Introduction

Please click here to see Women's and Gender Studies department information.

The Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate is administered through the Women's and Gender Studies program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver. It is designed to provide members of the CU Denver population and public with specialized knowledge of the history, politics, literature and social practices related to women's and gender concerns. Acceptance into the certificate program is subject to CU Denver Graduate Education Policies and Procedures.

The WGST certificate is available to any qualified graduate student or non-degree seeking graduate-level student at CU Denver. Students begin with a required, graduate-level methodology or foundational course before pursuing a combination of WGST-related course work. Upon completion of the certificate, students will have foundational and theoretical knowledge of the major concerns of women's and gender studies.

All prospective students must complete and submit an application to the program which can be obtained from the graduate advisor. Upon admission to the certificate program, students are eligible for the certificate.

For questions about the Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate program contact Margaret Woodhull (Margaret.Woodhull@ucdenver.edu). 

These program requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their Women's and Gender Studies advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.

Graduate Education Policies and Procedures apply to this program.

Certificate Requirements 

1. Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours from approved coursework.
2. Students must complete all credit hours for the certificate at the graduate (5000 or above) level.
3. Students must earn a minimum grade of B- (2.7) in all courses taken at CU Denver and must achieve a minimum cumulative certificate GPA of 3.0. Courses taken using P+/P/F or S/U grading cannot apply to certificate requirements.
4. Students must complete all credits for the certificate with CU Denver faculty.

Note: Some of the following courses may have prerequisites that must be met. Please see course descriptions.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following Feminism and Gender Theory Seminars:		3
WGST/ENGL 5306	Survey of Feminist Thought
WGST/ENGL/PHIL 5308	Contemporary Feminist Thought
WGST/HUMN/SSCI 6010	Methods and Theories of Feminism and Gender Studies
Complete nine additional elective credit hours from the following:		9
These courses must be explicitly women's and/or gender and/or identity-based courses. They can be taken through any CU Denver department or program with the approval of an advisor. One 4000-level elective may be counted toward the certificate, with permission from the certificate director. The following is a representative list of WGST-related courses that may be taken toward the certificate; it is not comprehensive. Please note that some of these courses may be taught sporadically. Students should meet with their advisor to plan their course of study.
ANTH 5200	Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
COUN 5835	Gender And Sexual Orientation
CRJU/PUAD 5910	Nature and Scope of Interpersonal Violence
CRJU 5553	Gender and Crime
ENGL 5000	Studies of Major Authors 1
SOCY 5550	Seminar: Sociology of the Family
WGST/HIST 5225	Urban America
WGST 5230	Women in the West
WGST 5248/PSCI 5245	Gender, Development and Globalization
WGST/ENGL/HIST 5306	Survey of Feminist Thought
WGST/HIST 5307	History of Sexuality
WGST/ENGL/PHIL 5308	Contemporary Feminist Thought
WGST 5345	Gender, Science and Medicine: 1600 to the Present
WGST/RLST 5420	Goddess Traditions
WGST/ENGL 5510/RLST 5730	Whores and Saints: Medieval Women
WGST/PHIL 5500	Feminist Philosophy
WGST 5511	French Women Writers
WGST 5540/SPAN 5340	Race, Class and Gender in Spanish Golden Age Literature
WGST/PSCI 5555	International Women's Resistance
WGST/COMM 5660	Queer Media Studies
WGST/HUMN 5720	Sex, Gender, and Visual Representation
WGST/PHIL/HUMN/SSCI 5933	Philosophy of Eros
WGST/HUMN/SSCI 6010	Methods and Theories of Feminism and Gender Studies
Total Hours		12

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depending on author being studied; e.g., Virginia Woolf, George Sand, etc.

To learn more about the Student Learning Outcomes for this program, please visit our website.