Womens Studies

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN WOMEN'S STUDIES

Fall 2009 Courses : Spring 2009 Courses : Graduate Consortium on Women's Studies Courses

Designed for students already enrolled in a graduate degree program at Northeastern University, the Certificate in Women's Studies consists of four graduate courses. The certificate, which can be combined with either a master's or a doctoral degree, aims to provide a competency by:

Analyzing contemporary theoretical frameworks, methodologies, issues and topics and their relation to established disciplines
Focusing on issues of gender, race, ethnicity, class and sexual orientation
Broadening and enriching analytical skills in one or more disciplines while drawing on the interdisciplinary perspectives of Women's Studies
Challenging the traditional separation of academic theory from political and professional practice, by encouraging participation in the varied activities within the Women's Studies Program

Certificate students will work with an advisor in their own or a closely related discipline. Together they work out a plan for completing the certificate. The advisory relationship is intended to be facilitative; students are free to request a different advisor at any time.

Admissions

Any student with a bachelor's degree who has been admitted to or is currently enrolled in a graduate program at Northeastern is eligible to apply for a Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies. Applicants should have at least a "B" average in their graduate course work (or undergraduate for entering students).

To receive your Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies, please fill out a Graduate Clearance Form and bring it to the Women's Studies office in 524 Holmes Hall for approval.

Required Courses

Complete one of the following courses:

SOCL 7202 - Feminist Theory
Considers major developments in feminist theory since the rise of the contemporary women's movement. First looks at early socialist feminist and radical feminist theory and their critics, psychoanalytical feminist theory, postmodern feminism and its critics, and theories about exclusion and difference among women of color. Gender, sexuality, and power are central categories of analysis.

SOCL 7212 - Feminist Methodologies
Feminist scholarship has challenged and reworked basic assumptions about the social world and the research that describes it. This requires three basic approaches: Rethinking, Reflecting, and Rewriting. To do this we need to examine the ways of knowing common to the social sciences and the ways in which new paradigms have or have not been integrated into the canon.

Electives

In addition, you must complete three of the following courses listed. One elective must fall outside of the student's primary discipline. The following list is not exhaustive. Certificate students may ask their advisors count other courses if most of their course work is relevant to Women's Studies. Among approved electives are:

Graduate Consortium on Women's Studies Courses are also available. See below for details.

NOTE: Courses change every semester. Please be sure to check with Women's Studies to see what courses apply.

Fall 2009 Courses

Key #	Course #	Course Title	Instructor	Day/Time
15817	ANTH 6275	Gender, Sexuality, and Culture	Hindman	Mon 4:30 - 6:30 PM
13024	CAEP 6203	Understanding Culture and Diversity	Li	Mon 4:00 - 6:30 PM
14179	CAEP 6203	Understanding Culture and Diversity	Chung	Tue 4:00 - 6:30 PM
13921	CAEP 6222	Human Sexuality	Kates	Thu 7:00 - 9:30 PM
13290	CAEP 6390	History and Systems of Psychology	Ballou	Tue 1:00 - 3:30 PM
15261	ENGL 7213	Topics in Early American Literature: Gender and Empire	Dillon	Tue 3:30 - 6:00 PM
10880	NRSG 3302	Nursing with Women and Families	Kiladis, Mayville	Tue 8:00 - 11:30 AM
15144	PHTH 5120	Race, Ethnicity, and Health in the US	Rosenfeld	TuF 9:50 - 11:30 AM
15825	SOCL 7202	Feminist Theory	Kaufman	Wed 4:30 - 6:30 PM

Spring 2009 Courses

Key #	Course #	Course Title	Instructor	Day/Time
89342	CAP G203	Understanding Culture and Diversity	Li	Wed 4:00 - 6:30 PM
76155	CAP G203	Understanding Culture and Diversity	Kates	Tu 7:00 - 9:30 PM
89043	CAP G380	Seminar in Feminist Psychology	Ballou	Tu 1:30 - 4:00 PM
77243	ENG G213	Topics in Early American Literature	Dillon	Tu 3:30 - 6:00 PM
89914	ENG G266	Victorian Literature	Green	Mon 3:30 - 6:00 PM
78006	SOC G212	Feminist Methodologies	Kaufman	Wed 4:30 - 6:30 PM

Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies 2009-2010
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Course Title	Instructors	Day/Time	Dates of Class
Workshop for Dissertation Writers in Women's and Gender Studies	Janet Z. Giele, Brandeis University	Tue 1:00-4:00 PM	Fall and Spring: September 9, 2009 - May 10, 2010
Gender and Poverty in the United States	Randy Albelda, UMass Boston Deborah Belle, Boston University Lisa Dodson, Boston College	Tue 5:00-8:00 PM	Spring: February 2, 2010 - May 4, 2010
SCREEN WOMEN: Body Narratives in Popular American Film	Emily Fox-Kales, Harvard Medical School Suzanne Leonard, Simmons College	Thu 6:00-9:00 PM	Spring: February 4, 2010 - May 13, 2010
Feminist Inquiry	Modhumita Roy, Tufts University Jill McLean Taylor, Simmons College	Wed 5:30-8:30 PM	Spring: February 3, 2010 - May 12, 2010

NOTE: GCWS classes are held on MIT campus.

Fall Application deadline is September 2, 2009
Spring Application deadline is January 4, 2010

To apply for a GCWS course fill out a student application and mail or e-mail form to:

Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Building 16-287
77 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139

Tel: (617) 324-2085
Email: gcws@mit.edu

After submitting the online form, e-mail GCWS to confirm the receipt of your application.

Visit the GCWS website for more information.

Graduates