Program: Global Gender Studies MA - University at Buffalo

May 01, 2025

2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

The Master’s in Global Gender and Sexuality Studies requires a student to design, in consultation with their academic advisor(s), a coherent interdisciplinary program of study in one of two concentrations: Feminist Studies or Global Gender and Sexuality Studies.
•Feminist Studies concentrates on developing perspectives in literary studies, feminist, queer, and trans theory, and cultural studies.
•Global Gender and Sexuality Studies concentrates on developing transnational perspectives on the construction of gender, gender relations, and the social and institutional structures of gender in society.

Required Core (6 credits)

Feminist Theory (3 credits)

GGS 518SEM - Readgs in Feminist Theory Credits: 3

Methods Course (3 credits)

Select 1 from:

GGS 540SEM - New Ethnographic Methods Credits: 3
GGS 709SEM - Quantitative Met Soc Res Credits: 3
APY 508SEM - Qualitative Research Methods Credits: 3

Feminist Studies or Global Gender Seminars (15 credits)

Select 5 from:

GGS 518SEM - Readgs in Feminist Theory Credits: 3
GGS 521SEM - Democracy & Gender Credits: 3
GGS 525SEM - Women’s Movements Credits: 3
GGS 560SEM - Special Topics Credits: 1 - 3
GGS 561SEM - Special Topics Credits: 3
GGS 570SEM - International Organizations, Gender and Sustainability Credits: 3
GGS 590SEM - Feminism and Body Politic Credits: 3
GGS 601SEM - Globalization & Gender Credits: 3
GGS 660SEM - Special Topics Credits: 3
GGS 661SEM - Special Topics Credits: 3
GGS 662SEM - Whiteness, Blackness, and the Construction of Race Credits: 3

Electives & Culminating Experience (11 credits)

Electives

Number of elective credits may vary depending on choice made to complete the culminating experience. Be sure to complete enough elective credit to reach 32 minimum total credit hours.

Select from all GGS graduate level courses.

Culminating Experience: Thesis or Project

GGS 620TUT - Supervised Research Credits: 1 - 6 (Project only)
GGS 700TUT - M.A. Thesis Supervision Credits: 1 - 6 (Thesis only)
GGS 520TUT - Directed Reading Credits: 1 - 3 (project or thesis, as deemed appropirate by major advisor)

Total Credit Hours: 32

3.0 Degree GPA required

Instruction Method

In Person (100 percent of courses offered in person)

Full/Part Time Options

Full Time

Credits Required

32 Hours

Time-To-Degree

2 Years

Application Fee

$75

SED Statement

This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED).

Online programs/courses may require students to come to campus on occasion. Time-to-degree and number of credit hours may vary based on full/part time status, degree, track and/or certification option chosen. Time-to-degree is based on calendar year(s). Contact the department for details.