Drucilla K. Barker, Director

Overview

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the University of South Carolina promotes understanding of the diverse array of women’s experiences through a complete program of teaching, research, and service to the University, the local community, the state, and the nation. Through its research mission, women’s and gender studies reconceptualizes knowledge, creates new knowledge, and reinterprets existing knowledge through the lens of gender and the prism of diversity. Its teaching mission is to share this knowledge with students so they learn to think critically, to communicate effectively, to solve problems, and to interpret human experience. Emerging from an activist tradition, women’s and gender studies serves university, local, state, and national communities by acting as a resource and guide for issues related to women and gender. Our research, teaching, and service missions interweave as we create, share, and apply the knowledge, skills, and values that promote the full participation of women in society.

Other Courses Offered From Other Disciplines

ANTH 747  {=LING 747 } Language as Social Action
EDCS 723  Understanding Sexual Diversity on Campus
EDCS 724  Gender Diversity in Schools and Communities
EDFI 845  Seminar in Foundations of Education
ENGL 757  20th Century African American Literature
HPEB 513  U.S. Ethnic Minorities and Health
HPEB 621  Maternal-Child Health Education
LAW 781 Diversity and the Law
NURS 739  Conceptual Base for Women’s Health Nursing
NURS 768  Women’s Health Care
NURS 776  Advanced Health Care for Women
SPAN 769  Hispanic Women Writers

Certificate of Graduate Study in Women’s and Gender Studies

The Certificate of Graduate Study in Women’s and Gender Studies is open to the graduate student seeking an interdisciplinary program in women’s and gender studies in addition to the master’s or doctoral degree that the student is pursuing in a traditional discipline. The program is also intended for postbaccalaureate working professionals such as psychologists, social workers, nurses, librarians, and teachers who wish to obtain information and skills in women’s and gender studies to aid them in their professions.

Admission

Applicants will need to submit a completed application together with official transcripts, GRE or Miller Analogies Test scores, two letters of recommendation, and a personal statement. Minimum entrance requirements will be the same as those for The Graduate School. Applicants with GRE scores above 1050 (verbal and analytical)—or a comparable score under the new grading scale for the analytical section—or Miller Analogies Test scores above 50 will have the best opportunity of being awarded a graduate assistantship. For more information, contact the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.

Programs and Courses

Programs

• Women’s and Gender Studies, Certificate

Courses

• WGST 515 - Race, Gender, and Graphic Novels
• WGST 525 - The Psychology of the Midlife Woman
• WGST 535 - Ecofeminism
• WGST 541 - Issues in Women’s Health
• WGST 554 - Women and Crime
• WGST 555 - Language and Gender
• WGST 598 - Special Topics in Women’s & Gender Studies
• WGST 621 - Maternal and Child Health
• WGST 701 - Feminist Theory
• WGST 702 - Feminist Epistemologies and Methodologies
• WGST 704 - Political Theory and Feminism
• WGST 705 - Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
• WGST 708 - Women in American Politics
• WGST 709 - Women Explorers and Travelers
• WGST 714 - Nutrition in Women’s Health
• WGST 716 - Women’s Studies Workshop
• WGST 736 - Women, Work, and Health: Global Perspectives
• WGST 737 - Topics in British Women Writers
• WGST 738 - Topics in American Women Writers
• WGST 750 - Psychology of Women
• WGST 757 - African American Women in Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
• WGST 764 - History of American Women
• WGST 767 - Feminist Perspectives in Social Work Practice
• WGST 772 - Gender and Culture
• WGST 790 - Directed Reading and Research
• WGST 796 - Special Topics in Women’s Studies
• WGST 797 - Seminar in Women’s Studies