2026-2027 College Catalog
Gender & Women's Studies Certificate (GWSC)
2026-2027 Gender & Women's Studies
Certificate, Liberal Studies Division
Recommended Course Selection Sequence
| GWS104 | Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies | 3 |
| ANT102 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| OR | |
| SOC106 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| DIR-ELECTIVE-Directed-Elective-3 | 3 |
| GWS201 | Masculinities | 3 |
| PSY200 | Psychology of Gender and Women | 3 |
| OR | |
| SOC202 | Race, Gender, and Class | 3 |
| GWS Elective 3 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
Total Credit Hours: 18
Program Notes
- Communication and Mathematics proficiency required to graduate.
Campus Information
- Danvers, Lynn, and Online
Additional Graduation Requirements
Advising Notes
- Courses are listed in the recommended order you should take them.
- Some courses have prerequisite requirements that must be fulfilled to be eligible to enroll in the course.
- All student degree audits for graduation purposes will be based on the official program of study the student is enrolled in.
- Students should meet with an advisor to discuss transferability of elective options prior to registering for an elective.
Directed Elective: Choose one of the following: ANT102 Cultural Anthropology, Any GWS course,HIS136 History of Sexuality, HIS124 African‐American History, IDS102 IDS Seminar, IDS136 Martin & Malcolm, IDS190 Keeping Score: Cultures of Sport, LIT214 Literature of the American Peoples I: American Indian Literature, LIT216 Literature of the American Peoples II: Latin American Literature, MDA201 Media Studies, PSY142 Human Sexual Behavior, PSY200 Psychology of Women & Gender, SOC106 Intro to Sociology, SOC202 Race, Class, and Gender.
Gender & Women's Studies (GWS) Elective: Choose one of the following:GWS106Revolutionary Women: Combating Inequality, Poverty, and Power,GWS102Intro to GLBTQ Studies, GWS203 Politics of the Veil, GWS205 Women and War