Graduate Program

Graduate Advisor
Dr. Adriana Ramirez de Arellano
ardap@comcast.net


Graduate Certificate in Women Studies

Students may present Women Studies as a transcripted graduate certificate with 15 credit hours of graduate study as follows:

  • 6 credit hours of required courses, WMST 510 Feminist Theories and WMST 512 Feminist Research Methodologies.
  • 9 credit hours of electives approved by the Women Studies graduate advisor. The electives may be taken within the program in Women Studies, the student’s home department, or in combination with appropriate courses from another department.

Students must receive at least a 3.0 GPA in all courses.

Applications should include:

  1. Proof of admission into a graduate program at UNM.
  2. Letter of intent, which may include any significant experience applicant brings to the study of Women Studies, and which explains what he/she hopes to accomplish.
  3. Undergraduate transcript.
  4. One letter of recommendation.

Applications should be sent to:
Director of Women Studies
MSC03 2155
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001


Courses

WMST 109. Introduction to Comparative Global and Ethnic Societies. (3)



WMST 200. Introduction to Women Studies. (3)



WMST 231. Psychology of Human Sexuality. (3)



WMST 250. Black Women. (3)



WMST 255. Black Women and the Diaspora. (3)



WMST 279. Interdisciplinary Topics. (1-3, may be repeated 3 times Δ)



WMST 304. Feminist Theories: Identity, Knowledge, and Power. (3)



WMST 313. Women and the Law. (3)



WMST 314. Women's Contemporary Legal Issues. (3)



WMST 323. Feminist Economics. (3)



WMST 324. Contemporary Feminist Theory. (3)



WMST 325. Race, Class and Feminism. (3)



WMST 326. Gender and Communication. (3)



WMST 331. Transnational Feminisms. (3)



WMST 332. Introduction to Chicana Studies. (3)



WMST 335. Lesbian Culture and Politics. (3)



WMST 336. Queer Theories. (3)



WMST 339. Women and Cultural Violence. (3)



WMST 353. Women and Creativity. (3)



WMST 355. Black Womanist and Feminist Theories. (3)



WMST 375. Psychology of Women. (3)



WMST 377. Population Policy and Politics. (3)



WMST 379. Interdisciplinary Topics. (1-3, may be repeated three times Δ)



WMST 415. The History of Reproduction. (3)



WMST 416. Women and Health in American History. (3)



WMST 469. Multiculturalism, Gender and Media. (3)



WMST 479. Advanced Interdisciplinary Topics. (3 to a maximum of 9 Δ)



WMST 492. Senior Seminar. (3)



WMST 493. Senior Honors Thesis. (3)



WMST 498. Feminism in Action. (3)



WMST 499. Independent Study. (1-3, may be repeated 3 times Δ)



WMST 510. Feminist Theories. (3)



WMST 512. Introduction to Feminist Research Methodology. (3)



WMST 579. Interdisciplinary Topics. (1-3, may be repeated 3 times Δ)



WMST 597. Independent Study. (1-3 to a maximum of 3 Δ)



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