Women’s and Gender Studies, MA

Major requirements

For both tracks, the following courses are required:

Global Perspectives track

Global Perspective students may draw from the following in addition to their three required courses:

AEAH 5825 - Seminar in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Cultures
AGER 6750 - Global Perspectives on the Future of Aging
ANTH 5210 - Anthropology in Public Health
ANTH 5300 - Migrants and Refugees
BACH 5328 - Introduction to Global Health (UNTHSC)
COUN 5540 - Women’s Emotional Health
EOHS 5324 - Water and Public Health: Global to Regional Perspectives (UNTHSC)
GEOG 5130 - Research in Human Geography
GEOG 5300 - Globalization, Conflict and Resistance
HIST 5190 - Studies in Near East/African History
JOUR 5210 - Race, Gender and the Media: A Methods Approach
LING 5580 - Language and Gender
MGMT 5870 - Leadership Research and Development
MKTG 5150 - Marketing Management *
*Students who do not have a background in business may be required to take the following two courses as prerequisites to the above listed course:
- MGMT 5070 Management Issues (1.5 cr)
- MKTG 5000 Marketing Concepts (1.5 cr)
PADM 5040 - Nonprofit Management
PADM 5700 - Seminar in Public Administration
PSCI 5850 - Human Rights
SOCI 5260 - Topics in Sociology
WGST 5800 - Seminar in Women’s Studies
WGST 5850 - Professional Internship

Socio-Cultural Perspectives track

Socio-Cultural Perspectives students may draw from the following in addition to their three required courses:

AEAH 5825 - Seminar in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Cultures
Various seminar courses such as Chicano/Chicana literature, Women Behaving Badly: Victorian Sensation Literature, Medieval Women Writers, et al
HIST 5080 - Seminar in Modern European History
HIST 5110 - Studies in United States History
Various seminar courses such as US Women & Gender Since 1900, 20^th and 21^st Century Social Movements in the US, et al
JOUR 5210 - Race, Gender and the Media: A Methods Approach
LING 5580 - Language and Gender
MRTS 5435 - Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Film and Video
MRTS 5515 - Media Genres and Authors
PSCI 5850 - Human Rights
SOCI 5010 - Social and Cultural Foundations of Human Behavior
SOCI 5260 - Topics in Sociology
SOCI 5450 - Population and Society
WGST 5850 - Professional Internship

Other information

Topics vary from semester to semester in the many disciplines having gender components; hence, it is impossible to list every possibility. English, History, and Sociology frequently have courses with a strong gender component that will fulfill the Socio-Cultural Perspectives track. Students are also able to take courses at TWU under the Federation agreement. As TWU has a Women’s & Gender Studies Department, students from the two schools frequently take advantage of this agreement for an enlarged array of courses that fit their interests.

Other requirements

Students applying for admittance to the master’s degree program in Women’s and Gender Studies must submit the following with their application:

Completion of a bachelor’s degree with at least a 3.0 GPA and submission of an official transcript verifying this.
Submission of a 1-2 page statement of purpose regarding their career plans and how they expect this degree to facilitate achievement of these career goals.
Submission of a 3-4 page essay describing a personal experience that was adversely impacted by gender. This provides a writing sample and as one component of re-evaluation for their final comprehensive exam.
Submission of a current CV or resume.
Submission of GRE scores are only required if the Toulouse Graduate School makes that a requirement.

Evidence that they have satisfactorily fulfilled the foreign language proficiency requirement equivalent to four courses in the same foreign language. If not, they will be required to complete this before the degree can be awarded.