Graduate Certificate Program

Courses of Instruction

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Chair: Judith Grant, Ph.D. (Political Science)

Faculty

Professors: Endesha Ida Mae Holland (Theatre); Gloria Orenstein, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature); Amy Richlin, Ph.D. (Classics); Walter Williams, Ph.D. (Anthropology)

Associate Professors: Judith Grant, Ph.D. (Political Science); Michael Messner, Ph.D. (Sociology)

Associated Faculty

Professors: Constance Ahrons, Ph.D. (Sociology); Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Ph.D. (Annenberg School for Communication); Lois Banner, Ph.D. (History); Warren Bennis, Ph.D. (Business Administration); Lee Campbell, J.D. (Law); Vincent Cheng, Ph.D. (English); Elizabeth Daley, Ph.D. (Cinema-Television); Michael Dear, Ph.D. (Geography); Page du Bois, Ph.D. (Classics); Richard Easterlin, Ph.D. (Economics); Terry Eiger, Ph.D. (Business Administration); Susan Estrich, J.D. (Law); Jerold Frakes, Ph.D. (German); Charlotte Furth, Ph.D. (History); Barry Glassner, Ph.D. (Sociology); Thomas Habinek, Ph.D. (Classics); Harlan D. Hahn, Ph.D. (Political Science); Carrie Hempel, J.D. (Law); Deborah Hensler, Ph.D. (Law); Peggy Kamuf, Ph.D. (French and Italian); Mark Kann, Ph.D. (Political Science); Marsha Kinder, Ph.D. (Cinema); Alexandra Levine, M.D. (Medicine); Phillippa Levine, Ph.D. (History); Margaret McLaughlin, Ph.D. (Annenberg School for Communication); Tania Modleski, Ph.D. (English); Bryce Nelson, M.Phil. (Journalism); Jeffrey Nugent, Ph.D. (Economics); Maria Pellegrini, Ph.D. (Biology and LAS Dean of Research); Edward Ransford, Ph.D. (Sociology); Judith Resnik, J.D. (Law); Morton Schapiro, Ph.D. (Economics and Dean of LAS); Barbara Solomon, D.S.W. (Social Work and Vice Provost); Nelly Stromquist, Ph.D. (Education); Ann Tickner, Ph.D. (International Relations); William Tierney, Ph.D. (Education); Nancy Troy, Ph.D. (Fine Arts); Nancy Vickers, Ph.D. (French and Italian and LAS Dean of Curriculum); Betty Walker, Ph.D. (Education); Ruth Weisberg, M.A. (Fine Arts); Linda Winfield, Ph.D. (Education); Jennifer Wolch, Ph.D. (Geography)

Associate Professors: Elinor Accampo, Ph.D. (History); Scott Altman, J.D. (Law); Laura A. Baker, Ph.D. (Psychology); Marjorie Becker, Ph.D. (History); Joseph Boone, Ph.D. (English); Sheila Briggs, Ph.D. (Religion); Marie Florine Bruneau, Ph.D. (French and Italian); Marlene Cohen, Ph.D., R.N. (Nursing); Linda Collins, Ph.D. (Psychology); Eugene Cooper, Ph.D. (Anthropology); Carolyn Dewald, Ph.D. (Classics); Wilbur Finch, D.S.W. (Social Work); Gelya Frank, Ph.D. (Occupational Therapy); Diane Ghirardo, Ph.D. (Architecture); Genevieve Giuliano, Ph.D. (Urban Planning and Development); Robert H. Grant, Ph.D. (English); Nora Hamilton, Ph.D. (Political Science); Janet Hoskins, Ph.D. (Anthropology); Eunice Howe, Ph.D. (Fine Arts); Thomas J. Jablonsky, Ph.D. (Geography; Environment and the City); Eun Mee Kim (Sociology); Margaret Lazzari, M.F.A. (Fine Arts); Janet Levin, Ph.D. (Philosophy); Sharon Lloyd, Ph.D. (Philosophy); Nancy Lutkehaus, Ph.D. (Anthropology); Doe Mayer Ph.D. (Cinema); Mauricio Mazon, Ph.D. (History); Teresa McKenna, Ph.D. (English); Beth Meyerowitz, Ph.D. (Psychology); Beth Miller, Ph.D. (Spanish and Portuguese); Peter Nosco, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Kathleen Reardon, Ph.D. (Business Administration); Michael Renov, Ph.D. (Cinema-Television); Azade-Ayse Rorlich, Ph.D. (History); Margaret F. Rosenthal, Ph.D. (French and Italian); Eliz Sanasarian, Ph.D. (Political Science); Hilary Schor, Ph.D. (English); Essie Seck, Ph.D. (Social Work); Lynn Spigel, Ph.D. (Cinema); Peter Starr, Ph.D. (French and Italian); Nomi Stolzenberg, J.D. (Law); Madeleine Stoner, Ph.D. (Social Work); Joan Weibel-Orlando, Ph.D. (Anthropology); Catharine Wells, Ph.D. (Law); Elizabeth Zelinsky, Ph.D. (Gerontology)

