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Certificate Programs

Courses Offered (under development)

  • UW Colleges
  • UW-Eau Claire
    • WMNS 440/640 3 crs (3-0). GE-IIIG; CD1
      Lesbian Lives and Cultures
      An interdisciplinary overview of lesbian lives and cultures, including historical, cultural, and political understandings of lesbian life in the U.S. Includes examination of intersections of sexual, racial, ethnic, and class identities.
      Minimum junior standing. Offered every other year or so.
      Contact:  Susan C. Turell (TURELLSC@uwec.edu)
  • UW-Extension
  • UW-Green Bay
  • UW-La Crosse
    • W-S/SOC 375 Cr. 3     Lesbian Studies
      Examines the social construction of sexual orientation and its meaning for women and women's equality. The course draws on a range of sources, including scientific research, history, literature, psychological theory, and popular culture. Prerequisite: One of the following: W-S 100, W-S 210, W-S 230, EFN 205. (Cross-listed with SOC, may only earn credit in WS or SOC.) Offered alternate years.
      Contact:  Deb Hoskins (hoskins.debo@uwlax.edu)
  • UW-Madison - see certificate program above
  • UW-Milwaukee - see certificate program above
  • UW-Oshkosh
  • UW-Parkside
  • UW-Platteville
  • UW-River Falls
  • UW-Stevens Point
  • UW-Stout
    • HDFS 426/626-001 One Credit    
      Working With LGBT People:  Individuals & Families
      Students in the 21st century will be expected to be able to interact effectively with many diverse groups of people, including LGBT people. This course will provide students with tools to work within a research-based, “best practice” model with LGBT children and families.
      Contact:  Susan M. Wolfgram (wolfgrams@uwstout.edu)
  • UW-Superior
    • WST 150 (3)     Introduction to Women's Studies
      Examines how gender identity is learned and how gender and perceived gender affect sense of self, relationships, worldviews, opportunities, and choices. Takes into account the ways sexual and gender politics intersect with the politics of race, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, nationality, and other markers of difference. Considers possibilities for understanding and changing the cultural, political and social systems that define and constrain us based on gender. F08, S09, F09, S10
      Contact:  Dianna Hunter (dhunter@uwsuper.edu)
    • ENGL/WST 255 (3)     Gender and Sexuality in Writing
      Explores writing on gender and sexuality. Focuses on fiction and nonfiction by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI) writers from diverse cultures, classes, races, and ethnicities. Students discover and deepen their own perspectives through writing, as well as reading. Students of all genders, gender identities, and sexual identities are welcome. F09
      Contact:  Dianna Hunter (dhunter@uwsuper.edu)
  • UW-Whitewater