Coordinator, Amy Reynolds
The Gender Studies Certificate is an interdisciplinary program, housed in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, designed to help students investigate gender issues in a variety of contexts. Students will complete a ten-hour core of courses that investigate sociological and theological approaches to gender issues and end their study with a capstone course designed to integrate approaches from several key disciplines. Students also take elective classes distributed among three main areas: theology and theory; social and historical context; and cultural considerations of everyday life.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate Requirements | ||
| Core | 10 | |
| Gender and Theology | ||
| Gender Studies Advanced Seminar | ||
| Gender Studies Independent Study | ||
or GEND 496 | Internship | |
| Gender & Society | ||
| Content Units 1 | 14 | |
| Theology and Theory | ||
Select 4-6 credits of the following: | ||
| Ruth & Esther | ||
| Women in the World of the NT | ||
| Marriage, Sex and Family in the Christian Tradition | ||
| AIS: Mary, Mother of God 2 | ||
| AIS: Women Writing Theology 2 | ||
| Literary Theory and Criticism | ||
| Gender and Being Human | ||
| Psychology of Human Sexuality | ||
| Social, Historical, & Global Context | ||
Select 4-6 credits of the following: | ||
| Politics of Veiling in the Modern Middle East | ||
| Power and Gender in Southeast Asia | ||
| AIS: Gender and Global Health 2 | ||
| Renaissance Europe (1300-1600) | ||
| History of Women in the U.S. | ||
| Women, Politics, and American Society | ||
| Sociology of Sexuality | ||
| The Family | ||
| Gender in Life and Culture | ||
Select 4-6 credits of the following: | ||
| Community Art I | ||
| Taking Pictures | ||
| Global Health | ||
| Interpersonal Communication | ||
| Communication and Gender | ||
| Communication and Diversity | ||
| Children's Literature | ||
| Young Adult Literature | ||
| Psychology of Addiction | ||
| Theater and Culture | ||
| Total Credits | 24 | |
- 1
Students select 14 credits of courses from each of the areas listed. At least three different disciplines need to be represented in courses selected.
- 2
Optional elective. Per college-wide policy, students may only take one AIS course total while at Wheaton.
Flexible Course Additions (2-4 hours). On a case-by-case basis, the Gender Studies Certificate can include courses and independent study work in which students participate in a class with gender-related topics and/or pursue work directly related to the issues addressed in the Gender Studies program. This can occur in one of two ways.
- Special Topics Courses that are offered on an occasional basis and address gender-related topics may be petitioned for acceptance as partial fulfillment of the Course Content Units in either the Social, Historical, and Global Context or Gender in Life and Culture. Examples include, but are not limited to, COMM 404 Advanced Topics in Communication or certain gender-related Advanced Topics in Psychology (PSYC 482 - 488).
- With permission of the professor and Gender Studies program, students could take a course in which they pursue gender issues as a significant part of the course. An example is BITH 393 Topics in Christian Thought in which a student would focus on gender as an aspect of personhood.