Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, One-Year General Certificate
Curriculum Code #5120
Effective May 2024
Division of Social Sciences and Human Services
This certificate provides students a unique background on women, sex and gender. The interdisciplinary curriculum provides students the opportunity to study women and gender in such areas as Psychology, Sociology, Literature, and History. The study of women, gender, and sexuality studies develops a student’s critical thinking, research, and analysis by exploring divergent viewpoints. Students also develop oral/written communication, presentation and problem solving skills and learn to appreciate a pluralistic world. By learning about the biases often found in society's most powerful institutions, women's and gender studies prepares students to work in advocacy or social services-related positions, community development, business, and government. Lorain County Community College has articulation agreements with colleges and universities including programs offered by Lorain County Community College's University Partnership.
| Preferred Sequence | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | |
| ENGL 161 | COLLEGE COMPOSITION I | 3 |
| HSTR 252G | WOMEN IN WORLD HISTORY | 3 |
| PSYH 151 | INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| SDEV 101 | INTRODUCTION TO THE LCCC COMMUNITY 2 | 1 |
| SOCY 151G | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY | 3 |
| WMST 210 | INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S STUDIES | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ENGL 264 | WOMEN'S LITERATURE 1 | 3 |
| HLED 157 | WOMEN'S HEALTH | 3 |
| PSYH 259 | HUMAN SEXUALITY 1 | 3 |
| PSYH 275 | PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER 1 | 3 |
| SOCY 278 | SOCIOLOGY OF SEX & GENDER 1 | 3 |
| WMST 251 | FEMINIST THEORY | 3 |
| Hours | 18 | |
| Total Hours | 34 | |
- 1
Indicates that this course requires a college level prerequisite.
- 2
A student must register for the orientation course when enrolling for more than six credit hours per semester or any course that would result in an accumulation of 13 or more credit hours.
Program Contact(s):
Dr. Valerie McGowan-Doyle
440-366-4738
vmcgowan@lorainccc.edu
For information about admissions, enrollment, transfer, graduation and other general questions, please contact your Advising and Counseling Team.
More program information can be found on our website.
Credit for Prior Learning (PLA) options may be available for your program. For more information, please visit our website: www.lorainccc.edu/PLA
Program Learning Outcomes
- Identify and discuss categories of identity including sex, gender, race, ethnicity, class, age and their intersection.
- Analyze the role of gender and identity in historical and contemporary societies.
- Evaluate, compare and critique theories and methodologies from interdisciplinary fields of study within the WGSS program.