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
Degree Requirements
Required Courses
3 Total Credits
- Complete the following:
- WST3603 - Introduction to Gender Studies (3)
Restricted Electives
3 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- 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.
- Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
- WST3621 - Theories of Masculinity (3)
- WST3500 - Gender Issues and Community Activism (3)
- WST4002 - Research in Women and Gender Studies (3)
- HUM4823 - Queer Theory in the Humanities (3)
- HUM3326 - Theories of Sex and Gender in Humanities (3)
- ENC4374 - Gendered Rhetorics (3)
- THE3272 - Shakespeare to RuPaul: Drag in Entertainment (3)
- COM4014 - Gender Issues in Communication (3)
- ANT3302 - Sex, Gender and Culture (3)
- SYD3800 - Sex and Gender in Society (3)
- WST4941 - Internship (1 - 99)
Grand Total Credits: 6
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.
