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Graduate Catalog

Women's Studies



The Women's Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary graduate certificate in women's studies. Students enrolled in any master's or doctoral program at the university may pursue this certificate by taking WS 500 plus three of the courses listed below for a total of 17-20 credit hours. Two of the three courses must be outside your major field of study.

The following are some of the courses offered by departments and cross-listed under Women's Studies. Description of these courses can be found listed under the various departments. In addition to the courses listed here, several departments regularly offer graduate courses under titles such as Special Topics or Colloquium that focus on women and gender and that carry credit toward the graduate Women's Studies Certificate.

AAS 582 The Black Family
ANTH 545 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
HLTH 527 The Health of Women
HIST 520 Women in American History
HIST 560 Women in European History
INCO 621 Gender and Communication
INCO 622 Communication in the Family
POLS 519 Gay Politics
POLS 520 Women, Law, and Politics
POLS 578 Feminist Political Theories
SOC 567 Violence Against Women
SOC 470 Sex Roles and Inequality
TCOM 581 Women and Media

Women's Studies (WS) Course

500 The New Scholarship on Women: The Question of Difference (5)
Question of sexual difference has both plagued and motivated contemporary feminist analyses. Course explores what new scholarship on women in diverse disciplines contributes to question of differences among women and between women and men, so that students can approach issue of difference in responsible, critical, and rigorous ways.

590 Independent Reading (1-4, max 4)
Directed individual reading and research.



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