Graduate Certificate
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 Women’s Studies Institute 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 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.
Requirements:
A Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies is available to eligible graduate students who successfully complete four graduate courses in Women’s Studies. “Successful completion” means a grade of B or higher in each. Two of those must be WSt 8001, WSt 8002, WSt 8003, or WSt 8004. The other two courses must be drawn from courses bearing a WSt prefix, and only one course can originate from the student's home department.
Student Eligibility:
All students seeking the WSI Graduate Certificate must submit a formal application through the Office of Graduate Studies of the College of Arts and Sciences. Students may apply online or submit a paper application. Applications are accepted three times per year: July 1 (for Fall semester), November 15 (for Spring semester), and May 1 (for Summer semester). The following individuals are eligible:
- 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;
- Students in the Women's Studies Institute M.A. degree program who are unable to complete the program and who have completed the requisite coursework -- such students must submit a short application available from the Graduate Studies office and pay the requisite fee;
- Students who apply only for the Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies -- such students must submit a complete application and pay the requisite fee.