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Graduate Certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies

The Certificate in Gender & Women’s Studies at the graduate level may be earned by students enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Students must meet all of the following requirements in order to earn the Certificate at the graduate level:

  • Students wishing to earn a graduate certificate in Gender and Women's Studies need to complete a certificate declaration form well before completely the required course work. Please contact the associate chair for details and approval.

  • Enrollment in a graduate program at the University of Wisconsin
 
  • 15 credits of academic course work in the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies at the 300-level or above.
 
  • Students enrolled in courses at the 300-600 level should inform the instructor that they are taking the course for a graduate-level certificate and will complete additional readings/assignments consistent with expectations for a graduate student
 
  • 9 credits must be in residence at UW-Madison. A maximum of 6 credits may be  transferred from other institutions. (Any transferred credits must have been taken as a graduate student.  The student is responsible for assuring completion of the graduate school's minimum requirements for courses taken in residency at UW. This requirement varies dependent on degree program.)
 
  • 3 credits must count as humanities courses (H, Z, L).
 
  • 3 credits must count as social studies courses (S or Z).
 
  • 3 credits must count as natural or biological science (N, B W, X, or Y) or be approved by the associate chair as an acceptable health/science related course. (For the purpose of the GWS certificate, GWS 431: History of Childbirth in America (S) may be counted toward this requirement).
 
  • With the approval of the certificate advisor, a course external to the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies may be counted toward the certificate, provided that women and/or gender are the core focus of the course.
 
  • Directed study courses (GWS 699, 999) may not be used toward the certificate.
 
  • A 3.0 grade is the minimum for courses counting toward the certificate.  All courses must be taken for a letter grade (no pass/fail courses).
 

Graduate Certificate advisor

The advisor for the Graduate Certificate in Gender & Women’s Studies is the Associate Chair of the Department.