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Women's and Gender Studies

Maximize your MA degree with a WGS certificate from Roosevelt University. 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.

Certificate students will be taking classes with both students and professors who have made WGS their main field and those who are using it as cross-study to supplement their main field. In these classes, students develop knowledge of women's and gender studies issues, theories, and methods. In particular, our program focuses on the analysis of social institutions, networks of power, and cultural productions, as well as avenues of resistance, justice, and transformation.

If you are interested in obtaining a Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies, please download and complete the Application and submit it to:

Ellen O'Brien
Director, Women’s and Gender Studies Program
430 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605-1394
(312) 341-3723
eobrien@roosevelt.edu

If you have any questions, please contact the WGS Program Director.