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Master's Program in Applied Women's Studies
Claremont Graduate University
Internships
Applied Women's Studies moves beyond the classroom, giving you the
opportunity to use knowledge in women's issues as a vital force for change in
today's world. At the heart of Applied Women's Studies is an Internship or
Policy Clinic requirement. The internship affords unique opportunities far
beyond the walls of the classroom. Greater Los Angeles offers one of the
richest cultural mixes in the world, providing a wide variety of possibilities
for internships in education, legal advocacy, community organizations, women's
centers, performing arts in the schools, prisons, shelters, and homes for
battered women. Policy Clinics focus on women's issues through research,
evaluation, and analysis.
Specialized
Program
Claremont Graduate University (CGU) offers a unique approach to graduate
education. You will have a wide range of choices within a specialized
course of study. Outstanding professors in Women's Studies teach in many
fields--politics, humanities, social sciences, education, and management.
Your Career
The choice of a graduate program is one of the most important decisions you
may ever make. Advisors work closely with you to shape a program that
meets your unique interests and career goals. The program is an excellent
choice for recent college graduates and mid-career professionals who seek to
effect change and shape policies through leadership roles in nonprofits,
business, and government agencies.
The Curriculum
Nine courses totaling 36 units are required. The program can be
completed in three semesters of full-time course work or on a part-time basis.
Required Courses (16 units)
* Feminist Theory
* Feminist Research Applications
* Analytic Tools
* An Internship or Policy Clinic
Interdisciplinary Courses (20 units)
* Concentration (12 units)
* Electives (8 units)
The Claremont
Experience
CGU provides a uniquely supportive environment. As a member of The
Claremont Colleges, CGU provides an intimate, personal education coupled with
the academic breadth of a much larger institution. Many of the 550 faculty
members from the undergraduate colleges--Pomona, Scripps, Claremont McKenna,
Harvey Mudd, and Pitzer--actively participate in the Graduate University's
academic programs.
So You Want to
Make a Difference in the World...
If you want to change society, you need knowledge, credentials, and
practical skills. The M.A. in Applied Women's Studies combines first-rate
education with a caring, supportive faculty, hands-on experience, and
career-enhancing skills.
To Apply
Individuals with a passion for women's issues are encouraged to apply.
Applied Women's Studies Program
Claremont Graduate University
150 East Tenth Street, Harper 22A
Claremont, CA 91711-3955
Tel: (909) 607-8305
Fax: (909) 621-8390
www.cgu.edu/interdis/aws
Ph.D. in Women's and Gender Studies
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
The
Doctoral Program
The interdisciplinary
Ph.D. program in Women's and Gender Studies provides advanced and systematic
course work investigating gender in society and culture in historical and
contemporary contexts from multicultural and multiracial perspectives. The
graduate course offerings are designed to explore the intricate connections
between feminist theory and practice, to illuminate the centrality of the
intersection of gender identities with other socially and culturally produced
identities, and to investigate women's issues and gender issues in a global
context. The program includes 18 hours of core courses and 21 hours of
course work within the three areas of concentration, in addition to the
successful completion of qualifying and comprehensive examinations, and a
doctoral dissertation. Core Courses include Feminist Genealogies,
Contemporary Feminist Theories, Feminist Methodologies, Feminist Knowledge
Production, and two Proseminars from the areas of concentration.
Areas
of Concentration
Feminist scholars at
Rutgers have identified three innovative areas of focus to shape the
interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Women's and Gender Studies. These areas are
designed to stimulate original scholarship addressing new research questions and
fostering the growth of feminist inquiry and practice. Each area of
concentration is introduced through a Proseminar that presents key questions,
theories, methodologies, and empirical case studies.
Agency, Subjectivity, and Social Change: This concentration
investigates women's mobilizations to transform social and political
institutions, which also transform women activists themselves. Examining
global feminist movements in the past as well as in the contemporary world, this
concentration seeks to explicate how women's activism and agency continue to
challenge dominant discourses on agency, subjectivity, culture, politics,
authority, religion, and society.
Technologies and Poetics of Gender and Sexuality: This
concentration investigates the hierarchical production of cultural differences.
Technologies of gender and sexuality refer to the manifold practices through
which categories of difference are produced and deployed to structure
relationships and institutions in particular social and historical contexts.
