Ethnic and Gender Studies Certificate

Required Course: 3 Credit Hours

• EGS 110 Intro To Ethnic And Gender Studies 3 credit hours

Elective Courses: 6 Credit Hours

• Choose two (2) Approved Electives From the Following: 6 Credit Hours

• ARH 350 Art and Gender 3 credit hours
• BAM 450 Women In Business 3 credit hours
• COM 340 Intercultural Communication 3 credit hours
• EGS 230 Philosophy of Race and Gender 3 credit hours
• ENG 348 Multiethnic U.S. Literature 3 credit hours
• ENG 351 African-American Literature 3 credit hours
• ENG 354 Gender, Sexuality And Literature 3 credit hours
• ENG 357 Postcolonial Literature 3 credit hours
• HIS 204 Women In U.S. History 3 credit hours
• HIS 205 Race in U.S. History 3 credit hours
• HIS 323 History Of Middle East 3 credit hours
• PSC 430 Constitutional Law I: Civil Rights & Civil Liberties 3 credit hours
• PSY 275 Psychology of Gender 3 credit hours
• RST 321 Women And Religion 3 credit hours
• SOC 244 Sociological Perspectives On Race And Ethnicity 3 credit hours
• __ 285 or 485 Special Topics (if approved by EGS Program Coordinator)
• Or other elective(s) approved by the EGS Program Coordinator

Total for Certificate: 9 Credit Hours

Other Requirements

1. Only two (2) courses may be double-counted towards the student’s major or minor.
2. A maximum of two EGS-related certificates may be earned.  If a student wishes to pursue two, they must be in Race and Ethnicity Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies.  HUM 110 may double count for both certificates, but none of the electives may be double-counted for both certificates.
3. Students should note the prerequisite for SOC 244.  
4. Residency Requirement: completion of 9 credits at Siena Heights University.  Students may transfer the equivalent of HUM 110 to meet that course