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Department: Women's Studies

Coordinator: Professor Dána-Ain Davis

The Graduate Center

365 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10016

Email: womensstudies@gc.cuny.edu

https://www.gc.cuny.edu/womenstudies

FACULTY

Mimi Abramovitz, Linda Alcoff, Bonnie Anderson, Electa Arenal, Beth Baron, Susan Besse, Roslyn Bologh, Barbara Bowen, Renate Bridenthal, Matthew Brim, Lynn Chancer, Patricia Clough, Alyson Cole, Blanche Cook, Sandi Cooper, Kate Crehan, Paisley Currah, Dana-Ain Davis, Kay Deaux, Florence Denmark, Jacqueline Di Salvo, Hester Eisenstein, Cynthia Epstein, Michelle Fine, Joyce Gelb, Kristin Booth Glen, Janet Gornick, Jean Halley, Virginia Held, Dorothy Helly, Amy Herzog, Dagmar Herzog, Carrie Hintz, Peter Hitchcock, Hildegard Hoeller, Florence Howe, Anne Humpherys, Cindi Katz, Barbara Katz Rothman, Serene Khader, Marnia Lazreg, Kyoo Lee, Susan Lees, Gail Levin, Judith Lorber, Setha Low, Patricia Mainardi, Susan Markens, Kathleen McCarthy, Joan Mencher, Nancy K. Miller, Jayne Mooney, Ruth O'Brien, Rupal Oza, Eugenia Paulicelli, Rosalind Petchesky, Sarah Pomeroy, Barbara Price, Tracey Revenson, Joe Rollins, Talia Schaffer, Lillian Schlissel, Sibyl Schwarzenbach, Catherine Silver, Domna Stanton, Jane Sugarman, Ida Susser, Carol Tittle, Deborah Tolman, Saadia Toor, Red Washburn, Maxine Wolfe, Julia Wrigley

THE PROGRAM

The Certificate in Women’s Studies is available to students matriculated in programs at the Graduate Center. Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary approach to research and scholarship that draws on various disciplines, while challenging disciplinary boundaries. The general aim of the program is to offer critical reflection on the experiences of both women and men in terms of differences of gender, sexuality, race, class, ethnicity, and nation. Students are prepared to do research in Women’s Studies and related critical approaches to the disciplines, such as those developed in Queer Studies, Postcolonial Studies, and Cultural Studies. Besides focused coursework and guidance in research, Women’s Studies offers participation in a wide range of graduate student and faculty activities, such as lecture series and forums. Students are also invited to participate in the research programs and seminars at the Center for the Study of Women and Society at the Graduate Center.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CERTIFICATE IN WOMEN’S STUDIES

To qualify for the certificate, students must take one prerequisite course (unless similar coursework has been done at another institution), two required courses, and a minimum of two electives. The certificate is conferred upon completion of the required courses.

Course of Study

The program includes the prerequisite course plus a combination of required courses and electives totaling a minimum of 12 credits distributed as follows:

Prerequisite Course WSCP 81001 Feminist Texts and Theories.

Required Courses WSCP 71700 Global Feminisms; WSCP 81601 Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies. These courses are offered once each year and are team-taught by faculty in the humanities and the social sciences.

Electives Two or more electives (a minimum of 6 credits) from disciplinary courses cross-listed with Women’s Studies.

The Women’s Studies Certificate Program is designed to complement existing programs. Women’s Studies courses also may be taken to fulfill requirements for the Women’s Studies concentration in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies at the Graduate Center.

All students are welcome to register for courses in Women’s Studies, regardless of their intention to pursue the certificate.

Courses

WSCP 81001 (MALS 72100) Feminist Texts and Theories

3-4 credits

Prerequisite or corequisite: WSCP 81001

WSCP 71700 Global Feminisms

WSCP 81601 Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies

WSCP 90000 Dissertation Workshop in Women’s and Gender Studies

3 hours, 0 credits

Sample Elective Courses

Selected Topics in Women’s Studies

Black Feminist Thought

Colonial/Postcolonial Writings

Feminism and Science Studies

Gender and Globalization

History of Feminism

History of Women and Modern Europe

Homosexualities/Heterosexualities in Modern Society

Hybrid Identities: Race and Gender in Ethnic Literatures

Practice of Science and Medicine: Issues in Bioethics

Queer Theory and Questions of Race

Race, Gender, and Education

Social Welfare Policy and Planning

Theoretical Perspectives on Gender

Women and Political Change in the United States

Women and Welfare State

Women and Work