The poetics of gender and sexuality involve the creative and symbolic work of
the imagination that reifies and naturalizes difference as a central factor of
human relationships and cultural meaning.
Gendered Borders/Changing Boundaries: Feminist scholarship has
sought to challenge and de-center many traditional boundaries by cultivating
voices "from the margin" and exploring dimensions of women's experiences that
defy these boundaries. This concentration examines how feminist
scholarship can illuminate phenomena such as fluctuating national borders;
shifting contours of sovereignty; displacement, immigration, and diaspora;
uncertain global economies; hybrid identities; and changing sexualities.
Fellowships and Funding Opportunities
Fellowships and
teaching assistantships are available in the Department of Women's and Gender
Studies. Additional work and research opportunities are available in the
units of the Institute for Women's Leadership consortium.
Applications
The Women's and Gender
Studies Ph.D. program welcomes diverse applicants including international
students, returning students, and recent graduates of bachelor's degree
programs. Applications are considered for fall admission only and must be
submitted by January 15. Application forms are available from:
Office of Graduate and Professional Admissions
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
P.O. Box 5053
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
or online at
gradstudy.rutgers.edu/3ways.html
Please visit our website at womens-studies.rutgers.edu
Graduate Programs in Women's Studies
University at Albany
State University of New York
The Students
Students who enroll in Women's Studies
find out that one course can change their lives. They meet peers from New
York and the world; they encounter persons from backgrounds different from their
own and learn the value of building bridges that promote communication across
the lines that divide us; in particular they gain insight into the lives of
students from other racial, ethnic, class, and family forms, including
differences in sexual orientation. Both women and men who enroll in
Women's Studies learn to analyze gender in the context of these differences, and
to assess its impact on individuals and institutions.
The Programs
The Department offers the B.A. in
Women's Studies; students may also pursue a double major or a minor. At
the graduate level, students may enroll in the M.A. in Women's Studies, the
Certificate Program in Women and Public Policy, or pursue doctoral work either
as a concentration in Women's Studies through the Program in Humanistic Studies
or in related departments offering the Ph.D.
Master of Arts
Women's Studies encourages students to
reexamine their own lives and the world around them in relation to gender, race,
class, and sexuality. The 32-credit graduate curriculum reflects new
knowledge, theories, and methodologies based on a cross-cultural,
multidisciplinary approach to the study of women. At Albany, students find
faculty strength to cluster courses in three general areas:
* Women, Society, and Public Policy
* Feminist Writing and Creative Practice
* Global and Historical Perspectives
In the creation of new knowledge, Women's Studies builds connections to the
social and political environment outside the university and prepares students to
pursue doctoral or professional degrees or to find careers in government and
public policy, non-profit and social justice organizations, educational
institutions, and a range of human resource positions in private industry and
the arts.
Certificate Program
on Women and Public Policy
Students enrolled in other public
policy related graduate programs such as criminal justice, education, political
science, public administration, public policy, social work, and sociology, as
well as professionals from the community who wish to further graduate study, may
earn this 18-credit Certificate. The Department of Women's Studies and the
Center for Women in Government offer the core seminars for the program.
Doctoral Work in
Women's Studies
Students interested in doctoral work
in Women's Studies may also apply in separate application for admission to the
63-credit Doctor of Arts in Humanistic Studies program with a concentration in
Women's Studies. Course credits earned to fulfill the M.A. in Women's
Studies will simultaneously fulfill the Women's Studies concentration for the
D.A. in Humanistic Studies.
Students also accepted into other Ph.D. programs (such as Sociology, English,
and History) may count some of their Women's Studies courses towards both
degrees, and may apply up to 3 discipline-based courses with a gender, race,
class, and/or sexuality focus towards requirements for the M.A. in Women's
Studies.
Graduate
Assistantships
Prospective students in the M.A. in
Women's Studies program may apply for departmental assistantships (we offer 1-2
each year) as well as targeted assistantships for students in historically
underrepresented groups (as applicable). Students concurrently accepted
into the D.A. in Humanistic Studies Program with a concentration in Women's
Studies may apply for assistantships directly within that program, although they
may be assigned to work in the Department of Women's Studies.
The deadline for application for all forms of financial aid administered through
or in conjunction with the Women's Studies department is March 15.
