The study of women, gender, and sexuality in their multiple racial and class dimensions and cultural contexts is a growing field of inquiry in many disciplines. More and more jobs are framed with an expectation of some background in feminist analysis. As an endeavor that is both interdisciplinary and international in outlook, the Institute for Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies contributes not only to the education of its own graduate students but also to that of students in other departments, colleges, and schools of Georgia State University. As such a contribution, the Institute offers a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies. This certificate program allows interested students to receive explicit acknowledgment of their work in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Some may simply want recognition of a strength reflected in their course of study. Others may wish to pursue employment for which such a certificate is deemed an advantage.

Certificate Degree Requirements

A Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies is available to eligible graduate students who successfully complete five graduate courses in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. “Successful completion” means a grade of B or higher in each. Three of those must be WSt 8001, WSt 8002, WSt 8003, WSt 8004, or WSt 8005. The other two courses must be drawn from courses bearing a WSt prefix, and only one of those courses can originate from the student's home department.

Student Eligibility

All students seeking the WGSS Graduate Certificate must submit a formal application through the Office of Graduate Studies of the College of Arts and Sciences. Applications are accepted three times per year: July 1 (for Fall semester), November 15 (for Spring semester), and April 1 (for Summer semester).

Students may apply online, using the standard online Graduate Application. Please contact our the Director of Graduate Studies with any additional questions.

The following individuals are eligible:

• Anyone wishing to pursue a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies, including people who already hold graduate degrees in another discipline or field and are now returning to school to add a specialization in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies to that degree – such prospective students should apply online through our general graduate application. Application requirements are the same as those for the MA program (as delineated in the online application program).
• Students who are enrolled in an M.A. or Ph.D. program in another department or institute at Georgia State University -- such students must apply, but existing materials on file can be used for the application and the application fee will be waived. Such students should apply online through our general graduate application. Contact the Director of Graduate Studies for information about how to receive the application fee waiver.
• Students in the Institute for Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies M.A. degree program who are unable to complete the program and who have completed the requisite coursework -- such students must submit an application to the Graduate Certificate program (rather than the MA program) through the online Graduate Application, though they may use existing materials on file and the  pplication fee will be waived. Contact the Director of Graduate Studies for more information.

Student Links & Resources 

• Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies - Undergraduate Catalog 2011-2012
• Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies - Graduate Catalog 2011-2012
• All GSU Catalogs (Online & in Printable PDF Format)
• WGSS Projected Course Offerings - Spring 2013 to Summer 2014
• Search for Current & Upcoming Classes 
• Graduate Resources
• Assistantships & Fellowships
• WGSS M.A. Student FAQs

Note: Recent departmental name change is not reflected in some documents.

Notice:

Please note the following information provided in compliance with Department of Education regulations:

Program costs*
Graduate tuition per credit hour:
In-State: $336.00
Out-of-State: $1,200.00

Undergraduate tuition per credit hour:
In-State: $251.20
Out-of-State: $858.20

Fees and other costs:
Mandatory student fees per term: $1,064.00
Books and supplies per term: $500.00
Room and board per term: $4613.00

*All figures are estimates only and subject to change without notice.

Occupations by names and Standard of Classification (SOC) codes that the program begins to prepare students to enter