Women's and Gender Studies
Designed to provide students with specialized knowledge and training in the field of Women's and Gender Studies
Women's and Gender Studies, Graduate Certificate
The Women's and Gender Studies Certificate program provides students with specialized knowledge and training in the field of Women's and Gender Studies. Students will have an opportunity to acquire advanced training and expertise in feminist theory, feminist methodology, and in fundamental issues in the field, such as issues of gender inequality, difference, and the intersection of gender and other forms of social identity and positioning. These include race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, age, ability, religion, and nationality.
The program exposes students to new ways of thinking about women and gender that interrogate and expand the processes by which knowledge about human beings is acquired, interpreted, and transmitted. Students will have the opportunity to research these new ways of thinking and to apply the knowledge acquired to their personal and professional life.
The program uses global feminist perspectives, integrating theory and practice, and producing scholar-activists.
News Briefs
Women’s and Gender Studies lecture views plagiarism through feminist lens
The long-term impact that plagiarism accusations have on faculty and students will be the topic of the next MTSU Women’s and Gender Studies Research lecture. “Feminism and Radical Trust: Stories of Plagiarism and Its People” is slated for 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in Room 100C of the James Union Building. The presenter will be [ Read More ]
Women’s and Gender Studies conference examines migration, gender March 28-30
Scholars from around the world will join local feminists for a very timely conference at MTSU March 28-30. “Gendered Migrations, Bodies and Borders” is the theme of MTSU’s 13th Interdisciplinary Conference in Women’s and Gender Studies, encompassing both geographical migration and migration through gender, border crossings as well as contested bodies, identities and spaces. All [ Read More ]
News Briefs
Women’s and Gender Studies lecture views plagiarism through feminist lens
The long-term impact that plagiarism accusations have on faculty and students will be the topic of the next MTSU Women’s and Gender Studies Research lecture. “Feminism and Radical Trust: Stories of Plagiarism and Its People” is slated for 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in Room 100C of the James Union Building. The presenter will be [ Read More ]
Women’s and Gender Studies conference examines migration, gender March 28-30
Scholars from around the world will join local feminists for a very timely conference at MTSU March 28-30. “Gendered Migrations, Bodies and Borders” is the theme of MTSU’s 13th Interdisciplinary Conference in Women’s and Gender Studies, encompassing both geographical migration and migration through gender, border crossings as well as contested bodies, identities and spaces. All [ Read More ]
Women's and Gender Studies, Graduate Certificate
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Certificate Requirements
Candidate must
- complete 15 hours of graduate courses, with at least 6 hours at the 6000 level (see Curriculum section below for specifics);
- maintain a cumulative graduate grade point average of 3.00 in courses leading to the certificate.
Curriculum: Women's and Gender Studies
Candidate must complete 15 hours in the following course of study:
Required Courses (6 hours)
Electives (9 hours)
Approved courses must be taught by a WGST graduate faculty member to count towards the certificate.
5000-level Courses
- CDFS 5140 - Violence in the Family 3 credit hours
- HIST 5775 - U.S. Women’s History 3 credit hours
- HIST 5790 - Women and Gender in Modern Europe 3 credit hours
- MUHL 5810 - Women in Music 3 credit hours
- PSY 5620 - Psychology of Women 3 credit hours
- SOC 5140 - Violence in the Family 3 credit hours
- SOC 5150 - Topics in Sociology 3 credit hours
- SOC 5361 - Contemporary Issues in Women’s Health 3 credit hours
6000/7000-level Courses
- BCED 6680 - Women and Minorities in Business 3 credit hours
- ENGL 6415 - Special Topics in Women’s Literature 3 credit hours (approved topics only)
- ENGL 6565 - Special Topics in Film Studies 3 credit hours (approved topics only)
- ENGL 6611 - Special Topics in Literature and Language 3 credit hours (approved topics only)
- ENGL 6815 - Special Topics in Composition and Rhetoric 3 credit hours (approved topics only)
- ENGL 7415 - Special Topics in Women’s Literature 3 credit hours (approved topics only)
- ENGL 7565 - Special Topics in Film Studies 3 credit hours (approved topics only)
- ENGL 7611 - Special Topics in Language and Literature 3 credit hours (approved topics only)
- ENGL 7815 - Special Topics in Composition and Rhetoric 3 credit hours (approved topics only)
- HIST 6104 - Seminar: Topics in American History 3 credit hours (approved topics only)
- HIST 6204 - Readings in History 3 credit hours (approved topics only) (approved topics only)
- HIST 7104 - Seminar: Topics in American History 3 credit hours (approved topics only)
- HIST 7204 - Readings in History 3 credit hours (approved topics only) (approved topics only)
- PSY 6730 - Literature Review and Reading in Psychology: Personality 1 to 3 credit hours
- SOC 6540 - Topics in Crime and Deviance 3 credit hours (approved topics only)
- SOC 6545 - Topics in Gender 3 credit hours (approved topics only)
- SOC 6650 - Contemporary Social Issues 3 credit hours (approved topics only)
- WGST 6030 - Global Perspectives on Gender and Sexualities 3 credit hours
Program Notes
Students may transfer up to six (6) credit hours of approved coursework into the certificate program. The time limit for use of credit toward the certificate is six years from the date of enrollment in the earliest course applied toward the certificate, including transferred courses.
Candidate must file a Notice of Intent to Graduate form in the College of Graduate Studies within the first two weeks of the semester in term in which candidate intends to graduate.
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