Gender Studies in
Global Perspective Graduate Training Project
Initially
funded by the Ford Foundation, this project makes available assistantships for
M.A. degree candidates who will specialize, through course work or their M.A.
final projects, in gender issues in global perspective. Awards include an
$8,000 academic year stipend and tuition. Each award will be for a maximum
of two years, renewable upon review of first year work. More information
is available from the Institute for Research on Women (www.albany.edu/irow).
Graduate Admissions
Information
A complete application to the M.A.
Program in Women's Studies will include: Transcript(s) of undergraduate and any
graduate education; Three letters of recommendation; Applicant's statement
detailing background in Women's Studies, reasons for applying, and intellectual,
research, or creative objectives for pursuing graduate work, along with a
resume; Two relevant writing samples--acceptable submissions include papers
accepted for formal coursework, authored reports for a community or political
organization, creative work (including video or slides with accompanying text),
and/or published articles; GRE scores may be submitted at the applicant's
discretion but are not required for consideration.
While the equivalent of an undergraduate minor in Women's Studies is a measure
of preparation for advanced study in this field, we recognize that other kinds
of formal and informal feminist education and experience are also suitable
preparation.
Visit www.albany.edu/admiss/grad/.
Women's Studies Graduate Programs
University of Cincinnati
The Programs
The Center for Women's Studies offers
a two-year interdisciplinary M.A., a joint M.A./J.D. in Women's Studies and Law,
and a graduate Certificate of Concentration. We offer:
* Small program with individual attention
* Teaching opportunities and internships
* Flexibility for other joint and dual degrees, and for student-selected
areas of specialization
* Outstanding research and teaching faculty in a wide range of fields
* Nationally recognized, cutting edge program with a strong placement
record
* Faculty/student research networks
* Opportunities to do research and study abroad
The M.A.
The M.A. core curriculum focuses on
feminist theories, and students also choose such electives as Black Women and
Spirituality, Gender, Migration, and Citizenship, Queer Theory, Feminist Theory
and Contemporary Art, Women and Politics in the Third World, Gender and Space,
Feminism, Law, and the Novel, Education and Sex-Role Stereotyping, Black Women
Writers, American Women's History, Feminism and Geography, Lesbian Literature
and Psychology, and Women and Politics.
The M.A./J.D. in
Women's Studies and Law
UC was the first to offer an M.A./J.D.
joint degree program in Women's Studies and Law, which enables students to
complete both degrees in four years rather than five. The joint degree
program is especially valuable to students interested in public interest law and
legal advocacy for women, in women's international human rights, and in critical
legal studies. The program provides opportunities for externships both in
the US and abroad.
The M.A. and M.A./J.D. programs culminate in an original research project
supervised by a faculty committee.
The Certificate of
Concentration
The Certificate is a valuable
credential for students enrolled in other graduate degree programs who plan to
do research or teach in Women's Studies in addition to their own disciplines; it
provides evidence of expertise in women's and gender issues for those entering
the workforce. Non-degree-seeking students may also apply to the
Certificate program.
How and When to Apply
M.A.
The application and financial aid deadline is February 1. The GRE is
required. Application materials can be obtained via email from the Center
at
Graduate.Coordinator.WS@uc.edu; the Graduate Division
application is also available online at
www.grad.uc.edu/.
M.A./J.D. Joint degree applicants must apply
to each program separately. Both the GRE and the LSAT are required.
Law school applications are available via email at
Admissions@Law.uc.edu;
financial aid awards are made on a rolling basis beginning in February.
Certificate Certificate application deadlines are November 1 and
May 1. Application forms can be found by following the Certificate
Programs link at www.grad.uc.edu/.
Visit our website at www.artsci.uc.edu/womens_studies for more information
The
M.P.A. Program on Domestic Violence
University of Colorado
Our
Mission
To end domestic
violence by fostering institutional and social change through leadership
development, education, research, and community collaboration.
The first graduate program of its kind in the nation, CU-Denver's M.P.A. Program on Domestic Violence focuses on organizational management and public policy, helping service organizations integrate grassroots social justice work with good administrative practice.
Our students comes from around the country to participate in this program, which combines online offerings with campus visits. Many are practitioners--advocates, counselors, social workers, and other victims' services and domestic violence workers--who seek to enhance their management and policy skills. Some are managers in related fields who seek to gain an understanding of domestic violence and the policies, services, and public consciousness surrounding it. Others are interested in making a career change or entering the field after graduating from college.
