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CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
Women's Studies Certificate
Women's Studies provides students with important background preparation to work in settings such as counseling, business, communications, public and community service, advocay work, work for non-profit organizations, public health, and law. Such careers may include domestic abuse or welfare rights advocacy, family counseling, sexual assault counseling, health care, human resources and public relations.
The Women's Studies certificate will give students a focus on issues concerning women and gender within a variety of academic disciplines. It can give cohesion to a student's electives within the Associates of Arts and Science degree, lead students to a specialization in the area of women's studies for some employment purposes, or prepare them for a major or a minor in Women's Stuidies at other UW institutions.
Requirements
The Women's Studies Certificate requires a minimum of 15 credits earned with a grade of C ro better. Up to 3 credits can be transferred rom institutions outside the UW Colleges. Credits for the Certificate must includ the following:
- WOM 101 An Introduction to Women's Studies
- A combination of 12 additional credits fromt he cross-listed courses offered in the Women's Studies Program, with at least one course froom each of the following categories:
Social Sciences
- WOM 208 Psychology of Gender (PSY 208)
- WOM 250 Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective (ANT 250)
- WOM 280 Women in History (HIS 279)
- WOM 218 Women in Sport (PED 218)
Please make sure to enroll in the WOM discipline of the course if you ar working toward the certificate.
For more information, contact: Mary LaCasse, 715-735-4353