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:

• GWST 5100 - Theorizing Gender (3 cr.)
• GWST 5205 - Gender and Feminist Research Methodologies (3 cr.)

• Students select three out of the following courses:

• GWST 5101 - Visual, Literary, and Critical Approaches to Gender in MENA (3 cr.)
• GWST 5104 - Mobilities: Gender and Migration (3 cr.)
• GWST 5106 - Reading Capital (3 cr.)
• GWST 5107 - Critical Geographies: Reading the Global South (3 cr.)
• GWST 5109 - Theorizing the Urban (3 cr.)
• SOC/ANTH 5220 - Gender and Sexuality (3 cr.)
• Students select three additional electives. The list of electives are selected by the IGWS Steering Committee based on courses offered on a semester by semester basis.
• One 4000 level course may be taken towards the MA degree.

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.