Graduate/Professional Certificate
Doctoral Minor
Aimed at students enrolled in Master’s and professional degree programs, the Graduate Certificate in Gender & Women’s Studies provides students with critical expertise that they can apply in a variety of fields. The requirement of a foundational course offers grounding in the major concepts, theories and research approaches related to the study of gender and sexuality. This foundation provides students with the necessary theoretical tools to analyze gender and its relationship with other socially meaningful categories such as class, race, ethnicity, disability, and sexuality in a variety of contexts. Two additional courses allow students to deepen their empirical knowledge of women and/or gender and/or sexuality studies in a specific area or areas. Students can tailor their study to areas related to their future career or research ambitions.
The certificate in gender and women’s studies at the graduate level may be earned by students enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The Graduate Program Manager serves as the advisor. Interested students should meet with the Graduate Program Manager early in the process to plan courses.
To declare the Graduate/Professional Certificate in Gender and Women’s Students go to Add/Change Programs in the Graduate Student Portal in MyUW. Please let us know if you have questions about this process.
Any student enrolled in a UW-Madison Ph.D. program can pursue a doctoral minor in Gender and Women’s Studies. The Ph.D. minor offers substantial and systematic training in the field of gender and women’s studies and can be tailored to a student’s specific interests.
A Ph.D. minor in Gender and Women’s Studies is an excellent way to gain training in feminist analysis and research methods as well as in substantive topical areas related to women and gender that can be applied to one’s research field and to one’s teaching. Review the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research interests of Gender and Women’s Studies faculty in our directory and learn how the Office of the Gender & Women’s Studies Librarian can support your research.
The advisors for the doctoral Minor in Gender and Women’s Studies are the Graduate Program Manager and the Director of Graduate Studies.
To declare the doctoral minor in Gender and Women’s Students go to Add/Change Programs in the Graduate Student Portal in MyUW. Please let us know if you have questions about this process.