Gender and Sexuality Studies offers a Graduate Certificate Program for students currently enrolled in PhD programs within the School of Liberal Arts at Tulane University. Students earning certificates in the interdisciplinary field of Gender and Sexuality Studies must take five 6000 or 7000 level courses (15 credit hours), including GESS 6940, Gender & Sexuality Theory I (Feminist Theory) and GESS 6950, Gender & Sexuality Theory II (Queer Theory). Of the remaining courses, no more than two may come from the student's home department or PhD program. Three credit hours of the total 15 credit hours required for the certificate may double count for both the certificate and the PhD degree.
ELECTIVES
A sample list of related electives includes the following courses:
- ANTH 6270, Culture and Romantic Love
- ANTH 7690, Language and Gender
- ARHS 6060, Gender, Race and Representations of the Body
- ARHS 6220, Women and Gender in Medieval Art
- ENLS 6720, Feminist Literary Theory
- ENLS 6830, Race, Class and Gender
- HISA 6270, Women and Gender in the Middle Ages
- HISB 6070, Gender in African History
- SOCI 6060, Issues in Sociology of Gender
- SOCI 6070, Sociology of Sexuality
- SOCI 6260, Gender, Work and Family
- SPAN 6740, Women Writers of Latin America
In addition to the above courses, colloquia, independent studies and special topics coerces may be applied to the certificate subject to approval.