This Women’s Studies Certificate (WST) is designed for graduate students from any discipline who wish to focus on interdisciplinary issues related to feminist theory and practice. All graduate students in an MA or PhD program from all colleges at UF are eligible to enroll in this program. The Women’s Studies Certificate form must be submitted to the Graduate Coordinator and the Administrator of Women’s Studies.
CERTIFICATE APPLICATION
If you are interested in earning a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies, you must turn in two applications. You must first submit an application for admission into the certificate program. Then, in the semester you plan to graduate, you must submit a degree application to be certified for graduation. (This application is separate from your degree application for other degrees.) (Note: Presently, the Center does not accept Certificate applications from those not already enrolled in a graduate program at UF)
APPLY FOR A WOMEN’S STUDIES CERTIFICATE:
- Apply at https://admissions.ufl.edu/apply/certificates
- Submit this form to the Graduate Coordinator and the Administrator of Women’s Studies.
CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS
For the Certificate, students are required to earn 12 credit hours that include the following courses:
3 credit hours of Theory/methods course with WST designation—Choose from a core set of courses which includes:
- WST 5933 Proseminar
- WST 6508 Advanced Feminist Theory
- WST 6935 Special Topics (Varies)
9 credits of graduate level electives with at least 50% gender content. (Chosen in consultation with student’s primary advisor.)
DON’T FORGET!! Students must be registered during the term in which they receive the Graduate Certificate. Students must apply to receive a Graduate Certificate by the mid-point of the term in which they plan to complete the certificate program requirements.
Certificate students may take any course above as an elective. Please also consult Courses lists on Department webpage – electives may be from either Courses in the Department – Graduate or Approved Graduate Electives. (Please click on the appropriate semester). On occasion, courses not on these lists may be petitioned to count – see Department Course Petitions section below to see further details on how to petition to have a graduate seminar count for Department credit.
FINAL STEP BEFORE GRADUATION: In the semester you plan to graduate, you must submit a degree application to be certified for graduation (separate from your degree application for other degrees). Certificate work must be approved by the student’s Committee Chair, Department Graduate Coordinator and the Department Director via the Learning Outcome Assessment (LOA) form (PDF). Please have your Committee Chair complete this form and submit it to the Graduate Coordinator by the mid-point of the semester of graduation. Note: We recommend that the student’s committee include 1 Core or Affiliate faculty member of the Department for Gender, Sexualities and Women’s Studies Research.