Graduate
Director: Dr. Jeralynn Cossman
Lynne.Cossman@msstate.edu
Office: 289 Bowen Hall
Ellen Bryant Women's Resource Center
Lower Level Rice Hall

This program of study will enhance students' sensitivities to issues relating to gender in contemporary societies and would provide a rigorous program for the study of gender.  This certificate would be an optional grouping in addition to graduate requirements.  The requirements for the Gender Studies certificate might also satisfy a department's minor field of concentration, thereby enhancing the attractiveness of the certificate.  Completion of approved courses will be recognized by awarding a certificate signed by the Director of the Gender Studies Program and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and will be noted on the student's transcript.

In order to earn a certificate a student must have at least 12 credit hours distributed as follows:
  1. Students must complete at least four courses, only one of which may be from the directed individual studies category.
  2. Courses must be chosen from at least two disciplines.
  3. Courses must be chosen from the following list of courses offered by the faculty of the Gender Studies program:
COE 6743
EN 8593
HS 6313
HS 6403
HS 6513
HI 6273
HI 6283
HI 6293
PSY 6983
SO 6203
SO 6403
SO 8503
 Gender Issues in Counseling
Arab Women Writers
Family Resource Management
Introduction to Gerontology
Social-Psychological Aspects of Clothing
Women in American History
History of Southern Women
History of Gender and Science
Psychology of Aging
The Family in the United States
Sociology of Gender
Seminar in Marriage and Family

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DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDIES


AN 7000
HI 7000
HI 8273
HI 8283
HI 8293
PS 7000
PS 8533
PS 8543
PSY 7000
 Directed Individual Study: Anthropology and Gender
Directed Individual Study: Gender and History
Readings in Women in American History
Readings in Women in Southern History
Readings in the History of American Family
Directed Individual Study: Gender and American Politics
Readings in National Government and Politics
Readings in Comparative Government and Politics
Directed Individual Study: Psychology of Gender
                           Thesis/Dissertation research

Modification to this program of study will be considered on an individual student basis upon petition to the Gender Studies Director.

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