The Department of Women and Gender Studies offers an undergraduate certificate in global gender and sexuality studies. The ever-increasing movement of people, commodities, politics and culture that define "globalization" affects all of us in different ways.

The certificate in global gender and sexuality studies provides students with an opportunity to study how individuals and groups from diverse gender, racial, ethnic, national, class and sexual backgrounds live in and engage with the world and how processes of global change shape gender relations locally, nationally and internationally. The certificate is designed for students who wish to understand, analyze and respond to these dramatic global transformations and their impact on women and gender relations, complementing students' majors and interests and preparing them for graduate studies and employment.

This interdisciplinary undergraduate certificate program takes advantage of the research strengths of the department's core and associate faculty and enhances the experience of undergraduate students in any major, including international affairs, political science, history, ethnic studies, geography, English, anthropology, sociology, integrative physiology, environmental studies and many others. Career specialization in international gender and sexuality has grown in both the private and public sectors, including fields such as international development, finance, public health, public policy and education.

For more details including application instructions, visit the Undergraduate Certificate in Global Gender & Sexuality Studies webpage or email wgst@colorado.edu.

Requirements

Required Courses and Credits

Certificate requirements include 18 credit hours of specified coursework, including 12 credit hours at the upper-division level. A maximum of 6 credit hours transferred from other institutions will be accepted

Required Courses
Lower-Division Required Course3
Introduction to Global Gender, Race and Sexuality Studies
Upper-Division Required Courses6
Choose two:
Global Gender Issues
Gender, Sexuality and Global Health
Gender and Sexuality in Africa
Gender and Politics in Latin America
Topics in Global Gender and Sexuality Studies (AH)
Topics in Global Gender and Sexuality Studies (SS)
Feminist Fictions
Gender, Genocide and Mass Trauma
Gender and Indigeneity in Literature and Films of the Americas
Sex, Power, Politics: International Perspectives
Gender Politics and Global Activism
A Global History of Sexuality: The Modern Era
Elective Courses9
Lower-Division Electives
No more than 3 credit hours
Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Culture
Exploring Culture and Gender through Film
Language, Gender and Sexuality
Upper-Division Electives
Choose from the upper-division requirements listed above as well as the following courses, 6-9 credit hours
Gender and Development
Women, Gender & Sexuality in Jewish Texts & Traditions
Women in Nordic Society: Modern States of Welfare
American Indian Women
Women in Islam
Gender, Sexuality and Culture in the Modern Middle East
Gender, Race, Sexuality and Global Migration
Who Runs the World? Sex, Power, and Gender in Geography
Gender, Race and Immigration in Germany and Europe
Women in East Asian History
Women, Gender and War
Screening Race, Class & Gender in the U.S. and the Global Borderland
Globalization and Transnational Culture
Total Credit Hours18

Appropriate topics courses offered by other departments and programs—those that deal centrally with issues of gender and/or sexuality in global context—may count for upper division elective credit with the permission of the department's director of undergraduate studies. Students must get the director’s approval beforehand, or credit toward the certificate is not guaranteed.

Education Abroad and CU Global Seminars

Appropriate education abroad courses and CU Global Seminars that deal centrally with issues of gender and/or sexuality in global context may count for lower- or upper-division elective credit with the permission of the department's director of undergraduate studies. Only CU-sponsored education abroad programs and Global Seminars will count as CU credit. Appropriate education abroad courses taken through other accredited study abroad programs may count for elective transfer credit with the permission of the director of undergraduate studies. In all of these cases, students must get the director’s approval beforehand, or credit toward the certificate is not guaranteed.