Women’s Studies, M.A.

Advancement to Candidacy

All students must satisfy the general requirements for advancement to candidacy, as stated in Requirements for Master’s Degrees .

Required Courses

In addition, the student must complete a graduate program of 30 units to include

• WMNST 601 - Foundations of Feminist Scholarship Units: 3
• WMNST 602 - Seminar: Methods of Inquiry in Women’s Studies Units: 3
• WMNST 609 - Seminar: Topics in Transnational Issues and Gender Units: 3

Prescribed Electives

Select six units from the following:

• WMNST 603 - Seminar: Topics in Advanced Feminist Theory Units: 3
• WMNST 604 - Seminar: Gender, Culture, and Representation Units: 3
• WMNST 605 - Seminar: Women and Social Policy Units: 3
• WMNST 606 - Seminar: Narrating Women’s Lives Units: 3
• WMNST 608 - Seminar: Body Politics Units: 3
• WMNST 610 - Seminar in Sexuality Units: 3
• WMNST 611 - Seminar: Gender and Diaspora Units: 3
• WMNST 612 - Seminar: Feminist Pedagogies Units: 3
• WMNST 696 - Selected Topics in Women’s Studies Units: 3-6

Graduate Electives

Nine units selected from 500-level or above.

Culminating Experience

• Plan A (thesis or project): WMNST 797  and WMNST 799A .

or

• Plan B (comprehensive examination): WMNST 797  and WMNST 798 .

Thesis or Project, or Comprehensive Examination

To complete the Master of Arts degree in women’s studies, students pursue a thesis (Plan A), or a project or comprehensive examination (Plan B). When Plan B is selected, students will take three additional graduate units in women’s studies in lieu of 799A. Other substitutes may be approved where the skills involved are directly related to the student’s research interests. Course selection and programs must be approved by the graduate adviser.