The certificate program in Gender Studies is designed to provide students with a foundation for discussions of gender, sexuality, and other intersectionalities through a historical and cultural lens, with an awareness of the fluidity of gendered identities and the diversity of gendered experiences.
Certificate Admission Requirements
Certificate Requirements
- Students cannot earn the Gender Studies certificate and the Women’s and Gender Studies minor.
Prerequisite Courses
Required Courses (3 Credit Hours)
- WST 3603 - Introduction to Gender Studies Credit Hours: 3
Restricted Electives (9 Credit Hours)
Students can select from the restricted electives listed for a total of 9 hours.
A list of approved restricted elective courses is found in the myKnight audit.
Internship required by a student’s major degree program may count for credit toward the certificate, if placement is substantively related to women and/or women’s issues.
- WST 3621 - Theories of Masculinity Credit Hours: 3
- WST 3500 - Gender Issues and Community Activism Credit Hours: 3
- WST 4002 - Research in Women and Gender Studies Credit Hours: 3
- HUM 4823 - Queer Theory in the Humanities Credit Hours: 3
- HUM 3326 - Theories of Sex and Gender in Humanities Credit Hours: 3
- ENC 4374 - Gendered Rhetorics Credit Hours: 3
- THE 3272 - Shakespeare to RuPaul: Drag in Entertainment Credit Hours: 3
- COM 4014 - Gender Issues in Communication Credit Hours: 3
- ANT 3302 - Sex, Gender and Culture Credit Hours: 3
- SYD 3800 - Sex and Gender in Society Credit Hours: 3
- WST 4941 - Internship Credit Hours: 3
Foreign Language Requirements
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 12
Other Requirements
- A GPA of 2.0 or better is required in all courses used to satisfy the certificate.
- Grades of “C” (2.0) or better is required in each course used to satisfy the Gender Studies Certificate.
- At least 9 hours used in the certificate must be earned at UCF.
