Gender, Race, and Economy Certificate

Program Description:

The Economics Department offers a Graduate Certificate in Gender, Race and Economy consisting of 12 credit hours (6 credit hours in selected economics graduate level classes and 6 credit hours in appropriate graduate level classes from any other discipline). The certificate enables graduate students from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds to develop a specialty in analyzing economic issues of Gender, Race and Economy.

Program Requirements:

To obtain the certificate a student must:

have a bachelor’s degree before beginning the certificate program
successfully complete 6 credit hours of graduate-level Economics courses listed below plus 6 credit hours of appropriate graduate-level non-Economics courses, including but not not limited to, the courses listed below
earn a cumulative average of 3.0 for the 12 credit hour program

Graduate Level Economics Courses: 6 Hours

Choose 2 additional appropriate courses from any department. For approval of acceptable courses, contact the chair of the Economics Department. Examples include the following courses:

EC 6450 - Political Economy of Women Credit Hour(s): 3
EC 6460 - Gender and Economic Policy in International Compar Credit Hour(s): 3
EC 7770 - Economic Studies Credit Hour(s): 3 (Economic Studies in Gender, Race, and Economy - topics vary)
Examples include: EC 7770 Economic Studies: Household and Demographic Data

Electives: 6 Hours

Choose 2 from the following courses:

AFS 6030 - History of the Ideas of Race Credit Hour(s): 3
AFS 6040 - The African Diaspora Credit Hour(s): 3
ENG 6430 - Studies in Literature, Gender and Sexuality Credit Hour(s): 3
ENG 6440 - Studies in Ethnic and Regional Literature Credit Hour(s): 3
ENG 6470 - Studies in Post-Colonial Literature Credit Hour(s): 3
ENG 7320 - Seminar in Literature and Gender Credit Hour(s): 3
HST 6810 - Topics in African-American History Credit Hour(s): 3
HST 6830 - Topics in Gender History Credit Hour(s): 3
PLS 6480 - Gender Violence & Amer Pol Credit Hour(s): 3
PLS 6490 - Intl Politics- Gender Violence Credit Hour(s): 3
PLS 6610 - Comparative Social Movements Credit Hour(s): 3
SOC 5600 - Social Inequality Credit Hour(s): 3
SOC 5610 - Sociology of Gender Credit Hour(s): 3
SOC 5620 - Race and Ethnicity Credit Hour(s): 3
ATH 6010 - Kinship and Social Structure Credit Hour(s): 3
SOC 6600 - Sociology of Sexuality Credit Hour(s): 3
SOC 6610 - Gender and Crime Credit Hour(s): 3
SOC 6640 - Gender and Sexuality: Global Issues Credit Hour(s): 3
SW 6890 - Selected Topics in Social Work Credit Hour(s): 0 or 3 (Women and Aging)
WGS 6000 - Topics in Gender & Sexuality Credit Hour(s): 3
WGS 6200 - Women in International Perspective Credit Hour(s): 3
WGS 6500 - Topics in Feminist Theory Credit Hour(s): 3
WGS 6700 - Research Methods Credit Hour(s): 3
WGS 6800 - Studies in Selected Subjects Credit Hour(s): 3
WGS 7000 - Feminist Theory Credit Hour(s): 3
WGS 7200 - Seminar in Selected Subjects Credit Hour(s): 3

Gender, Race, and Economy Certificate

Program Description:

Program Requirements:

Graduate Level Economics Courses: 6 Hours

Electives: 6 Hours

Total: 12 Hours