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Women's and Gender Studies, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

  1. Graduates will be familiar with the diversity of women’s lives and experiences.
  2. Graduates will be able to understand and articulate key feminist theories and ideas.
  3. Graduates will be able to develop a readily applicable skill, such as how to teach a women's and gender studies course, how to assess a social service program or how to effect social change.

The certificate requires the successful completion of nine credits (three courses). 

The courses may be taken in any order, with the exception of the internship, which cannot be taken in the first semester. 

Students may not earn both the graduate minor and the post-baccalaureate certificate.

Theory Course3
WGST 5010
Feminist Theories
or WGST 5020
Feminist Epistemologies
Practice Course3
Select one course from the following:
WGST 5030
Feminist Research Design
WGST 5040
Current Feminist Issues
WGST 5050
Program Evaluation
WGST 5910
Graduate Internship
Program Elective3
Select one course with either a WGST number, cross-listing or attribute, such as:
WGST 5716
Diversity & Anti-Oppression Practice (also SWRK 5716)
WGST 6650
20th Century Postcolonial Literature (also ENGL 6650)
WGST 6833
Employment Discrimination (also LAW 8210)
Total Credits9

Continuation Standards

Students must maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 in all graduate/professional courses.

Roadmaps are recommended semester-by-semester plans of study for programs and assume full-time enrollment unless otherwise noted.  

Courses and milestones designated as critical (marked with !) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation. Transfer credit may change the roadmap.

This roadmap should not be used in the place of regular academic advising appointments. All students are encouraged to meet with their advisor/mentor each semester. Requirements, course availability and sequencing are subject to change.

Plan of Study Grid
Year One
FallCredits
WGST 5010
or WGST 5020
Feminist Theories
or Feminist Epistemologies
3
Practice Course 3
 Credits6
Spring
Program Elective 3
 Credits3
 Total Credits9

For additional information about this program, please contact wstd@slu.edu or call 314-977-2057.