Required Courses

To earn the certificate, students must complete 24 credits of gender and women’s studies coursework, including the following four required courses:

• GWST 100 - Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies (3.00)
• GWST 200 - Studies in Feminist Activism (3.00)
• GWST 300 - Methodologies of Gender and Women’s Studies (3.00)
• GWST 480 - Theories of Feminism (3.00)

AND One of the following women’s history courses:

• GWST 325 - History of Women in America to 1870 (3.00)
• HIST 325 - History of Women in America to 1870 (3.00)
• GWST 326 - History of Women in America Since 1870 (3.00)
• HIST 326 - History of Women in America Since 1870 (3.00)
• GWST 327 - African American Women’s History (3.00)
• AFST 354 - African American Women’s History (3.00)
• GWST 330 - Gender and Women in the Classical World (3.00)
• ANCS 320 - Gender and Women in the Classical World (3.00)
• GWST 366 - Doing It: Case Studies in the History of Western Sexuality (3.00)
• HIST 366 - Doing It: Case Studies in the History of Western Sexuality (3.00)
• GWST 374 - European Women’s History 1200-1750 (3.00)
• HIST 374 - European Women’s History 1200-1750 (3.00)
• GWST 375 - European Women’s History 1750-Present (3.00)
• HIST 375 - European Women’s History 1750- (3.00)
• GWST 380 - Women and Gender in Asia (3.00)
• HIST 380 - Women and Gender in Asia (3.00)

Additional Information:

As well as nine credits of elective gender and women’s studies courses, including at least two courses that specifically address the range of women’s experiences (RoE), for example through a focus on international women, ethnicity, sexual orientation and/or class.

Note:

A grade of “C” or better is required in all courses applied toward the certificate.