Global Gender Studies MA

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Global gender studies offers today’s students courses in three clusters: cultures and identities, women and global citizenship, and gender and public policy. The courses within each concentration recognize developing trends in studies of gender issues in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and the United States. Our objective is to link local and global knowledge, so as to prepare students with the capacity to link gender and history, literature and policy, and to be able to apply these to graduate work and practical employment.

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 504SEM - Diversity, Difference, and Cultural Awareness: Ideals & Practices of Citizenship Credits: 1 - 3
GGS 515SEM - Cross Cult Study of Women Credits: 3
GGS 516SEM - Cross Cult Study of Women Credits: 3
GGS 517SEM - Grad Women’s Colloquium Credits: 3
GGS 518SEM - Readgs in Feminist Theory Credits: 3
GGS 519SEM - History of Capital Credits: 3
GGS 521SEM - Democracy & Gender Credits: 3
GGS 522SEM - Women and Hollywood Film Credits: 3
GGS 525SEM - Women’s Movements Credits: 3
GGS 529LEC - Women in Ed Compar Persp Credits: 3
GGS 530LEC - Working Women East Asia Credits: 3
GGS 534LEC - History of Mediated Image Credits: 3
GGS 535SEM - Black Women Wrters&Am Cult Credits: 3
GGS 536LEC - Post Col the/Post Col Mvmt Credits: 3
GGS 537SEM - The Culture of Celebrity Credits: 3
GGS 547SEM - Pedagogy & the Interrogat 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 580SEM - Madonnas&Machos in Lat Am Credits: 3
GGS 590SEM - Feminism and Body Politic Credits: 3
GGS 591SEM - Writing Women’s Bodies Credits: 3
GGS 600SEM - Theories of Pop Culture Credits: 3
GGS 601SEM - Globalization & Gender Credits: 3
GGS 650SEM - The Art of Biography 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
GGS 680SEM - Gender,Disaster,Human Sec 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

Program Contact

Alison Blaszak
338 Academic Center
Buffalo, NY 14261
Email: ablaszak@buffalo.edu
Phone: 716-645-0466
Fax: 716-645-2225

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.