ||
| Independent Study 1 | ||
| Thesis 1 | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 12 | |
*This certificate may have courses in common with other graduate certificates. A student may earn more than one certificate, but a given course may be counted only in one certificate.
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Graduate coordinator approval required. A minimum of 9 regular graduate credits are required to complete the certificate with only 3 credits in thesis, supervised college teaching, or independent study. All courses should include feminist, women’s, and/or gender studies theories, methodologies, and paradigms. Students can submit course syllabi to the graduate coordinator for approval.