Graduate Certificate

For students in M.A., M.S., Ph.D., and professional programs at Kansas State University.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM:

The Women’s Studies Program offers a graduate certificate for Women’s Studies students and for students who are enrolled in various M.A., M.S., Ph.D. and other graduate programs. The Women’s Studies Graduate Certificate can be pursued independently or by students who are enrolled in any graduate program at K-State or at other universities.

COURSE OF STUDY

Graduate certificate work consists of completing 12 hours of graduate-level courses. To complete the Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies, all students are required to take WOMST 810, “Gender: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Feminist Thought and Practice.” This semester-long class must be taken at KSU’s Manhattan campus. Students choose three other courses from an approved list of interdisciplinary and disciplinary electives. A limited number of electives are available through distance education. Women’s Studies graduate faculty members serve on M.A., M.S., doctoral, and other academic committees of Graduate Certificate students.

INTERESTED? NEED MORE INFORMATION?

 Interested students are encouraged to contact the Women’s Studies Program and make inquiries: Graduate Certificate Coordinator, Women’s Studies, 3 Leasure Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS 66506, 785 532-5738, womst@ksu.edu. The KSU Women’s Studies website describes the program and provides a list of approved graduate classes (www.k-state.edu/womst). In addition, prospective students can find information and application procedures for this non-degree, graduate certificate Women’s Studies program on K-State’s Graduate School website (www.k-state.edu/grad/).

ADMISSION INFORMATION

There are different application procedures for a) students who are currently enrolled in a graduate program at K-State, and for domestic students who have finished a K-State graduate degree, and for b) all other graduate students, with undergraduate degrees, who are applying to the Women’s Studies Graduate Certificate Program.
Currently enrolled KSU graduate students should apply directly to the Graduate Coordinator, Women’s Studies Program, 3 Leasure Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506. Please send Women’s Studies the following: 1) a copy of official undergraduate and graduate transcripts (if you are enrolled in another K-State graduate program, unofficial graduate transcripts are sufficient); and 2) a letter of application with three references, which includes a description of previous work and current interests in the discipline and a list of approved Women’s Studies courses that you would like to take. In addition, if you are enrolled in another K-State graduate program, the student’s major professor should sign this letter of application or write a separate letter indicating of her/his approval of the student’s plans to pursue the Women’s Studies Graduate Certificate.
If you are applying from outside of K-State graduate programs to the Women’s Studies Graduate Certificate Program, you will send your application materials directly to Dean Carol Shanklin, Graduate School, 103 Fairchild Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506. Please send official transcripts and a letter of application, as stated in 1 and 2 above.  You will also complete steps 3 and 4, and international students will complete steps 5 and 6, too. In addition to transcripts and a letter of application, 3) complete the non-degree graduate certificate application on the Graduate School’s website. Click on “online application” on the left side of the home page and follow application guidelines instructions for U.S. and international students. Then 4) send a copy of the online application to the Graduate School and print, sign, and send Women’s Studies the print-out portion of the online application. 5) If you are an international student who will be applying for a visa, contact the Women’s Studies Program and develop a formal plan of study that is approved by the Women’s Studies Graduate Certificate Coordinator; this plan of study will be submitted to the Graduate School as part of your application materials. 6) For those international students whose primary language is not English, include a TOEFL language proficiency document with your application.
Achievement tests scores are not needed. And there is no fee for applying to a graduate certificate program. If you have any questions, please call the Women’s Studies Program or the Graduate School. Admission is on an ongoing, rolling basis and we encourage applications throughout the academic year.

Student Learning Outcomes
Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies
Kansas State University

Students who have completed the graduate certificate in Women’s Studies will be able to

• analyze the development and significance of gender and sexuality, including the importance of “race”/ethnicity, class, and global location.
• articulate the significance of the interdisciplinary character of women’s studies as a field
• demonstrate knowledge of the theories, methodology, methods, and ethics of women’s studies research and how they relate to disciplinary practices
• define and carry out independent research in women’s studies
• effectively communicate knowledge and research in women’s studies in written and oral form

 

Course Offerings | Graduate Catalogue | KATS

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Practicum in Teaching Introduction to Women’s Studies

Women’s Studies Graduate Certificate Earners interested in teaching Women’s Studies may register for WOMST 700: Advanced Topics in Women’s Studies/Practicum in Teaching Introduction to Women’s Studies

This course is designed for graduate certificate earners who plan to teach Introduction to Women’s Studies, either here at Kansas State University or elsewhere. Students will partner with a faculty member currently teaching Introduction to Women’s Studies. The student will attend each class and do the readings assigned. In addition, students will also read two texts focused on teaching Women’s Studies: bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress and Winkler and DiPalma, Teaching Introduction to Women’s Studies. Additional assignments for the class include

• A weekly journal responding to pedagogical issues raised by class observations, readings, etc.
• Regular meetings with the faculty member responsible for the Intro. class
• Responsibility for leading at least one class during the semester
• Attendance of monthly meetings of teachers of 105
• Construction of a complete syllabus for teaching Introduction for Women’s Studies.

Permission to register is required and may be obtained from the Director of the Women’s Studies Program, Dr. Hubler, in Leasure 3D, 532-5738.

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