Women’s and Gender Studies Certificate Program

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This program is available to complement any baccalaureate degree program offered by the University. The requirements for the certificate are 30 hours total including:

16 quarter hours:

WGS 100 - Introduction to Women Credit Hours: 4
WGS 200 - Issues in Women’s and Gender Studies Credit Hours: 4
WGS 350 - Feminist Theory Credit Hours: 4
WGS 480 - Capstone in Women’s and Gender Studies Credit Hours: 4

14 quarter hours from the following:

Contact the Women’s and Gender Studies office for advising, for information on additional courses, and to register for the certificate. The Women’s and Gender Studies Certificate is awarded upon graduation from Ohio University, and the award is recorded on your transcript. Consult with the Women’s and Gender Studies advisor before the deadline for graduation to ensure that the certificate will be awarded.

A H 411 - The Representation of Gender in the History of Art Credit Hours: 4
A H 412 - Queer Theory and Visual Representation Credit Hours: 4
AAS 345 - The Black Woman Credit Hours: 4
AAS 411 - Literature Seminar Credit Hours: 4
AAS 482 - The Black Family Credit Hours: 4
ANTH 345 - Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective Credit Hours: 4
ANTH 349 - Life History: The Individual and Culture Credit Hours: 4
ANTH 363 - Gender in Prehistory Credit Hours: 4
BIOS 202 - The Biology of Sex Differences Credit Hours: 4
CLAS 343 - Women in the Ancient Mediterranean Credit Hours: 4
CLWR 222 - Difficult Dialogues: Religion, Gender and Sexuality Credit Hours: 4
CLWR 432 - Women in Buddhist Traditions Credit Hours: 4
CLWR 484 - Women and Religion Credit Hours: 4
COMS 320 - Women and Health Communication Credit Hours: 4
COMS 420 - Gender and Communication Credit Hours: 4
COMS 422 - Communication in the Family Credit Hours: 4
ECON 322 - Economics of Human Resources Credit Hours: 4
ENG 153A - Writing and Reading: Gender Credit Hours: 5
ENG 306J - Women and Writing Credit Hours: 4
ENG 325 - Women and Literature Credit Hours: 4
ENG 326 - Lesbian and Gay Literature Credit Hours: 4
ENG 447 - Studies in Criticism Credit Hours: 4
ENG 460 - Topics in English Studies Credit Hours: 4
(credit only offered for specific titles/topics, as course content varies)
ENG 464 - English Authors Credit Hours: 4
(credit only offered for specific titles/topics, as course content varies)
ENG 466 - International Authors Credit Hours: 4
(credit only offered for specific titles/topics, as course content varies)
FILM 471 - Film Topics Seminar I Credit Hours: 1 - 5
FILM 472 - Film Topics Seminar II Credit Hours: 1 - 5
GEOG 327A - Social Geographies Credit Hours: 4
GEOG 348 - Gender, Environment, and Development Credit Hours: 4
CFS 360 - Human Sexualities Credit Hours: 4
CFS 462A - Diversity in Families Credit Hours: 4
HIST 320A - Women in American History Before 1877 Credit Hours: 4
HIST 320B - Women in American History Since 1877 Credit Hours: 4
HIST 320C - Women’s Health and Medicine in America Credit Hours: 4
HIST 332 - History of Women in the Middle East Credit Hours: 4
HIST 339 - Women in African History Credit Hours: 4
HIST 354A - Early Christianity:East and West Credit Hours: 4
HIST 360A - Women in Early Modern European History, 1400-1800 Credit Hours: 4
HIST 360B - Women in Modern European History, 1800-present Credit Hours: 4
HIST 360C - Women Warriors:Women and War in Europe Credit Hours: 4
HIST 371 - Witchcraft 1400-1750 Credit Hours: 4
HIST 381 - History of the Family Credit Hours: 4
HIST 453D - Studies in Medieval History Credit Hours: 4
HLTH 210 - Health of Women Credit Hours: 4
ILML 336(A-Z) - Spanish Literature in English Credit Hours: 4
(credit only offered for specific titles/topics, as course content varies)
ILML 339A - Russian Literature in English Credit Hours: 4
(credit only offered for specific titles/topics, as course content varies)
ILML 339B - 20th Century Russian Literature in English Credit Hours: 4
(credit only offered for specific titles/topics, as course content varies)
JOUR 413 - Gender, Race, and Class in Journalism and Mass Media Credit Hours: 4
LING 390 - Language of Women and Men Credit Hours: 4
MDIA 381 - Women in Media Credit Hours: 4
MDIA 486A - Age, Class, Gender, Race, Sexual Orientation Credit Hours: 4
MGT 462 - Women in Management Credit Hours: 4
PBIO 217 - Women in Science Credit Hours: 4
POLS 319 - Gay and Lesbian Politics Credit Hours: 4
POLS 420 - Women, Law, and Politics Credit Hours: 4
POLS 421 - The Politics of Law and Sexuality Credit Hours: 4
POLS 478 - Feminist Political Theories and Movements Credit Hours: 5
LPA 490 - Applied Learning in Leadership and Public Affairs Credit Hours: 1 - 10
(credit only offered for specific titles/topics, as course content varies)
POLS 490H - Women And Politics Credit Hours: 4
POLS 490T - Feminist Legal Theory Credit Hours: 4
PSY 378 - Psychology of Gender Credit Hours: 4
SASM 400 - Diversity and Sport Credit Hours: 4
SOC 220 - Introduction to the Family Credit Hours: 4
SOC 407 - Feminist Social Theory Credit Hours: 4
SOC 421 - Comparative Studies of Family Credit Hours: 4
SOC 422 - The American Family System Credit Hours: 4
SOC 467 - Violence Against Women Credit Hours: 4
SOC 470 - Sociology of Gender Credit Hours: 4
SOC 471 - Gender and Justice Credit Hours: 4
WGS 210 - Women, Gender, and Rock and Roll Credit Hours: 4
WGS 320 - Sexual Revolutions Credit Hours: 4
WGS 360 - Internship in Women’s and Gender Studies Credit Hours: 4
WGS 410 - Global Feminisms Credit Hours: 4
WGS 411 - Women and Globalization Credit Hours: 4
WGS 450 - Advanced Feminist Theory Credit Hours: 4
WGS 460 - Gender, Sexuality, and Culture Credit Hours: 4
WGS 461 - Queer Theory Credit Hours: 4
WGS 481 - Writing Gender Credit Hours: 4
WGS 493 - Special Topics Credit Hours: 4