DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN'S STUDIES
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Ph.D. Degree Requirements
The doctorate requires a minimum of 72 semester hours beyond the B.A. All Ph.D. students must complete the following:
Graduate Core
13 s.h.
Gender and diversity core
9 s.h.
Women's studies electives
18 s.h.
Course work in a single discpline (e.g., anthropology, history, literature)
18 s.h.
Dissertation
9-14 s.h.
Graduate Core  
131:200-201 Foundations for Feminist Inquiry I & II
6 s.h.
131:205 Graduate Practicum
1 s.h.
131:210 Feminist Pedagogy (required of all women's studies teaching assistants)
3 s.h.
131:228 Readings: History of Feminisms
3 s.h.
Gender and Diversity Core: at least 9 hours selected from courses including but not limited to those listed here.
035:173 Latin American Women Writers
3 s.h.
131:127 Women Writers of African Descent
3 s.h.
131:128 The African-American Woman in America
3 s.h.
131:149 International Feminisms
3 s.h.
131:150 American Indian/First Nations Women
3 s.h.
131:154 Antrhopologies and Sexualities
3 s.h.
131:215 Women's Issues: A Transnational View
3 s.h.
131:241 American Indian Women's Literature
3 s.h.
131:274 Post-Colonial Women's Writing
3 s.h.

 

 

Qualifying Paper
Students will complete a Qualifying Paper in the second semester of their second year in residence, demonstrating their theoretical and methodological strengths and their intellectual development in feminist studies.
Comprehensive Exams
Once students have successfully competed their Qualifying Papers, they will be eligible to begin the three Comprehensive Exams demonstrating competency in their chosen specializations, as recommended by their Advisory Committee and approved by the faculty who oversee the Ph.D. Program. These may be submitted at any time following completion of the Qualifying Paper, but they are generally expected during the third year. When they are satisfactorily completed the student will be admitted to candidacy and can begin work toward the dissertation.

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