The Certificate of Advanced Studies in Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary program that offers the opportunity for study and research with faculty from a wide range of schools and departments. Certificates of Advanced Studies are awarded to matriculated master’s degree or doctoral students who have completed a minimum of 12 credits of graduate courses in Women’s Studies. The 12 credits of coursework must come from two or more departments or schools. Three credits must be taken in feminist theory. Students in certain programs may be required to take more than 12 credits of coursework as specified by departmental requirements.
Certificate of Recognition for Thesis and Dissertation
Certificates of Recognition are awarded to master's degree and doctoral students who have produced a thesis or dissertation in feminist studies. To apply for certification the candidate must submit a petition listing the title and abstract of the thesis or dissertation, the defense date, and the advisor.
Admissions
Admission for graduate certification in women's studies involves (a) completion of the Women's Studies Application for C.A.S., at least one semester before receiving degree (student must be a matriculated masters student or doctoral student at Syracuse University); (b) completion of the Graduate School Internal Admission Application; (c) conference with a Women's Studies Program advisor ; and (c) approval of each student's program by the Director of Women's Studies. For more information contact Syracuse University Graduate School.
Requirements
Matriculated master's or doctoral students must take a minimum of 12 credits of graduate courses cross-listed as WSP courses or approved by the director of the Women's Studies Program. At least one course (3 credits) must be a theory course, such as:
WSP 600 Feminist Theory
WSP 600 Theory and Research on Women
WSP 600 Feminist Epistemologies
CFE/WPS 776 Gender, Education, and Culture
SOC 810 Readings on Theory and Methodology
The 12 credits of coursework must come from two or more departments or schools. Students in certain programs may be required to take more than 12 credits of coursework as specified by department requirements.
FALL 2008 COURSES
WSP/ECN 500 Topics in Economics and Gender
MW 12:45-2:05 Susan Gensemer
Recent research in the area of economics and gender: economics of the family, including intrahousehold bargaining and the economics of domestic violence; labor markets, including discrimination and sexual harassment; and the interplay between these two spheres. The course culminates with student projects in areas of their interests.
WSP 600 Selected Topics
Sec. 001 Feminisms and PostColonial Studies
W 2:15-5:05 Chandra Talpade Mohanty
Course objectives include an in-depth understanding of the field of postcolonial studies and its history in the US academy, wide-ranging knowledge of cross-cultural feminist theoretical and epistemological perspectives on multiple colonialisms, neo-colonialism, decolonialization, and postcolonialism; understanding of the theoretical paradigms of orientalism, racism/racialization, ethnocentrism, subaltern studies, and materialist feminist analysis; development of epistemologically and ethically grounded research methodologies attentive to multiple histories; and familiarity with questions of voice, agency, subjectivity and representation.
WSP 601 Feminist Theory
T 2:00-4:45 Gwendolyn Pough
This course will provide a graduate level introduction to some of the key theoretical trends and debates in feminist theory today, including (1) feminist epistemology and the debate over accounts of epistemic privilege or standpoint theories, (2) the debate over gender identity itself or the viability of the category “woman”, (3) materialist feminist attempts to give articulation to the specific form of productive labor women do that is generally invisible in mainstream economics, (4) the debate over the relationship between heterosexual liberation and lesbian liberation, and (5) the postcolonial critique if western feminism and the attempt to create a transnational feminism.
WSP/REL 605 Religion and Body in Late Antiquity
T 9:30-12:15 Patricia Cox Miller
History of the human body as history of its modes of construction in Graeco-Roman antiquity. Problems that arise when the body becomes topic for religious inquiry. Readings in ancient texts and contemporary theory. Permission of the instructor.
WSP/SOC 614 Introduction to Qualitative Research
W 3:45-6:45, Elizabeth Payne or t 6:00-9:00 Prema Kurien
Developing and using qualitative methods used by sociologists to conduct research. Underlying assumptions and limitations.
WSP/SWK 626 Persons in Social Context
W 12:45-3:30, Kenneth Corvo and Ellen deLara or W 6:45-9:30
Assessment of behavior in diverse individuals, groups, and social systems. Applying concepts from the biological, behavioral, and social sciences in identifying and understanding forms and causes of behavior.
WSP/AAS/SOC 627 NYC: Black Women Domestic Workers
TTh 5:00-6:20 Linda Carty
A political economy approach to educating students about the human and capital costs of tourism to the Caribbean. The integral relationship between sex work and Caribbean tourism exposes the region’s development that has resulted in its current configuration. Permission of instructor.
WSP/GEO/ANT 764 Gender and Globalization
M 2:15-5:00 Jennifer Hyndmann
The impact of the increasing hypermobility of capital and culture flows across borders on gender relations.
WSP 812/EDU 810/SOC 811 Advanced Seminar in Qualitative Research I
T 4:00-7:00, Sari Knopp Biklen or W 5:15-8:15, Marj DeVault
Expand fieldwork skills and increase theoretical understanding: emphasis on “thinking qualitatively:” intensive fieldwork.
