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Twin Cities Campus
Feminist Studies Ph.D.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 S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-626-0332; fax: 612-624-3573)
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.
The Ph.D. program in feminist studies is designed to help students develop a high level of competence in feminist theories, research methods, interdisciplinarity, and pedagogies. The program is especially strong on feminist theory and issues related to women's diversity, nationally and globally. To guarantee a high level of interdisciplinary exchange, the program is designed to bring feminist studies doctoral students together with graduate minor students who are pursuing a disciplinary specialty in their own home department. The program's interdisciplinary curriculum emphasizes the interaction of social conditions such as class, ethnicity, race, sexualities, and national identity with gender. These interactions and their effects are examined in cultural productions such as media representations or colonialist paradigms in social systems and relations of power; in aspects of science such as genetics and new technologies; in epistemologies and philosophy; in professional areas such as health care to public policy; and in social, political, and environmental justice studies.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.50.
An M.A. in gender, women, and/or sexuality studies or a related field will be considered important, but is not required.
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
Preference is given to students with academic training or an undergraduate degree in gender, women, and/or sexuality studies or a related field. Extensive political work in these areas will also be considered important but not required.
Required core courses include GWSS 5103 - Feminist Pedagogies, GWSS 8108 and 8109 - Feminist Theories and Methods, GWSS 8997 - Feminist Research and Writing, GWSS 8996 - Feminist Studies Colloquia.
Special Application Requirements:
Applicants for the Ph.D. program must submit scores from the General (Aptitude) Test of the GRE, three letters of recommendation, a writing sample, a current curriculum vitae, and a clearly written statement of career interests, goals, and objectives by electronic application through the Graduate Office (Apply Yourself). Graduate study in the program begins in the fall semester following admission. The application deadline is December 1; all applications are evaluated once each year in December.
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
The preferred English language test is Test of English as Foreign Language.
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
16
credits are required in the major.
12 credits are required outside the major. 24 thesis credits are required.
This program may not be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
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.
The course and credit requirements for the Ph.D. fall into roughly two categories: interdisciplinary courses satisfying core requirements, and courses constituting or enhancing a concentration. Students take 28 credits in required courses, including two elective courses that satisfy core requirements in cultural diversity and two courses that satisfy core requirements in research tools and methods. The remaining coursework includes 12 credits in an area of concentration and 12 credits in the minor field or supporting program (related to the concentration). Students are also expected to register for 1 credit of GWSS 8996 for each of 4 semesters and to participate in the department colloquium series of faculty, student, and guest lecturer presentations. In addition, students are expected to register for 24 thesis credits while writing the dissertation.
Because some courses may fall into more than one category (e.g., courses in the concentration may also satisfy core course requirements), students are permitted to double count credits in the major program in consultation with the director of graduate studies. This means that a student can graduate with fewer than 52 credits when double counting is approved. Students entering the Ph.D. program with a master's degree may transfer credits from that degree and apply them to the Ph.D. requirements in consultation with the director of graduate studies. All students, however, must take GWSS 8108 and 8109.
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