Graduate Certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies
We are proud to offer a Graduate Certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies to any University of Chicago doctoral student, MAPSS student, MSW student or Masters student in the Divinity School.
If you are interested in the Certificate, please fill in this form.
The Gender and Sexuality Studies Certificate has 4 major components:
- A graduate-level foundation course in gender and sexuality theory. Approved courses for 2020-21 are listed below;
- Three additional GNSE courses (cross-listed courses or equivalent pre-approved non-cross listed courses);
- A major research paper with a substantial gender/sexuality component; and
- Attendance at a minimum of 6 Gender and Sexuality Studies Workshops. Sign up to receive papers in advance of the workshops here.
All courses must be taken for a “quality grade,” i.e., not an R or a P.
Questions? Please contact Bonnie Kanter – bonniek@uchicago.edu.
Approved Foundation Courses for 2020-21:
- GNSE 38775 Racial Melancholia (Autumn 2020)
- GNSE 30104 Queer Theology and Queer of Color Critique (Winter 2021)
- GNSE 30106 Capitalism, Gender, and Intimate Life (Winter 2021)
- GNSE 31400 Advanced Theories of Gender and Sexuality (Winter 2021)
- GNSE 45150 The Gender of Modernity (Winter 2021)
- GNSE 52802 Politics of Intimacy (Winter 2021)
- SSAD 40405 Relational Cultural Theory and Feminist Theories (Winter 2021 - For SSA students only)
- GNSE 31405: Queer Theory and Queer Practice (Spring 2021)
- GNSE 33501 Gender, Sex, and Empire (Spring 2021)
- GNSE 45114 Structural-isms (Spring 2021)
- SSAD 44712 Queer Theory in Social Work Practice (Spring 2021 - for SSA students only)