Interdisciplinary Studies

The College of Arts and Sciences offers two interdisciplinary graduate certificate programs in Gender Studies and Maya Studies.

Graduate Certificate in Gender Studies

Graduate Program Coordinator: Shelley M. Park, HFA 201H, (407) 823-2269.
E-mail: spark@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu

Gender Studies Faculty

Gender Studies Faculty are affiliated with the Women’s Studies Program and include faculty in Art, English, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology, and Women’s Studies. For a full list of affiliated faculty, visit the website for the Women’s Studies Program at http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~womenst.

Certificate Program

Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary graduate certificate program administered by the Women’s Studies Program in coordination with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Department of English. This program provides a foundation in feminist theory and research focusing on the study of gender as a demographic and social variable affecting systems of meaning and the formation of social institutions. The program is open to both degree-seeking and non-degree-seeking graduate students. Most courses are offered at times that will accommodate part-time and working students.

Certificate Requirements

The graduate certificate in Gender Studies requires 15 semester hours at the graduate level, including courses from both the humanities and the social sciences. Students may include only 3 hours (one course) from those marked with an asterisk below toward meeting the certificate requirements. Other courses may be approved as meeting requirements as new courses are added to the curriculum. Please check with the graduate program coordinator.

Required Course—3 Semester Hours
WST 5XXX Research Seminar in Gender Studies (3 hours)

Humanities—6 Semester Hours
AMH 5478 Colloquium: Women in American History (3 hours)
ARH 5478 Contemporary Women Artists (3 hours)
LIT 5389 Studies in Gender and Fiction Writing (3 hours)
ENC 5256 Gendered Rhetoric (3 hours)
*EUH 5937 Social Theory and Social History (3 hours)
*LIT 5097 Studies in Contemporary Fiction (3 hours)
LIT 5XXX Gender and the Medieval Text (3 hours)
LIT 5387 Captives, Housewives, and Coquettes (3 hours)
LIT 5397 Advanced Feminist Theories (3 hours)

Social Sciences—6 Semester Hours
CLP 6459C Sexuality, Marriage and Family (3 hours)
POS 6324 Women and Public Policy (3 hours)
SOW 5625 Social Work with Women (3 hours)
SYP 5562 Seminar on Domestic Violence (3 hours)
SYP 6563 Reactions to Domestic Violence (3 hours)
*SYP 6565 Elder Abuse and Neglect (3 hours)
*SYP 6561 Child Abuse in Society (3 hours)
SYD 6809 Seminar: Gender Issues (3 hours)

Minimum Hours Required for the Certificate—15 Semester Hours

* Students may include only three hours from those courses marked with an asterisk toward meeting the certificate requirements.

Note: Enrollment in EUH 5937, CLP 6459C, and SOW 5625 may be restricted. Please check with the instructor prior to registration.

Graduate Certificate in Maya Studies

Graduate Program Coordinators:
Diane Chase, HFA 406F, (407) 823-2227, Fax (407) 823-3026.
E-mail: chase@mail.ucf.edu
Jay Corzine, HFA 402, (407) 823-2227, Fax (407) 823-3026.
E-mail: hcorzine@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu

Maya Studies Faculty

Arlen F. Chase, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology
Diane Z. Chase, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology
Marcela Del-Rio, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Jose Fernández , Ph.D., Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Professor of History, and Interim Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Waltraud Morales, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science
Allyn Stearman, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology and Dean of the Honors College
Diana Velez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History
Bruce Wilson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science
Elayne Zorn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Andrea Kalis, M.A., Curator, Orlando Museum of Art

Certificate Program

The certificate program in Maya Studies focuses on an area of growing local, national, and international concern—the ancient and contemporary peoples of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. The program is interdisciplinary with cognate offerings from History, Political Science, and Spanish. The program is further strengthened by a community partnership with the Orlando Museum of Art. The Maya Studies Graduate Certificate Program provides detailed and specialized knowledge of the ancient and contemporary Maya through a series of well-integrated courses. Admission is through application to Graduate Studies for admission to a certificate program.

Certificate Requirements

The Certificate Program in Maya Studies requires five courses (15 hours) at the graduate level. Students must take two core (required) courses and three additional courses selected from a pool of 7 elective courses. Before taking an elective course, students must have taken at least one of the required courses or must have the instructor’s consent to take the elective course.

Required Courses—6 Semester Hours
ANT 5168 The Ancient Maya (3 hours)
ANT 5324 Contemporary Maya (3 hours)

Elective Courses—9 Semester Hours
ANT 5166 Problems in Maya Studies (3 hours)
ANT 5167 Maya Hieroglyphs (3 hours)
ANT 5XXX Field Research in Maya Studies (3 hours)
ANT 5228 Maya Iconography (3 hours)
LAH 5937 Latin America’s Colonial Legacy: The Maya (3 hours)
CPO 5XXX Contemporary Politics in the Maya Region (3 hours)
SPW 5XXX Modern Maya Literature (3 hours)

Minimum Hours Required for Certificate—15 Semester Hours




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