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Women's Studies Program

The Graduate Certificate offers graduate students the opportunity to explore links between their chosen field of study and an interdisciplinary approach that addresses women's experiences and contributions.

Click here to read information about our new "Online Graduate Certificate" in Women's Studies

REQUIREMENTS 15 hours,* as follows:
(*Note: for those seeking university-level accreditation, you may opt for the 18- or 21-hour certificate.)

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What Do WKU Women's Studies Alums Do with the Certificate?

 CORE COURSES (6 HOURS)
 WOMN 545    Feminist Knowledge and Social Change
 WOMN 555    Global and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women

  ELECTIVES* (9 HOURS)
Students may take any three of the electives listed below, with the following stipulation: ONE OF THE THREE ELECTIVES MUST BE OUTSIDE A STUDENT'S PRIMARY DISCIPLINE. Other electives must be approved by the Women's Studies Curriculum Committee and must be taught by Women's Studies faculty.

 ENG 488G Literature of the Victorian Literature -D. Logan
 ENG 496G Women's Poetry -L. Oakes
 ENG 497G Women's Fiction -J. Olmsted
 ENG 579 Studies in Victorian Literature -D. Logan
 FLK 579 Foodways -M. Williams
 HIST 446G American Legal History -P. Minter
 HIST 453G American Women's History -P. Minter
 PH 464G Global Women's Health

-M. Kerby

 PSY 430G Psychology of Women -K. Miner-Rubino
 SOCL 435G Family Violence -A. Goetting
 WOMN 421G Women and Science -B. Brunson
 WOMN 470G Special Topics -WS Faculty
 WOMN 535G Roots of Feminism TBA
 WOMN 590 Directed Study/WS -WS Faculty
 WOMN 625 Women & Leadership -J. Fiene
* Note: Additional classes, (one-time-only classes which also count toward the certificate--both online and face-to-face) may be offered from time to time, though they are not listed here.

  
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

 Academic Discipline 589    Internship in Women's Studies

**Students or faculty are encouraged to suggest other courses as approved electives. Proposals are subject to review by the Women's Studies Curriculum Committee.

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