Graduate Certificate in
Women's Studies

The Women's Studies Program offers a 15-hour graduate certificate
in Women's Studies. The certificate is available to students
who are currently pursuing a graduate degree or who already have
a graduate degree. The purpose of the certificate is to expose
students to the rapidly expanding interdisciplinary scholarship
on women that might otherwise be neglected in their traditional
curricula. Interested graduate students must first contact the
program advisor to submit an application and to select an interdisciplinary
program of study.
All certificate candidates are required to take WMST 6010
Introduction to Feminist Theories and WMST 8010
Women and the Construction of Knowledge. (This course
was formerly numbered 7010 and may not be repeated for credit.)
WMST 6010 is a prerequisite for WMST 8010. The nine hours remaining will be drawn primarily from the
Primary Course Options listed below. Primary Courses are devoted
exclusively or primarily to topics pertaining to women or gender.
With permission, a student may include one three-hour Related Course.
Related Courses, while not having a major focus on women or gender,
have units devoted to these topics or provide opportunities for
students enrolled to structure their independent research and reading
efforts on Women's Studies. The program advisor can provide information
on current related courses.
Alternatively, a student may take a three-hour Directed Research
course either in a department or in Women's Studies (WMST 7950).
Directed readings or independent research hours will be allowed if:
1. the research focuses on a Women's Studies-related topic and 2.
the Director receives and approves, prior to the student's enrollment
in the course, a statement from the student and instructor outlining
the goals and content of the course. The student must file a copy
of the final paper with the Program Office.
A list of graduate courses can be found in the Student Handbook.
Students are not required to take WMST 6010 and 8010 before taking
other courses on the list. However, departmental prerequisites do
apply. Students should consult the current Graduate Bulletin for
the prerequisites set by the respective departments for all the courses
listed.
Graduate Certificate Required Courses (6 hours)
WMST 6010 and WMST 8010
Primary Course Options (6 - 9 hours)
See the Student Handbook for list of courses
Directed Research or Related Course Option (0 - 3 hours)
WMST 7950 Directed Research in Women's Studies. 3 hours
or
Approved departmental directed research or related course. 3 hours.
As with the undergraduate certificate, appropriate substitutions
may be petitioned. No more than two courses in the same department
(or courses with the same prefix) and no more than two courses with
the same instructor may be taken. A minimum grade of "B" in each
course is required for graduate certificate credit.
*Download the Application
for the Graduate Certificate
Please contact Dr. Patricia Richards and Dr. Susan Thomas at iwsgrad@uga.edu, for more information
about a Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies or phone (706-542-2846).


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