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Academic Program

The Women’s and Gender Studies Certificate is available to students enrolled in a CGU degree program as well as students who have completed a Bachelor’s degree and wish to enroll at CGU as a certificate status student to earn the WGS certificate. The program is designed to engage students in an interdisciplinary field of study which analyzes the phenomenon of gender through a lens of intersectionality, including race, class, sexuality, and location. The focus on interdisciplinary studies also allows students to study the significance of gender theory, research, and practice, while understanding “gender” as a social construction referring to feminities and masculinities.

The certificate requirement is the completion of “Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies” (WGS 301) plus three elective courses relevant to Women’s and Gender Studies. Electives may be selected from the CGU class schedule or from curricular offerings from the Intercollegiate Department of Women’s Studies of The Claremont Colleges with the prior approval of the director of the program and the student’s faculty advisor.

Links to Other Certificates or Further Information

Africana Studies, Certificate