The Certificate in Women Studies is designed to facilitate a broad interdisciplinary study of gender and women's issues. It emphasizes the diversity of women's experiences through a focus on disciplinary based knowledge about women's lives and relationships in the many departments where courses in gender are taught. While core coursework taught by the Women Studies Program is required, student are expected to take the bulk of their elective coursework from approved Women Studies Program classes offered throughout the different departments on campus. A total of 27 credits is required for the Certificate , with at least 12 of these credits at the upper-division level.
WS 223 Women: Self and Society 3 credits
WS 410 Internship 3 credits minimum
WS 416 Theories of Feminism 3 credits OR WS 417 Feminist Philosophies 3 credits
The remaining 18 credits can be taken from elective courses offered by the Women Studies Program (with WS prefix) and from approved Program Courses offered in any department at Oregon State University. However, at least 12 of these 18 credits must consist of the approved Program Courses. These courses have a focus on gender and/or women's issues, are taught in a unit other than the Women Studies Program, and have been approved as fulfilling the requirements of a Women Studies Program Course. Please refer to elective courses in Women Studies and approved Program Course elective listed below. No more than 3 credits of WS 402, Independent Study and a total of 6 credits of WS 410, Internship may count toward the Certificate in Women Studies.
| ANTH 430/530 Gender and Archeology | 3 credits |
| COMM 432/532 Gender and Communication | 3 credits |
| EC 383 Economics of Discrimination | 3 credits |
| ENG 362 Women's Voices in American Literature | 3 credits |
| ENG 416/516 Power and Representation | 3 credits |
| H 465/565 Public Health and Women: Social and Political Issues | 3 credits |
| HDFS 445/545 American Families: Gender, Race, and Class | 3 credits |
| HST 363 Women in U.S. History | 3 credits |
| HST 496/596 Gender, Family, Politics, in Chinese History | 3 credits |
| PHL 280 Ethics of Diversity | 3 credits |
| PS 363 Gender and Race, American Politics | 3 credits |
| PSY 426 Gender Differences | 3 credits |
| SOC 430/530 Gender and Society | 3 credits |
| SOC 466/566 International Development: Gender Issues | 3 credits |