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Twin Cities Campus
Feminist Studies M.A.Gender, Women and Sexuality
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, 425 Ford Hall, 224 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-6006)
Email:
gwss@umn.edu
Website: http://www.gwss.umn.edu
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
Note: The Feminist Studies graduate program does not accept applications directly to the MA; rather, the MA is an additional or alternative credential for students admitted to the Feminist PhD program.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
Special Application Requirements:
Note: The Feminist Studies graduate program does not accept applications directly to the MA; rather, the MA is an additional or alternative credential for students admitted to the Feminist PhD program.
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
Key to test
abbreviations
(TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Plan B: Plan B requires
28
major credits and
12
credits outside the major.
The final exam is written and oral.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
A minimum GPA of 3.50
is required for students to remain in good standing.
At least 4 semesters must be completed
before filing a Degree Program Form.
Required Core and Colloquia (16 credits)
Required Core (12 credits)
Take the following courses:
GWSS 8107 - Feminist Pedagogies
(3.0 cr)
GWSS 8108 - Genealogies of Feminist Theory
(3.0 cr)
GWSS 8109 - Feminist Knowledge Production
(3.0 cr)
Take one of the following courses. Students completing GWSS 8997 must take it for 3 credits.
AMST 8801 - Dissertation Seminar
(3.0 cr)
or
DSSC 8211 - Doctoral Research Workshop in Development Studies and Social Change
(3.0 cr)
or
GWSS 8997 - Dissertation Seminar
(3.0 cr)
Required Colloquia (4 credits)
Take GWSS 8996 for 1 credit 4 times for a total of 4 credits.
GWSS 8996 - Feminist Studies Colloquium
(1.0 cr)
GWSS Seminars (6 credits)
Select 6 credits from the following:
GWSS 5104 - Transnational Feminist Theory
(3.0 cr)
GWSS 5406 - Black Feminist Thought in the American and African Diasporas
(3.0 cr)
GWSS 8103 - Feminist Theories of Knowledge
(3.0 cr)
GWSS 8210 - Seminar: Feminist Theory & Praxis
(3.0 cr)
GWSS 8220 - Seminar: Science, Technology & Environmental Justice
(3.0 cr)
GWSS 8230 - Seminar: Cultural Criticism and Media Studies
(3.0 cr)
GWSS 8250 - Seminar: Nation, State, and Citizenship
(1.0-3.0 cr)
GWSS 8260 - Seminar: Race, Representation and Resistance
(3.0 cr)
GWSS 8270 - Seminar: Theories of Body
(3.0 cr)
GWSS 8490 - Seminar: Transnational, Postcolonial, Diaspora
(3.0 cr)
GWSS 8993 - Directed Study
(1.0-6.0 cr)
Research Methods & Tools (6 credits)
Take at least 6 credits from the following list. Substitute courses can be applied to this requirement with the approval of the director of graduate studies.
AMST 8201 - Historical Foundations of American Studies
(3.0 cr)
AMST 8202 - Theoretical Foundations and Current Practice in American Studies
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8002 - Ethnography: Contemporary Theory and Practice
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8203 - Research Methods in Social and Cultural Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8290 - Seminar in GIS and Cartography
(3.0 cr)
GWSS 8201 - Feminist Theory and Methods in the Social Sciences
(3.0 cr)
HSPH 8002 - Core Practices in Heritage Studies and Public History
(3.0 cr)
HSPH 8006 - Digital Methods for Heritage Studies & Public History
(3.0 cr)
SOC 8801 - Sociological Research Methods
(4.0 cr)
Outside Coursework (12 credits)
Take at least 12 credits outside the major in consultation with the advisor.
AFRO 5101 - Seminar: Introduction to Africa and the African Diaspora
(3.0 cr)
AFRO 5866 - The Civil Rights and Black Power Movement, 1954-1984
(3.0 cr)
AFRO 8202 - Seminar: Intellectual History of Race
(3.0 cr)
AFRO 8590 - Contemporary Literary and Cultural Studies
(3.0 cr)
AFRO 8910 - Topics in Studies of Africa and the African Diaspora
(3.0 cr)
AMES 5866 - Gender and Sexuality in Modern Arabic Literature
(3.0 cr)
AMES 8001 - Critical Approaches to Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
(3.0 cr)
AMIN 8301 - Critical Indigenous Theory
(3.0 cr)
AMIN 8910 - Topics in American Indian and Indigenous Studies
(1.0-3.0 cr)
AMST 8920 - Topics in American Studies
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8002 - Ethnography: Contemporary Theory and Practice
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8203 - Research Methods in Social and Cultural Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
ANTH 8810 - Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
BTHX 8510 - Gender and the Politics of Health
(3.0 cr)
COMM 5211 - Critical Media Studies: Theory and Methods
(3.0 cr)
COMM 8210 - Seminar: Selected Topics in U.S. Electronic Media
(3.0 cr)
COMM 8910 - Advanced Topics in Communication Studies
(3.0 cr)
CSCL 8910 - Advanced Topics in Comparative Literature
(3.0-4.0 cr)
DSSC 8112 - Scholarship and Public Responsibility
(1.0 cr)
DSSC 8211 - Doctoral Research Workshop in Development Studies and Social Change
(3.0 cr)
DSSC 8310 - Topics in Development Studies and Social Change
(1.0-3.0 cr)
ENGL 8400 - Seminar in Post-Colonial Literature, Culture, and Theory
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8230 - Theoretical Geography
(3.0 cr)
GEOG 8980 - Topics: Geography
(1.0-3.0 cr)
HSPH 8001 - Who Owns the Past? Common Concerns and Big Questions in Heritage and Public History
(3.0 cr)
HSPH 8003 - Race and Indigeneity in Heritage Representation
(3.0 cr)
PHIL 8710 - Seminar: Feminist Philosophy
(3.0 cr)
POL 8253 - Late Modern Political Thought
(3.0 cr)
POL 8260 - Topics in Political Theory
(3.0 cr)
SOC 8211 - The Sociology of Race & Racialization
(3.0 cr)
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