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Gender and Women's Studies (Interdepartmental Concentration)

Concentration Requirements

Mailing Address:
Gender and Women’s Studies Program (MC 360)
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607

Campus Location: 1802 UH
Telephone: (312) 996-2441
E-mail: gjames@uic.edu
Web Site: http://www.uic.edu/depts/wsweb/WSweb.html
Director of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program: Barbara Ransby
Director of Graduate Studies: John D'Emilio

The Gender and Women’s Studies Program offers work leading to a graduate Interdepartmental Concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies. Students in the following graduate programs may be eligible to complete the Interdepartmental Concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies:

Graduate Program Level
Anthropology MA, PhD
Art History MA, PhD
Communication MA, PhD
Criminology, Law, and Justice MA, PhD
Curriculum and Instruction PhD
Disability and Human Development MS
Disability Studies PhD
Economics MA, PhD
Educational Psychology PhD
English MA, PhD
French MA
Germanic Studies MA, PhD
Health Professions Education MHPE
Hispanic Studies MA, PhD
History MA, PhD
Instructional Leadership MEd
Linguistics MA
Nursing PhD
Philosophy MA, PhD
Policy Studies in Urban Education PhD
Political Science MA, PhD
Psychology MA, PhD
Public Administration MPA
Public Health-Community Health Sciences MS, PhD
Slavic Studies MA, PhD
Social Work MSW, PhD
Sociology MA, PhD
Special Education MEd, PhD
Urban Education Leadership EdD
Urban Planning and Policy MUPP, PhD

Concentration Requirements

Students earning graduate degrees in the programs listed above may complement their courses by enrolling for a concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies after consulting with their graduate advisor. Students pursuing this concentration must apply to the director of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program and obtain approval from a Gender and Women’s Studies graduate faculty member, preferably from within the department of the degree, who becomes the student’s Gender and Women’s Studies advisor.

Students should enroll in a total of 16 hours of graduate course work for the concentration, including GWS 501 and 502, plus eight additional hours of Gender and Women’s Studies or cross-listed courses at the graduate level or the equivalent. Up to four of these hours can be directed study or thesis research on an appropriate topic approved by the student’s Gender and Women’s Studies advisor.

Interdepartmental Graduate Concentration in Women’s Health

Students with an interest in Gender and Women’s Studies who are pursuing a graduate degree in the College of Nursing or School of Public Health may complement their courses by enrolling for a concentration in Women’s Health after consulting with their advisor. See Interdepartmental Graduate Concentration in Women’s Health in the College of Nursing section for more information.