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Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies

18 hours of coursework and independent study are required for the Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies. The first required nine hours of coursework will include a range of courses designed to broaden the knowledge and experiences of students concerning women’s issues. The second nine hours of coursework will be electives, including three hours of independent readings designed to fill in any gaps of interest where a course does not currently exist to meet that need.

Graduate Students must currently be enrolled in a Graduate School Program at SIUC, or holding a Bachelor’s degree and admitted as an Unclassified Graduate. The student MUST confer with the WMST Director before submitting this application to the Graduate School for participation in the Certificate Program. Admission to the Certificate Program must be obtained prior to completing nine (9) hours of coursework, and the Certificate must be completed within three years of beginning the program.

Required Graduate Courses: Three of the following (9 credit hours)                                                                                              

WMST 515/SPCM 515 - Communication and Gender (3 cr)

WMST 535/EAHE 535i - Seminar: Gender in Higher Education (3 cr)

WMST 544/SOC 544 - Sociology of Gender (3 cr)

WMST 550/PSYC 550 - Psychological Construction of Gender (3 cr)

WMST 560/KIN 560 - Gender and Sport (3 cr)

WMST 591 - Special Topics (3 credits)

AND

WMST 590 – Graduate Readings (3 cr)

Elective Courses: Two 400 or 500 level WMST courses, or other courses as approved by the Director of Women's Studies (6 credit hours)

WMST 401 – Third Wave Feminism (3 cr)

WMST 406 – Family, Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Modern Europe (3 cr, HIST 406)

WMST 410 – Transcending Gender (3 cr, ANTH 410L)

WMST 415 – Topics in Gender, Sexuality, & Communication (3cr, SPCM 415)

WMST 426 – Gender, Culture, and Communication (3 cr, ANTH 426/LING 426)

WMST 442 – Sociology of Gender (3 cr, SOC 423)

WMST 446 – Gender and Global Politics (3 cr, POLS 456)

WMST 448 -- Gender and Family in Modern U.S. History (3 cr, HIST 448)

WMST 450A -- Women in Music (3 cr, MUS 450A)

WMST 452A -- Traditions of Uppity Women's Blues (3 cr, MUS 452A)

WMST 456A/B/C – Feminist Philosophy (3 cr, PHIL 446A/B/C)

WMST 464 – Audio Documentary & Diversity (3 cr, RT 464)

WMST 465 – History of Sexuality in America (3cr, HIST 465)

WMST 468 – Law & the Social Control of Women in American History (3 cr, AJ 468/HIST 468)

WMST 476 – Women & the Criminal Justice System (3 cr, AJ 460/SOC 461)

WMST 489 – Women, State and Religion in the Middle East (3 cr, HIST 489)

WMST 490 – Readings (1-6 cr)

WMST 491 – Special Topics (1-6 cr)

WMST 492 – Women and Religion (3 cr, on-campus course only)

WMST 493 – Individual Research (2-6 cr)

WMST 494 – Practicum (1-6 cr)                                                                     

WMST 495 – Women’s Studies Student Seminar (3 cr, section topics vary)

WMST 565 – Continental Feminist Philosophy (3 cr, PHIL 565)

Updated 1/15/08

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