Women’s Studies Certificate

(SIMS Code: 119504)

Offered through SDSU Global Campus

The women’s studies basic certificate is offered to non-degree seeking students to provide training in education, health care, community activism, social service agencies, and those concerned with issues relevant to women’s lives. Completion of the certificate will increase understanding of women in the humanities, health, and social sciences, as well as become proficient in theories unique to the discipline. Students will learn how women lived, worked, thought, resisted, created knowledge, and engaged in cultural activism.

Students register in upper division Women’s Studies courses through SDSU Global Campus. Before selecting courses, contact the Department of Women’s Studies to speak with an adviser. Applications may be obtained from SDSU Global Campus.

The certificate requires four Women’s Studies courses (12 units) at the 300-500 level with a grade point average of 2.75 or better.

Applications may be submitted prior to entering the program or before the completion of six semester units of coursework.

Required Courses

The certificate requires 12 units (four courses) to include

WMNST 590 - Feminist Thought Units: 3 (fall)
or
WMNST 536 - Gender, Race, and Class Units: 3 But not both. (spring)

Overview Areas

Three courses selected from the following overview areas:

Women’s Studies Overview

WMNST 310 - Global Cultures and Women’s Lives Units: 3
WMNST 336 - Women of Color in the United States Units: 3
WMNST 340 - History of Women and Sexuality in Modern Europe Units: 3
WMNST 341A - Women in American History Units: 3
WMNST 341B - Women in American History Units: 3
WMNST 352 - Women in Literature Units: 3
WMNST 370 - Women, Law, and Policy Units: 3
WMNST 375 - Sex, Power, and Politics Units: 3
WMNST 512 - Latinas in the Americas Units: 3
WMNST 515 - Women: Myth, Ritual, and the Sacred Units: 3
WMNST 530 - Women’s Movements and Activism Units: 3
WMNST 535 - Lesbian Lives and Cultures Units: 3
WMNST 560 - Women in Muslim Societies Units: 3
WMNST 570 - Gender, War, and Peace Units: 3
WMNST 580 - Women, Development, and the Global Economy Units: 3
WMNST 581 - Women’s Experiences of Migration Units: 3

Health Overview

Any Health Overview course may be taken to fulfill Women’s Studies Overview. Courses must be completed with a grade point average of 2.75 or better. No more than one 300-level course may be taken for the certificate program.

For more information, visit the website at http://womensstudies.sdsu.edu/general_certificate.htm.

*With consent of program adviser.

WMNST 325 - Psychology of Women Units: 3
WMNST 360 - Women’s Sexuality and the Body Units: 3
WMNST 382 - Gender, Science, and Technology Units: 3
WMNST 520 - Reproductive Rights and Justice Units: 3
WMNST 522 - Women: Madness and Sanity Units: 3
WMNST 565 - Women: Health, Healing, and Medicine Units: 3
WMNST 572 - Women and Violence Units: 3
WMNST 582 - Feminist Science and Activism Units: 3
WMNST 597 - Research Project Units: 3 *