Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.
Foundational Requirement
Code | Title | Hours |
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All students, regardless of disciplinary background, must complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Theorizing Gender and Sexuality | ||
Queer Theory: Sexualities, Genders, Politics | ||
or SOCL 7100 | Queer Theory: Sexualities, Genders, Politics |
General Option
Code | Title | Hours |
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Electives | ||
Complete two courses according to the instructions from the electives list (below the MPH option). At least one should come from outside the student's home department. | 8 |
MPH Option
Code | Title | Hours |
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MPH students should plan to take one foundational required course from the list above and to focus final projects in core MPH courses on gender/sexuality in public health. | ||
Electives | ||
Complete 8 semester hours according to the instructions from the electives list. One course may be the capstone, if the topic selected focuses on gender and/or sexuality in connection to the selected urban health issue and the student enrolls in a 1-semester-hour directed study with the WGSS faculty member who will sit on the capstone committee. | 8 |
Electives List
Code | Title | Hours |
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At least one course must come from outside the student's home discipline. Any foundational course not taken to complete the required foundational coursework may be taken as an elective but may not count as both the foundational requirement and an elective. Electives outside this list, particularly special topics courses not listed here, may be chosen in consultation with program director. Students may also consider courses at the Graduate Consortium for Studies of Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality (located at MIT). MPH students, in conversation with their advisors, may substitute PHTH 6910 for one elective. | ||
Gender and Development Economics | ||
Gender in the Newsroom | ||
Public Health Capstone (with 1-SH directed study) | ||
Queer Theory: Sexualities, Genders, Politics | ||
Sociology of Prejudice and Violence | ||
Feminist Resistance | ||
or SOCL 5240 | Feminist Resistance | |
or HIST 5240 | Feminist Resistance | |
Theorizing Gender and Sexuality (if not taken as core course) | ||
Queer Theory: Sexualities, Genders, Politics (if not taken as core course) | ||
or SOCL 7100 | Queer Theory: Sexualities, Genders, Politics | |
Special Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | ||
Directed Study |
Program Credit/GPA Requirements
12 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required