Women’s and Gender Studies Certificate: 259

Program Requirements

All students should review the Program Advising Guide and consult an advisor.

• WMST 101 - Introduction to Women’s Studies 3 semester hours *

• OR

• GNDS 101 - Introduction to Gender Studies 3 semester hours *

Additional Courses

Choose 9 credits from the list below including a social sciences course and a humanities course.

• ENGL 208 - Women in Literature 3 semester hours *
• GNDS 102 - Understanding LGBT Identities 3 semester hours
• HIST 112 - Women in World History 3 semester hours
• HIST 228 - Women in the Western World 3 semester hours
• HLTH 215 - Women’s Health 3 semester hours
• PHIL 212 - Women in Philosophy I 3 semester hours
• PHIL 218 - Women in Philosophy II 3 semester hours
• PSYC 207 - Psychology of Women 3 semester hours **
• SOCY 208 - Sociology of Gender 3 semester hours
• SOCY 214 - Sociology of the Family 3 semester hours
• WMST or GNDS Elective 3 semester hours

Total Credit Hours: 12

* This course carries a co-prerequisite of ENGL 101 /ENGL 011 . 

** These courses carry prerequisites.

This program can be completed either on campus or online.

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, a student will be able to:

• Demonstrate a systematic knowledge of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship about women and gender.
• Evaluate the influence gender and sexuality have had on contributions in various disciplines and their recognition in various realms.
• Analyze the ways that hierarchical systems, such as sexism and racism, have functioned, have changed, and have continued to change.
• Connect ideas across disciplines, compare theories with experiences, and contrast different academic perspectives on gender.
• Recognize how an awareness of women’s and gender issues and roles in society may positively affect the futures of students (in all disciplines) and as professionals (in all professions).

​This program is not approved for federal or state student financial aid.