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Susan B. Anthony Institute

The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies focuses on the changing cultural, economic, political, and psychological relations among people of all genders and sexualities. Because our discipline asks questions about gender and sexuality that no single academic department is able to answer, the program encourages an interdisciplinary approach to research and learning.

Information about faculty and research can be found on the Susan B. Anthony Institute website.

AdmissionsLink to section

Applying to Advanced CertificatesLink to section

To apply for the graduate certificate program, students must:

  1. Complete and submit a certificate plan application. We recommend all students complete this step to ensure their plan will fulfill the requirements of the certificate before they complete their courses.
  2. Complete and submit the final graduate certificate application.

Certificate plan applications and final certificate applications are accepted on a rolling basis. If you wish to receive the award during our commencement ceremony in May, please submit your completed application no later than March 1 of that year.

AcademicsLink to section

Advanced Certificates and RequirementsLink to section

The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies offers a formal graduate certificate in gender, sexuality, and women’s studies for students who are enrolled in a graduate degree (master’s or PhD) program at the University of Rochester and for non-matriculated students who complete four or more courses from at least two University of Rochester graduate programs. Programs of study are developed in consultation with an advisor from the curriculum committee. That advisor mentors or arranges mentorship for each graduate student, helping them choose relevant classes and make sure that their program of study is cohesive. Students must successfully complete four graduate-level courses in gender, sexuality, and women’s studies. The courses must be drawn from at least two departments or programs at the University of Rochester and must include at least two courses considered methodological and theoretical approaches and two courses considered applied courses. Successful completion of the courses is determined by the departments or programs through which the courses are offered.

Graduate Course TitlesLink to section

These courses are offered with a GSWS prefix code. Many additional courses are offered in departments and schools across the University.

  • GSWS 400. History of Feminism: Colloquium
  • GSWS 404. Feminist Film Theory
  • GSWS 406. Global Politics of Gender and Health
  • GSWS 407. Carnal Speaking: Discourse and the Body in Medieval English Literature
  • GSWS 416. Restoration and 18th-Century Drama
  • GSWS 423. Madness, Marriage, Monstrosity
  • GSWS 425. Women, Cloth, Culture
  • GSWS 444. Mutilated Bodies: From Traditions
  • GSWS 442. Major Authors: The Brontes
  • GSWS 446. Jane Austen and Her Contemporaries
  • GSWS 453. Gender and Language in Literature, Film, and Society
  • GSWS 454. The Monstrous Feminine
  • GSWS 456. Spanish American Women Writers
  • GSWS 458. Women’s Lives and Letters, America 1830–1880
  • GSWS 459. Reproduction in the US
  • GSWS 467. Changing Genres of Erotica
  • GSWS 472. Gender and Sexuality in the 20th Century
  • GSWS 473. Sex and Gender in the American City
  • GSWS 480. Intersectionality: History of an Idea
  • GSWS 483. Orality, Language, and Literacy
  • GSWS 488. Language in Science and Religion
  • GSWS 489. Problems of Western Civilization
  • GSWS 496. International Human Rights
  • GSWS 522. Black Feminist Criticism and Theory