Master of Arts in Women and Gender Studies

Program Description

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will complete a major research, creative, or field project, which synthesizes multiple bodies of literature and constructs a sustained and original argument relevant to the field of Women and Gender Studies. Students will demonstrate fluency in their chosen research, creative or field areas and demonstrate precision and clarity of writing (WGS 894, 895, 896, 898)
  2. Students will demonstrate breadth and depth of knowledge of the field of Women and Gender Studies (WGS 700)
  3. Students will confront and analyze the politics of knowledge formation production by identifying and distinguishing multiple disciplinary approaches and methodologies (WGS 820)
  4. Students will compare and contrast concepts central to transnational feminism by understanding how contemporary feminist thinkers in different parts of the world and/or across history have sought to explain why and how gender matters (WGS 713)
  5. Students will be able to chart the disciplinary formation of Women and Gender Studies in relation to intellectual, political, and social movements (WGS 710)
  6. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the role of sexuality in history and culture from a transnational feminist perspective (WGS 712)
  7. Students will explain the mutually constitutive formation of categories of difference, including gender, sexuality, race, nation, and class

Admission Requirements

To be admitted to the program, students must meet all general University requirements. The most competitive candidates will have a minimum of 9 to 12 undergraduate WGS or equivalent units with previous work in the feminist study of some or all of the following areas: race, gender, sexuality, colonialism, labor, and disability. Students are expected to possess a GPA of at least 3.0 in the last 60 semester units attempted for the bachelor's degree.

Applicants must provide the department graduate admissions committee with the following items:

  1. transcripts of all previous coursework;
  2. a written statement of background, intentions, and goals, including experience in women and gender studies and with feminist literatures, rationale for pursuing the M.A., and relation of the M.A. in Women and Gender Studies to prior academic work and career objectives;
  3. two letters of reference from individuals with direct knowledge of the applicant's scholarly ability.

IELTS Requirements

Listening Reading Writing Speaking Overall
6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5

Remarks:

  • Total 30 Credits program(Yearly tuition fee is given)
  • I20(Visa Letter) can be obtained only after submitting a bank statement with a balance of USD $40,160.
  • Score reporting required.

Course Features
  • Country United States of America
  • City San Francisco
  • State California
  • Course Duration 2 Year
  • Application fee 70 USD
  • Tuition fees yearly 14,898 USD
  • Cost of Living per year 25,262 USD
  • Starting dates Fall
  • IELTS (Total) 6.5
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