Approved Elective Courses for MA and Leadership Studies Graduate Certificate
Leadership Theory*
- LDST 710: Leadership Theory
- AMS 802: Theorizing America
- POLS 600/WGSS 600: Contemporary Feminist Theory
- THR 914: Theories of Race and Performance
- WGSS 567/ISP 567: Native Feminisms
- WGSS 801: Feminist Theory
- WGSS 811: Black Feminist Theory
- WGSS 812: Queer Theory
Leadership Ethics*
- LDST 720: Leadership Ethics
*Students in the Leadership Studies Graduate Certificate program must take LDST 710 and LDST 720. Leadership Theory and Ethics elective course options are for the MA program only.
Leadership Skills & Methods
- LDST 730: Managing the Work of Leadership
- LDST 760: Leadership Communication
- LDST 781: DEI Program Assessment
- LDST 715: Leadership, Equity, & Inclusion
- LDST 762: Communication, Leadership, and Conflict Management
- ABSC 801: Design and Analysis of Community Development Methods
- ABSC 804: Research in Community Health Promotion
- ABSC 807: Design and Evaluation of Community Health Promotion Methods
- ASLD 613: Social Justice and Allyship with Deaf Communities
- ISP 871: Community Health and Development
- PSYC 750: Advanced Seminar in Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
- PUAD 836: Data-Driven Decision Making
- SW 640: Grant Writing and Program Development
- WGSS 802: Feminist Methodologies
Leadership Contexts
- LDST 740: Leadership and Power
- LDST 751: Black Women in Leadership
- LDST 791: "Exercising Leadership": Sport and Social Justice in the U.S.
- AAAS 720: Intercultural Communication: The Afro-American
- AAAS 730: Black Leadership
- AAAS 810: Comparative Racial and Ethnic Relations
- AAAS 811: The Civil Rights Movement
- AAAS 812: The Black Power Movement
- AAAS 822: African and African-American Religion
- AAAS 855: Race and the American Theater
- AAAS 857: Cities and Development
- AAAS 860: Race, Gender, and Post-Colonial Discourses
- ABSC 710/ISP 871: Community Health and Development
- ABSC 787/AMS 767/COMS 787/PSYC 787/SOC 767: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Gerontology and Aging
- AMS 805: American Pluralism: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in American Life
- AMS 835/HIST 895/WGSS 835: Colloquium in the History of Gender
- ASLD 611: Introduction to Deaf Studies
- ASLD 612: Intersectionality and Deaf Communities
- ASLD 614: Historical Foundations of Deaf Education
- C&T 807: Multicultural Education
- COMS 846: Communication and Aging
- COMS 910: Organizing Identity, Identification, and Stigma
- ELPS 830: Foundations of Multicultural Education
- EVRN 673: Environmental Justice
- HIST 896: Colloquium in United States Women's History
- ISP 800: Indigenous Issues in the United States
- POLS 614: Urban Politics
- POLS 616: Interest Group Politics
- POLS 623: Politics of Social Policy
- POLS 629/EVRN 628: Politics of Public Health
- POLS 630/WGSS 630: Politics of Identity
- POLS 640/WGSS 640: Politics of Reproductive Policy
- PSYC 802: Social-Psychological Aspects of Health, Disability, and Associated Life Stress
- PSYC 821: Women and Violence
- PUAD 702: Diversity and Social Equity in Public Administration
- PUAD 703: Foundations of the Nonprofit Sector
- PUAD 705: Managing Nonprofit Relationships
- PUAD 845: Innovation and Organizational Change
- REL 771: Religious Movements and Social Change
- SOC 671: Social Movements
- SW 635: Gender and Sexual Diversity
- SW 637: Criminal Justice System: Abolish or Reform
- SW 708: Human Rights, Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
- WGSS 701: Seminar in . . .
This list is frequently growing and is not comprehensive. If you have questions about whether or not a course will count toward a specific concentration, please contact Alesia Woszidlo, Director of Graduate Studies.
Approved Pathway Courses for Studies in Equity and Social Diversity Graduate Certificate
Pathway 1: U.S. Race & Ethnicity
- AAAS 511: The Civil Rights Movement (3)
- AAAS 560: Race, Gender, & Post-Colonial Discourses (3)
- AAAS 811: The Civil Rights Movement (3)
- AAAS 611: History of the Black Power Movement (3)
- AAAS 812: The Black Power Movement (3)
- AMS 536: Ethnicity in the United States: _____ (3)
- AMS 550: Research Seminar in: _____ (3)
- AMS 650: Jazz and American Culture (3)
- AMS 694: Directed Readings (1-4)
- C&T 807: Multicultural Education
- ELPS 830: Foundations of Multicultural Education
- THR 914: Theories of Race and Performance
Pathway 2: Women, Gender, & Sexuality
- AAAS 560: Race, Gender, & Post-Colonial Discourses (3)
- WGSS 521: Women and Violence (3)
- WGSS/POLS 562: Women and Politics (3)
- WGSS 563: Gender, Sexuality, and the Law (3)
- WGSS/AAAS/AMS 565: Gender, Culture, and Migration (3)
- WGSS 583: Love, Sex, & Globalization (3)
- WGSS/POLS 600: Contemporary Feminist Political Theory (3)
- WGSS/PSYC 689: Conceptual Issues in Human Sexuality
- WGSS 701: Seminar in: _____ (3)
- WGSS 800: History of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (3)
- WGSS 801: Feminist Theory (3)
- WGSS 802: Feminist Methodologies (3)
Pathway 3: U.S. Social Differences
- AAAS 501: Regional History: _____ (3)
- AAAS 811: The Civil Rights Movement (3)
- AAAS 812: The Black Power Movement (3)
- AMS 510: History of American Women – Colonial Times to 1870 (3)
- AMS 511: History of American Women – 1870 to Present (3)
- AMS 555: Advanced Topics in American Literature Since 1865: _____ (3)
- AMS 650: Jazz and American Culture (3)
- AMS 694: Directed Readings (1-4)
- AMS 696: Studies in: _____ (3)
- AMS 802: Theorizing America (3)
- C&T 807: Multicultural Education
- ELPS 830: Foundations of Multicultural Education
*This list is frequently growing and is not comprehensive. If you have questions about whether or not a course will count toward a specific concentration, please reach out to Alesia Woszidlo, Director of Graduate Studies.