Program Requirements
Course requirements for the graduate certificate in WGS will build upon existing graduate curriculum, most of which are accessible to all disciplines. This program requires 9 credit hours of elective coursework; 1 credit hour of professional development; a research component worth 1 credit hour; and community project, grant application, or creation of WGS course syllabus worth 3 credit hours, for a total of 14 credit hours.
WGS Graduate Certificate Plan of Study
A. Core Courses (5 credits)
- WGS 795 (1 credit): Practicum/Professional Development
- WGS 796 (1 credit): Special Topics/Research Area of Choice
- WGS 797S (3 credit): Comprehensive Project/Capstone
B. Graded Coursework (from graduate-level courses bearing a prefix other than WGS) (9 credits). Students will select three courses from a pre-approved list of classes. One course must pertain to “Social/Cultural Development”; One course must pertain to “Tools for Making Change”; and one course will be an elective in a field of their choosing.
The following list of approved classes comes from the 2018 Level of Interest Survey, as well as from discussions with a variety of departments on the NDSU campus. This list does not preclude participation from other departments or programs.
Social/Cultural Development
- EDUC 712 Social, Cultural, and Political Dimensions of Schools
- ENGL 656 Literacy, Culture and Identity
- HDFS 813 Social and Emotional Development Across the Lifespan
- SOC 610 Social Inequality
- SOC 612 Sociology of Gender
Tools for Making Change: Grant Writing/Leadership
- EDUC 730 Leadership, Planning, and Organizational Behavior
- EDUC 808 Empowerment and Transformative Education
- PH 704 Leading and Managing Public Health Systems
- SOC 624 Feminist Theory and Discourse
- MGMT 630 Leadership in Organization
Open elective in a field of choice
- CJ 665 Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Criminal Justice
- ENGL 654 Language Bias
- HIST 626 Women in American History
- HDFS 714 Contemporary Youth Issues
- SOC 617 Sociology of the Family
