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2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Gender and Women’s Studies (M.A.)

Master of Arts in Gender and Women’s Studies

The graduate program in Gender and Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary critical social theory program. It provides students with a solid grounding in how relations of gender are embedded in social, economic and political formations with a particular focus on the Middle East/ North Africa and the comparative global south.

The interdisciplinary training in gender and women’s studies prepares students for doctoral programs in social science disciplines, in addition to a variety of professional career paths in social research, international development agencies, and non-governmental organizations.

Admission

Applicants seeking admission to the graduate program should have an undergraduate degree of high standing in the social sciences or humanities with an overall grade of gayyid giddan or a grade point average of 3.0 or above. Those who lack this background but who are exceptionally well qualified may be admitted provisionally. Provisional admission usually involves additional non-credit coursework to prepare the applicant for graduate work over one or two semesters. Provisionally accepted students must successfully complete the required prerequisites before being admitted to enroll in GWST graduate courses. Students are admitted to the graduate degree program in the fall and spring semester.

Requirements

Eight graduate courses are required for the MA program.

Students are required to take the following two courses:

MA Thesis

All students must complete a thesis according to university regulations. Students must register for GWST 5299  each semester in which they work on their thesis. Before commencing work on the thesis, the student must have a thesis proposal approved by a thesis committee consisting of a thesis advisor and two readers. Students should familiarize themselves with the specific procedural requirements of the IGWS thesis. Guidelines are available in the IGWS office.