A&S—Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies

The Gender, sexuality, and Women's Studies Program offers graduate certificates in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at both the master's and doctoral levels. The interdisciplinary curriculum draws upon faculty expertise in the arts, humanities, and social sciences; and in business, law, library and information science, nursing, medicine, public and international affairs, public health, and social work. The program provides opportunities for students who wish to focus their study on women, gender, and sexuality or who wish to add these areas as a subspecialty.

Contact Information

Program Director: Prof. Todd Reeser

Main Office: 2208 Wesley W. Posvar Hall

412-624-6485

Fax: 412-624-6492

E-mail: gsws@pitt.edu

www.gsws.pitt.edu

Admissions

Interested students should make an appointment with the Director of the Women's Studies program.

Financial Assistance

No initial financial aid is available through the Women's Studies Program. Graduate students who enroll in the program may apply for financial aid through a home department. Each year, the program hires 2-3 advanced graduate students as instructors or lecturer, offer research grants.

Requirements for Master’s-Level Certificate

The master’s-level certificate requires 12 credits as detailed below:

• At least two courses in one field
• GSWS 2252: Theories of Gender and Sexuality
• At least one other course outside the student's home department
• No more than 1 course may be directed study

Requirements for Doctoral Certificate

The doctoral-level certificate requires 18 credits as detailed below:

• GSWS 2252: Theories of Gender and Sexuality
• At least two other courses must be outside the candidate's home department
• At least three courses in one field
• No more than 1 courses may be directed study

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