Requirements
Terminal Master’s Student Track
- Nine credit hours of Gender Studies graduate courses, including:
- three hours in a Gender Studies’ Interdisciplinary Seminar or Foundations in Gender Studies
- six hours in courses either cross-listed with the Program or approved by the Director of Graduate Studies (complete this form to request approval).
- Participation in four Gender Studies Research Workshops, including the presentation of one research paper or creative work in this forum.*
Doctoral Student Track
- Nine credit hours of Gender Studies graduate courses, including:
- three hours in a Gender Studies’ Interdisciplinary Seminar or Foundations in Gender Studies
- six hours in courses either cross-listed with the Program or approved by the Director of Graduate Studies (complete this form to request approval).
- Participation in nine Gender Studies Research Workshops, including the presentation of one research paper in this forum.*
- Submission of evidence of substantial research in a gender-related area (e.g., dissertation chapter, conference paper, published article, or book chapter).
“I took the Core [Interdisciplinary] Seminar during the semester that I was struggling to map out the theoretical framework of my dissertation. In the process of writing my final paper for the course, I realized how my dissertation should be organized. Making the necessary deletions and additions produced the coherent argument I’d been searching for, enabling me to write a dissertation that I now find exciting to read.”
—Abigail Palko, PhD in Literature ’10
For the most up-to-date list of this semester's Gender Studies courses, visit classsearch.nd.edu
Additional Information
The double-counting of courses is permitted for fulfilling the requirements of the Gender Studies graduate minor and those for another graduate degree at Notre Dame.
* Please contact Gender Studies’ Director of Graduate Studies if you are unable to attend a graduate research workshop in person but would like to participate virtually.