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CLASS 2024 Women's and Gender Studies

The joint MSW/MA in Women’s and Gender Studies offers a unique and cutting edge graduate program with a focus on gender, community, and social justice. Both programs share a synchronicity of mission and focus on social justice efforts at the community level and together they would provide an excellent foundation for developing a women’s and gender studies-based social work career trajectory.

The joint program is designed to give students the opportunity and flexibility to draw from the strengths of both programs as they build a foundation for their chosen work. The program offers both a broad understanding of social work, with a particular focus on community, and a substantive foundation in the theories and scholarship within women’s and gender studies, with a particular focus on social justice. Students will have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge in the field of women’s and gender studies directly applicable to their interests in social work and build their knowledge-based skills in social work while obtaining the necessary credential for not only securing employment, but the ability to advance their leadership in the profession.

Program Requirements Quarter Hours
MA Requirements 32
MSW Requirements 76
Total hours required 108

MSW Degree Requirements

​Course Requirements

All candidates for the MSW/MA Women's and Gender Studies degree enrolled in the 3 year program must complete 76 credit hours of course work within the MSW program. 

This includes 44 credit hours detailed below:

Course Title Quarter Hours
MSW 401PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND DEVELOPMENT4
MSW 411HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT I4
MSW 412HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT II4
MSW 421INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH4
MSW 431SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY I4
MSW 481FOUNDATION PRACTICE I4
MSW 491FOUNDATION FIELD EDUCATION I4
MSW 482FOUNDATION PRACTICE II4
MSW 492FOUNDATION FIELD EDUCATION II4
MSW 483FOUNDATION PRACTICE III4
MSW 493FOUNDATION FIELD EDUCATION III4

Candidates for the MSW/MA Women's and Gender Studies degree must also complete 32 credit hours of MSW concentration courses, listed here​.

MA Degree Requirements

​Course Requirements

All candidates for the MSW/MA Women's and Gender Studies degree enrolled in the three-year program must complete 32 credit hours of course work within the MA in Women’s and Gender Studies program, detailed below:

Course Title Quarter Hours
WGS 415FEMINIST GENEALOGIES IN WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES4
WGS 465GLOBALIZATION, TRANSNATIONALISM, AND GENDER4
WGS 491INTERDISCIPLINARY METHODS AND FEMINIST INQUIRY4
WGS 485WOMEN, GENDER, AGENCY, AND SOCIAL CHANGE4
WGS 493FINAL PROJECT INDEPENDENT RESEARCH4
Select ONE of the following Theories courses from this list: WGS 400, WGS 414, WGS 472, WGS 475, WGS 481, WGS 488, WGS 490. 4
Select TWO additional WGS electives or a course offered by another department that has been approved for credit toward the MA in Women’s and Gender Studies for a total of 8 credit hours. 8