Graduate Certificate
Women's and Gender Studies

Maximize your education and supplement your scholarly training with a specialization in the interdisciplinary field of women’s and gender studies (WGS). Women’s and gender studies research, theories, and methodologies have had an impact on every field of academic study.

A graduate certificate in women’s and gender studies will enable you to:

• develop expertise in historical and contemporary issues concerning women,
  gender, and sexuality
• add interdisciplinary breadth to your academic pursuits with a customized program of study
• earn a professional credential to complement other training

Because the program is interdisciplinary, and because students bring their own interests and goals, each certificate program will be individualized. The graduate certificate program is open to both post-baccalaureate and degree-seeking graduate students.

The WGS certificate consists of four courses (12 semester hours). There are two core courses, WGS 402 , Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies (offered every fall at the Chicago campus), and WGS 404 , Topics in Feminist Theories (offered every semester at the Chicago campus).

Students complete the requirements with two electives, which may be fulfilled by any combination of the following:

• Additional Topics in Feminist Theories courses (WGS 404)
• WGS 410, Readings and Research in Women’s and Gender Studies
• Cross-listed 400-level WGS electives
  These cross-listed electives may be from programs outside of the one in
  which you are pursuing a graduate degree. Or, they may also be cross-listed
  courses from the your home discipline that you simultaneously use to
  complete your MA degree.

Request Further Information

For further details about the graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies, please contact:
Professor Ann Brigham
Program Coordinator of Women’s and Gender Studies
Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
312-341-3725
abrigham@roosevelt.edu