Jan Doolittle Wilson, Director
Assistant Professor of History

Kate Adams
Assistant Professor of English

Joanne Davis
Associate Professor of Psychology

Lara Foley
Associate Professor of Sociology

Holly Kruse
Assistant Professor of Communication

Lamont Lindstrom
Professor of Anthropology

Michaela Merryday
Assistant Professor of Art

Colleen McCarty
Student Liaison

The certificate program in Women's and Gender Studies offers interdisciplinary and cross-cultural courses that examine women's lives, experiences, and works as well as gender relations. Students enrolled in an undergraduate degree program at The University of Tulsa are eligible to complete certificate programs, as well as students who already hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.

Certificate Requirements
Students must complete 18 hours of approved course work. Courses from at least two disciplines in the College of Arts and Sciences must be included in the study program. First Seminars count toward the certificate but will not count as courses in a discipline. Students should see the Schedule of Classes for approved women's studies courses each semester or ask a member of the Women's Studies Governing Board for a current list.

Required Course (3 hours)
WS 2013, Introduction to Women's Studies
The diverse cultural, historical, and social experiences of women, with emphasis on the U.S. Analyzing women's contributions to their culture(s), this course considers how gender distinctions affect women's lives and control the production and use of knowledge and power.

Elective Courses (15 hours)
Courses from at least two disciplines must be included in the elective credits, and six hours must be at or above the 3000 level.

In addition to the following three courses in women's studies, approved courses are regularly taught in the following disciplines: anthropology, communication, comparative literature, English, exercise and sports science, German, history, languages, management, music, political science, psychology, sociology, Spanish, and theatre.

See the Schedule of Classes published each semester for approved women's studies courses.

For more information please visit: http://www.orgs.utulsa.edu/womenstudies/


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