2010-2011 UF Graduate Catalog (PDF Format) - Graduate School ...

University of Florida Graduate School
The two graduate certificates in women's studies for master's and doctoral students
are offered in conjunction with degree programs in other academic units. The
Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies and the Graduate Certificate in Gender and
Development require specific sets of course work to thoroughly ground students in
the discipline. The Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies is a general introduction
to the field, and the Graduate Certificate in Gender and Development allows students
to focus on issues related to gender, economic development, and globalization.
The doctoral interdisciplinary concentrations in women's and gender studies give
graduate students a thorough grounding in the new scholarship produced by the
intersection of women's studies and other academic fields. The concentration
facilitates analysis and assessment of theories about the role of gender in cultural
systems and its intersections with other categories of differences, such as race,
ethnicity, religion, class, sexuality, physical and mental ability, age, and economic
and civil status. Emphasis is on participating in women's and gender studies research
and on providing an intellectual environment for cross-fertilization among disciplines.
Women's and gender studies critically explores the role and status of women and
men, past and present.
Participating academic units award Ph.D. degrees with an interdisciplinary
concentration in women's and gender studies. Study plans are designed by each
student's supervisory committee, whose chair is affiliated with women's and gender
studies.
Admission requirements are those of the student's home academic unit and college.
After admission to the degree-granting academic unit, the application is sent to the
Graduate Coordinator of Women's and Gender Studies who chairs an admissions
committee.
For more information on the master's degree, see Fields of Instruction; or contact
the Director, Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research, 3324 Turlington Hall.
For more information:
The Office of Institutional Planning and Research website provides access to the
Florida ExpertNet searchable database of Centers and Institutes. Go to
http://expertnet.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=CENTERS.advancedSearch and choose
"University of Florida" from the "Limit By" drop-down menu toward the bottom of the
page. Finally, click "search" for a complete list of UF Interdisciplinary Research
Centers.
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Since 1948, UF students and faculty of the University of Florida have benefited from
its membership in Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). ORAU is a consortium
of 98 colleges and universities and a contractor of the U.S. Department of Energy in
Oak Ridge, Tennessee. ORAU works with its member institutions to help their
students and faculty gain access to federal research facilities throughout the country;
to keep its members informed about opportunities for fellowship, scholarship, and
research appointments; and to organize research alliances among its members.
Through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), the DOE facility
that ORAU operates, undergraduates, graduates, postgraduates, and faculty enjoy
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