
Fall 2022 [PDF]
Catalog of graduate courses offered in Women's and Gender Studies.
The information resource page for current Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate students.
Certificate Requirements
Track your certificate completion progress by reviewing requirements in the Graduate
Studies Bulletin.
Courses
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Graduate School Information
Graduate Research and Teaching Awards
The Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate program offers a variety of awards
to fund research and travel, finance doctoral studies, and award exemplary papers
and teaching.
The Harriott Hampton Faucette Award is designed to assist Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate students with research and professional development. Proposals should be consistent with the research mission of Women’s and Gender Studies to reconceptualize knowledge, create new knowledge, and/or reinterpret existing knowledge through the lens of gender and the prism of diversity.
Eligibility: This award is open to all Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate students and students currently enrolled in Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate courses.
Award amount: Maximum of $500. Award is for research/professional development expenses (travel expenses, books, supplies, equipment). Awardees will be recognized at Women's and Gender Studies Awards Day. Please be aware that receipt of this money may affect your financial aid.
Application Process: The application consists of the following:
Submit an electronic copy (put “Faucette Award” in the subject line) of the entire application to Dr. Lauren Sklaroff (sklaroff@mailbox.sc.edu)
Application deadline: October 15
The Emily Thompson Award in Women’s and Gender Studies is designed to recognize the
best graduate student research paper or project
focusing on some aspect of women’s health.
Eligibility: The award is open to any research papers or projects completed in 2019 produced by graduate students who are enrolled at USC at the time of application and receipt of the award.
Award amount: $250. The awardee will be recognized at the Women's and Gender Studies Awards Day. Please be aware that receipt of this money may have an impact on your financial aid.
Application Process: The application consists of the following:
Submit a hardcopy and an electronic copy (put “Emily Thompson Award” in subject line) of the above materials to:
Application Deadline: by 5:00 PM on November 15
This award was established to recognize outstanding teaching in undergraduate and graduate courses of the Women's and Gender Studies Program.
Eligibility: Nominees must have:
Award Amount: A $1,000 award will be presented to a faculty member, staff member, or adjunct faculty and a $250 one-time scholarship award will be presented to a graduate student.
Application Process: Nominations (which may be self-nominations) will be sought from students and faculty members on all USC campuses offering WGST courses. Nominees will be asked to provide copies of student evaluations, peer evaluations, and course syllabi. The Women's and Gender Studies Undergraduate and Graduate Committees will serve as the Selection Committee.
A hard copy and an electronic copy (put "Teaching Award" in the subject line) of the nomination letter outlining the reasons the nominee is deserving of the award should be sent to:
Application Deadline: January 31