Women's and Gender Studies Certificate
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 and Gender Studies Certificate program takes the student on a journey of exploration from the Enlightenment era through third-wave feminism. Along the way, students take their 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!
Required Courses:
| IDS 310 Intro to Women’s and Gender Studies | 3 hours |
| IDS 311 Feminist Theory | 3 hours |
And two courses from two different disciplines: |
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| SOC 352 Stepfamilies | 3 hours |
| COMM 600 Nonverbal Codes | 3 hours |
| ENG 126 Intro. to Lit.: US Ethnic & Gender Lit. | 3 hours |
| ENG 601 Nineteenth Century Women Writers | 3 hours |
| ENG 654 Major American Authors: Willa Cather | 3 hours |
| HIST 600 The History of Sexuality | 3 hours |
| HIST 650 African-American History | 3 hours |
| HIST 651 Women in American History | 3 hours |
| JUS 605 Workplace Violence | 3 hours |
| LDRS 490 Topics: Women in Leadership | 3 hours |
| MLNG 664 Sem. in French Lit.: Women in French Literature | 3 hours |
| NURS 444E Childbirth Empowerment | 3 hours |
| PSY 350B Psychology of Gender | 3 hours |
| SOC 343 Sociology of Sex Roles | 3 hours |
| SOC 350 Family Communication | 3 hours |
| SOC 388 Sociology of the Family in America | 3 hours |
| SOC 446 Contemporary Social Movements | 3 hours |
| SOC 466 Sociology of Sexual Behavior | 3 hours |
| SOC 472 Social Inequality | 3 hours |
| TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED FOR CERTIFICATE | 12 hours |