Certificate in Gender Studies
Women contribute to culture and society as both participates and creators. Fort Hays State University offers coursework from diverse academic fields that allows for a theoretically and historically based understanding of the aspirations, accomplishments, and rights of women throughout history. The Gender Studies Certificate program takes you on a journey of exploration from the Enlightenment era through third-wave feminism. Along the way, take your own excursions into literature, history, sociology, leadership, communication, nursing, justice studies and/or psychology. All courses are intentionally designed for males and females, alike. You are invited to take these journeys with us!
Once you have taken all required classes, you will be issued an official certificate that recognizes your successful completion of the Certificate in Gender Studies at Fort Hays State University. Students must receive a grade of "C" or higher in each course to count towards the certificate.
Required Courses
Both of these foundation courses must be completed .
| CREDITS | ||
| SOC 310 | Gender and Society | 3 |
| SOC 311 | Feminist Theory | 3 |
Subtotal (6 credit hours)
Elective Courses
Choose any two courses below*, but from two different disciplines.
| CREDITS | ||
| SOC 348 | Topics in Sociology: Masculinities | 3 |
| SOC 466 | Sociology of Sexual Behavior | 3 |
| SOC 472 | Social Inequality | 3 |
| COMM 600 | Nonverbal Codes | 3 |
| COMM 608 | Communication and Gender | 3 |
| CRJ 340 | Gender, Race, and Inequality in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CRJ 365 | Women and Crime | 3 |
| ENG 600 | American & English Literacy offering Variable Topics ( with approval) | 3 |
| ENG 693 | Studies in World Literature: Global Women's Issues | 3 |
| HIST 300 | Topics in History: History of Sexuality | 3 |
| HIST 300 | Topics in History: LGBT World History | 3 |
| HIST 600 | Topics in History: Women in World History | 3 |
| LDRS 420 | Women and Leadership | 3 |
| PSY 325 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| PSY 340 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 359 | Evolutionary Psychology | 3 |
* Other FHSU courses may be substituted as electives upon approval of Dr. Christy Craig ( cmcraig2@fhsu.edu), certificate coordinator.
Subtotal (6 credit hours)
Total Credit Hours: 12
If you would like more information about the Certificate in Gender Studies, please contact Dr. Christy Craig
(cmcraig2@fhsu.edu), certificate coordinator.
Please Note:
It is the responsibility of the student to inform the coordinator of the certificate program that he or she has completed the certificate requirements. Your certificate will not be awarded until you have completed the requirements and informed your coordinator of same. To ensure there is enough time to process your certificate, please inform your coordinator by the 21st day of the semester in which the certificate is to be awarded.
In order to verify certificate completion, the student must go into his/her myFHSU worklet in Workday account, where the unofficial transcript can be found. Please email a PDF of your unofficial transcript along with the information listed below. The student's e-mail note to the certificate coordinator should begin with an expression of the certificate earned, followed by the courses completed as documented from the unofficial transcript. In addition, please provide the name that you would like printed on the certificate - as in first name, with or without a middle initial, last name, or any variation of such, and your mailing address.
In summary, please e-mail your certificate coordinator with:
- The certificate name.
- Your unofficial transcript.
- Your name presented as you like for your certificate.
- Your mailing address.