Gender & Women's Studies Certificate (GWSC)

Type: Career, Certificate (C1)

Open Admissions

Division: Liberal Studies

 

The Gender & Women’s Studies Certificate provides a platform for students to study how the social construction of gender intersects with other identities in relation to systems of power and privilege. This interdisciplinary certificate provides a focus for students interested in gender and women’s studies within the framework of the traditional skills and content of a liberal arts education. The Gender & Women’s Studies certificate provides students with a professional credential for industries where equity & inclusion work is valued. The Gender & Women’s Studies certificate is also a primer for students interested in social justice activism.

 
If you have questions related to program admissions or applications, please contact [e-mail] or call 978-762-4188

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First Year

Fall

GWS104	Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies	3
ANT102	Cultural Anthropology	3
	OR
SOC106	Introduction to Sociology	3
	DIR-ELECTIVE-Directed-Elective-3	3
Total Credit Hours:		9

Spring

GWS201	Masculinities	3
PSY200	Psychology of Gender and Women	3
	OR
SOC202	Race, Gender, and Class	3
	GWS Elective 3	3
Total Credit Hours:		9

Program Note

Communication and Mathematics proficiency required to graduate.

See guided pathway sheets for advising notes specific to your area of focus.

Directed Elective: Choose one of the following: ANT102 Cultural Anthropology, Any GWS course, HIS136 History of Sexuality, HIS124 African‐American History, IDS102 IDS Seminar,
IDS136 Martin & Malcolm, IDS190 Keeping Score: Cultures of Sport, LIT214 Literature of the American Peoples I: American Indian Literature, LIT216 Literature of the American Peoples II: Latin American Literature, MDA201 Media Studies, PSY142 Human Sexual Behavior, PSY200 Psychology of Women & Gender, SOC106 Intro to Sociology, SOC202 Race, Class, and Gender.

 

Gender & Women's Studies (GWS) Elective: Choose one of the following: GWS106 Revolutionary Women: Combating Inequality, Poverty, and Power, GWS102Intro to GLBTQ Studies, GWS203 Politics of the Veil, GWS205 Women and War

Total Credit Hours: 18

Program Student Learner Outcomes

• Demonstrate an understanding of the categories of sex, gender, race, disability, and class as they apply to the social construction of reality;
• Demonstrate through written and verbal communications a familiarity with the language and terminology of the discipline;
• Articulate the relationship between categories of sex, gender and issues of social justice;
• Explain shifting definitions of sex and gender;
• Demonstrate familiarity with women’s contributions to culture, history, politics, etc.;
• Demonstrate familiarity with key periods in the historical and political struggle for women’s and gender equality;
• Apply critical feminist analysis to knowledge across the disciplines