Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies
(12 Credit Hours)
Women contribute to culture and society as both participates and creators. Fort Hays State University offers coursework from diverse academic fields that allows for a theoretically and historically based understanding of the aspirations, accomplishments, and rights of women throughout history. The Women's and Gender Studies Certificate program takes you on a journey of exploration from the Enlightenment era through third-wave feminism. Along the way, take your own excursions into literature, history, sociology, leadership, communication, nursing, justice studies and/or psychology. All courses are intentionally designed for males and females, alike. You are invited to take these journeys with us!
Once you have taken all required classes, you will be issued an official certificate that recognizes your successful completion of the Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies at Fort Hays State University.
Required Courses
| IDS 310 |
Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies |
3 credit hours |
| IDS 311 |
Feminist Theory |
3 credit hours |
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and two courses from two different disciplines: |
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| COMM 600 |
Nonverbal Codes |
3 credit hours |
| ENG 126 |
Introduction to Literature: US Ethnic and Gender Literature |
3 credit hours |
| ENG 654 |
Major American Authors: Willa Cather |
3 credit hours |
| HIST 651 |
Women in American History |
3 credit hours |
| JUS 605 |
Workplace Violence |
3 credit hours |
| LDRS 420 |
Women and Leadership |
3 credit hours |
| MLNG 664 |
Seminar in French Literature: Women in French Literature |
3 credit hours |
| NURS 444E |
Childbirth Empowerment |
3 credit hours |
| PSY 350B |
Psychology of Gender |
3 credit hours |
| SOC 140 |
Introduction to Sociology |
3 credit hours |
| SOC 343 |
Sociology of Sex Roles |
3 credit hours |
| SOC 350 |
Family Communication |
3 credit hours |
| SOC 388 |
Sociology of the Family in America |
3 credit hours |
| SOC 446 |
Contemporary Social Movements |
3 credit hours |
| SOC 466 |
Sociology of Sexual Behavior |
3 credit hours |
| SOC 472 |
Social Inequality |
3 credit hours |
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TOTAL CREDIT HOURS |
12 credit hours |
Download a PDF version of the Women's and Gender Studies Checklist.
If you would like more information about the Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies, please contact Dr. Kate McGonigal (kmcgonig@fhsu.edu) certificate coordinator.
Please Note:
It is the responsibility of the student to inform the coordinator of the certificate program that he or she has completed the certificate requirements. Your certificate will not be awarded until you have completed the requirements and informed your coordinator of same. To ensure there is enough time to process your certificate, please inform your coordinator by the 21st day of the semester in which the certificate is to be awarded.
In order to verify certificate
completion, the student must go into his/her TigerTracks account, where
the unofficial transcript can be found. Simply highlight and copy the
whole unofficial transcript or at least the portion that lists the
courses necessary to meet the certificate requirements. The student may
then paste that copied text that is his/her unofficial transcript into
an e-mail message to the certificate coordinator. The student's e-mail
note to the certificate coordinator should begin with an expression of
the certificate(s) earned, followed by the unofficial transcript.