Assistant Professors: Bettine Birge, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Marguerite Bistis, Ph.D. (History); Laurie Brand, Ph.D. (International Relations); Bonnie Bullough, Ph.D., R.N. (Nursing); Soo Young Chin, Ph.D. (Anthropology); Phillip Ethington, Ph.D. (History); Jo Ann Farver, Ph.D. (Psychology); Maria Felix-Ortiz de la Garza, Ph.D. (Psychology); Alice Gambrell, Ph.D. (English); Wendy Gilmore, Ph.D. (Neurology); Cynthia Hedricks, Ph.D. (Occupational Therapy); Greg Hise, Ph.D. (Urban Planning and Development); Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Ph.D. (Sociology); Velina Hasu Houston, M.F.A. (Theatre); Darnell Hunt, Ph.D. (Sociology); Angela James, Ph.D. (Sociology); Janet Johnson, Ph.D. (Music); Elaine Bell Kaplan, Ph.D. (Sociology); Lon Kurashige, Ph.D. (History); Nancy Kurland, Ph.D. (Business Administration); Nancy Marder, J.D. (Law); Erica Muhl, Ph.D. (Music); Edward J.W. Park, Ph.D. (Sociology); Linda Pelled, Ph.D. (Business Administration); Linda Poverny, Ph.D. (Social Work); Laura Pulido, Ph.D. (Geography); Margaret Russett, Ph.D. (English); Lisa Silverman, Ph.D. (History); David Sloane, Ph.D. (Urban Planning and Development); Anna Stramese, M.A. (Theatre); Marita Sturken, Ph.D. (Annenberg School for Communication)

The Program for the Study of Women and Men in Society (SWMS) explores, across disciplines and cultures, the changing roles, functions and images of women and men from feminist perspectives. The undergraduate major focuses on the evidence and argument about what the places of women and men are in culture and what they should be. Course offerings include interdisciplinary core courses, selected cross-listed classes in more than 20 departments and the upper-division community internship and senior seminar. Majors work with program faculty, in conjunction with LAS advisement, to develop a four-year program designed to meet their individual needs. The program also offers a minor and a Graduate Certificate for students majoring in other disciplines.

Requirements

Program Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts

For the lower division, one of the following courses may be selected as the requirement: SWMS 210 Introduction to the Study of Women and Men, SWMS 225 Sex Similarities and Differences: A Multidisciplinary Approach or SWMS 230 The Gender Question in Modern Western Culture. For the upper division, 32 units of SWMS courses, including SWMS 301, 311 and 410, are required.

Program Minor Requirements

The program offers a minor for students specializing in other disciplines. The minor differs from the major in that it reduces the number of courses and does not require the intensified course work associated with an internship and the senior seminar.

Twenty units of course work are required for the university minor program in the Study of Women and Men in Society: SWMS 210 or 225 or 230 and 301, and three additional upper division courses.

Graduate Certificate Program

Graduate students intending to concentrate in women's and men's studies must be admitted to a USC graduate or professional program. While meeting the requirements for a departmental graduate degree, they may earn a certificate of competency in the study of women and men in society. To earn a certificate, students must take SWMS 560 and several other courses from the SWMS list of graduate level courses, 500 and above, to a total of at least 12 units. No more than four units of directed research may be taken. Each academic department will determine the number of units completed which may be applied to the student's graduate degree in that department.

In addition to the completion of course requirements, students must include a focus on gender as part of their major department master's thesis, doctoral dissertation or law review note. Or they may take an oral examination on three research papers they have written within the areas of women's and/or men's studies and on relevant graduate work pertaining to the field of feminist studies. The oral exam will be administered by members of the SWMS faculty. A SWMS faculty member will be assigned as an advisor for each student. SWMS faculty will be responsible for judging the adequacy of the feminist studies analysis in the student's thesis, dissertation or oral examination.

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