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Program
of Study
Through core courses
and selected electives, students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Women's
& Gender Studies will accomplish several objectives:
- Examine theories concerning the social and historical constructions
of gender,
- Explore how gender defines relationships among women, among men,
and between men and women;
- Recognize that women's lives have been under-represented in traditional
disciplines and investigate previously neglected materials in order
to identify women's as well as men's roles in cultural or social endeavors;
- Study, compare, and evaluate an array of disciplinary perspectives
on gender, including, but not limited to, cross-cultural, economic,
sociological, historical, and literary perspectives;
- Identify intersections of gender with race, class, age, sexual identity,
and ethnicity, both locally and globally, both in the present and in
the past; and
- Employ new methodological and critical approaches to materials customarily
treated in other ways, revising the content and assumptions of particular
disciplines to address gender more effectively.
The M.A. in Women's & Gender
Studies is a thesis-only program of study. Its curriculum is designed
to meet the needs of students who strive for analytic clarity and rigor
in gender-focused research. Students may employ the skills in reflective
and critical analysis as well as the broad base of knowledge that they
obtain in the program to 1) prepare for a Ph.D. program with a disciplinary
or interdisciplinary focus on gender or, 2) enhance leadership skills
for a career in the public or private sector or, 3) satisfy strong intellectual
interests and curiosity while pursuing advanced education in the liberal
arts.
Required Core |
16 hours |
680:289 |
Graduate Seminar in Women's & Gender Studies: Comparative Feminist Theories |
3 hours |
680:290 |
Graduate Seminar in Women’s & Gender Studies: Library
Research Methods |
1 hour |
980:171g |
Theories of Sex and Gender |
3 hours |
961:146g or 963:161g |
History of Women in U.S. or
Women in Modern European History |
3 hours |
620:206
or 650:250 |
Feminist Literary Theories and Practices
or
Critical Perspectives
on Gender |
3 hours |
Research Methodologies: 1 course
required from among the following. (Course must be approved by thesis
advisor; where applicable, sequencing of courses will be observed) |
250:301 |
Advanced Experimental Research in Education |
3 hours |
250:302 |
Qualitative Methods in Educational Research |
3 hours |
400:239 |
Advanced Statistics and Research Design |
3 hours |
48C:113g |
Social Protest: Performance & Rhetoric |
3 hours |
48C:222 |
Studies in Communication: Oral History |
3 hours |
620:161g |
Literary Criticism |
3 hours |
620:201 |
Introduction to Graduate Study in English |
3 hours |
960:290 |
Historical Methods |
3 hours |
980:160g |
Social Data Analysis |
3 hours |
980:161g |
Multivariate Techniques for Social and Behavioral Research |
3 hours |
980:165g |
Survey Research Methods |
3 hours |
980/990:178g |
Qualitative Research Methods |
3 hours |
980:201 |
Advanced Research Methodology |
3 hours |
Electives |
12 hours |
With the approval of their thesis advisor, each student
individually designs an elective sequence, selecting courses from
the humanities, fine arts, social and natural sciences that most
expressly contribute to their thesis project. There is a program
requirement of at least 9 hours of 200-level courses, exclusive
of thesis credits. If the required number of 200-level courses are
not satisfied in the core, students must take at least one 200-level
elective.
If the electives have prerequisites which instructors choose not
to waive, students may take such courses outside of the degree program.
Demonstrated proficiency in a second language is recommended. |
Thesis Research |
6 hours |
Total Credits |
34 hours |
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