Our faculty come from all University of Colorado campuses and programs to collaborate with local and national practitioners in this innovative program. Experts from across the nation recognized for their cutting-edge contributions in domestic violence management and public affairs, sociology, psychology, women's studies, law, education, and social change are invited as distinguished guest faculty to participate in the program each year.
Our program is now available in a unique online/on-campus schedule. Reaching out to students across the nation, the Program on Domestic Violence combines core M.P.A. courses with intensive domestic violence and nonprofit courses. Students are accepted for admission once a year as a cohort, a group that takes courses in tandem and participates in organized events and activities featuring local practitioners and other experts. Cohort sessions explore practical applications to classroom knowledge and build a personal and professional network for students to rely on throughout their degree program and their careers.
M.P.A. Core
Courses
Governance and Institutions; Organizational Management and Change;
Information and Analytic Methods; Economics and Public Finance; Policy Process
and Democracy; Leadership and Ethics
Domestic
Violence Concentration Courses
Psychology of Domestic Violence; Women and Violence: A Sociological
Perspective; Battered Women and the Legal System; Social Justice, Advocacy, and
Social Change; Seminar on Nonprofit Management
Admission
Requirements
* undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university with a
minimum 3.0 GPA
* GRE, GMAT, or LSAT scores, unless waived
* demonstrated interest in public affairs and domestic violence issues
We invite you to learn more about program specifics, course requirements, financial aid, or other details of our M.P.A. Program on Domestic Violence. Visit www.cudenver.edu/gspa.
Feminist Studies Graduate Program
University of Minnesota
Since its beginnings over twenty-five years ago, Women's Studies at the University of Minnesota has remained on the leading edge of feminist scholarship to become one of the most highly regarded departments in the world. Our Feminist Studies graduate curriculum emphasizes the systemic 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; Historical and colonialist paradigms; Social systems and relations of power; Genetic research and new technologies; Epistemologies and philosophy; and Health care and public policy. Our Ph.D. and graduate minor Feminist Studies Programs will prepare students to respond productively to the demands that challenge feminist scholarship and the future development of Women's Studies as a field. We invite you to apply to our graduate program, especially if you are looking for what distinguishes Feminist Studies at the University of Minnesota: a foundational interdisciplinary training in feminist theories, research methods, and issues related to women's diversity nationally and globally.
Ph.D.
Program
Our Ph.D. program is
organized into three parts consisting of required courses, and area of
concentration, and a supporting program taken outside of Women's Studies.
Along with a weekly colloquium series, the core courses provide an overview of
the central questions, texts, research, methods, and histories of feminist work.
To complement the interdisciplinary breadth of the core requirements, students
either select one of four prearranged concentrations, or design their own area
of focused study in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies.
Possible self-designed areas of concentration include international or global
studies, scientific epistemologies, US ethnic studies, national identities and
institutions, or the history and theory of sexuality. The supporting
program component allows students to take courses in their area of interest
while building a cross-disciplinary feminist intellectual community. We
also have a graduate minor certificate program designed for students who wish to
develop interdisciplinary feminist perspectives in their own fields of study.
Awards
Each year, the
Feminist Studies program nominates incoming candidates for first-year
fellowships awarded by the Graduate School. These fellowships include a
number of targeted awards for underrepresented and educationally disadvantaged
students. The Feminist Studies Program offers a limited number of teaching
assistantships and summer instructor positions in Women's Studies. Among
the many employment opportunities at the University are positions in special
programs in campus organizations, and research assistant and administrative
positions.
Research Opportunities
Graduate students at
the University will also have opportunities to participate in various research
centers: Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies; Center on Women and Public
Policy; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Program; Humanities Institute;
Institute for Global Studies; Institute of Technology Program for Women;
International Women's Rights Action Watch; MacArthur Interdisciplinary Program
on Global Change; Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport.
Special opportunities for graduate work at the University of Minnesota are
further enriched by resources such as the Givens collection of rare books on
African American literature and history, the Social Welfare History Archives,
the Twin Cities Holocaust Survivors Testimony Project, the East Asian Library,
and over 5 million publications in regular library holdings.
Complete program
information is available from our Feminist Studies Graduate Office. To
request information and application materials, please contact:
Department of Women's Studies Graduate Program
425 Ford Hall--224 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 626-0332
Fax: (612) 624-3573
wostgrad@tc.umn.edu
http://WomenStudy.cla.umn.edu
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