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Gender and Women’s Studies Program School of Interdisciplinary Programs and Community Engagement

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Dr. Cathryn Merla-Watson
Director
Gender and Women's Studies Program
Email: gwsp@utrgv.edu

Certificate

The Gender and Women's Studies Program offers a 9 hours certificate. If you are interested in pursuing an Undergraduate Certificate in Gender and Women's Studies, you want to contact the Program Directors to discuss your plans and options. Please send an email to gwsp@utrgv.edu 

The following is a list of courses that might be of interest: 

  • ANTH 4309 Anthropology of Women
  • ARTS 3359 History of Women in Art
  • CRIJ 3344 Gender, Crime, and Criminal Justice
  • COMM 3345 Gender & Communication
  • ENGL 3335 Women’s Literature
  • ENGL 3347 Women's Rhetoric and Language
  • GWSP 1301 Intro to Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies
  • HIST 3307 Women in History
  • HIST 3366/LAMS 3377 Latin American Women in the Modern Era
  • HIST 3367/LAMS 3378 Women in Colonial Latin America
  • HLTH 3373 Human Sexuality
  • MASC 3365/PHIL 3365 Chicana and Latin American Feminisms
  • PHIL 3360 Feminist Theories
  • PHIL 1362 Race, Sexuality, and Class
  • PSYC 3338 Psychology of Gender
  • MUSI 3307 Music, Gender, and Sexuality
  • POLS 3313 U.S. Gender  Politics
  • POLS 3333 Gender Theory in World Politics
  • POLS 4353 Race and Gender: The Politics of Intersectionality
  • PSYC 4312 Female and Male
  • SOCI 4320 The Sociology of the Family
  • SOCI 4310 Sociology of Gender
  • SOCI 4365 Sexuality & Society
  • SOCW 4320 Social Work in Health Care
  • SOCW 4321 Domestic Violence in Society

*Special Topics Courses:  Many programs offer Special Topics courses dedicated to Gender & Women’s Studies themes (including sexuality).  If the course contains 50% Gender & Women’s Studies content, then it can be included in the approved course list. Special Topics courses need to be approved by the G&WS Program Directors before the semester starts.

Getting the Certificate

To apply for the certificate, you and the Program Directors have to fill out this form.

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