Official Title of Certificate: Gender and Sexuality Studies, Certificate
Award: Certificate
Code: CRT.GSS.STDS
Total Credit Hours: 15
About the Gender and Sexuality Studies Program
Purpose: The certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies is offered for students who desire concentrated study in the field of Gender and Sexuality Studies for career purposes, personal enrichment, or as a pathway to the Associate of Arts degree in Transfer Studies or a more advanced degree in Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Multidisciplinary in nature, Gender and Sexuality Studies focuses on the role of gender and sexuality in the construction of individual identities, interpersonal relationships and social institutions. Courses promote an understanding of power and privilege in a social context. Students are encouraged to develop critical thinking skills by analyzing the ways in which gender and sexuality intersect with other social variables like class, race, ethnicity and disability.
Credits earned for the certificate may be applied to the Associate of Arts degree in Transfer Studies. The certificate also enables students to prepare for employment that focuses on the role of gender and sexuality in fields such as health, law, psychology, social work, education, public policy and business, and provides a credential offering evidence of concentrated study in the field of Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Additional Program Requirements
Completion of the required courses with a grade of C or better in each course.
