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Graduate Certificate in Gender and Development
As demonstrated by research, publications, conference/seminars, and institutional participation, the field of gender and development (GAD) continues to grow. Gender is a critical variable in the analysis of development processes at both the micro and macro levels. Today, government and non-government institutions are paying increasing attention to the role of gender in development for reasons of equity and efficiency.During the past two decades, GAD scholarship has advanced from a primarily descriptive to an analytical focus. It has undergone increasing sophistication in terms of theory, analysis, and application. GAD researchers at the University of Florida have expertise in theory, research, and application. They represent a broad array of academic disciplines, including Agronomy, Anthropology, Food and Resource Economics, Sociology, Family and Consumer Sciences, Forestry, Geography, Women’s Studies, and others. The GAD Certificate offers students official recognition for the study of Gender and Development in these diverse fields.
Certificate Requirements
The certificate in Gender and Development (GAD) is designed for graduate students from all disciplines who wish to focus on issues related to gender and development. The GAD Certificate will be awarded to graduate students at the Master’s or Doctoral level, who have completed at least 12 credit hours of approved courses. Applications for the certificate must be submitted to the Graduate Coordinator in Women’s Studies. The GAD Committee will review each student’s application for the certificate. The GAD Committee includes Dr. Anita Anantharam, Women’s Studies; Dr. Marta Hartmann, Agricultural Education and Communications (IFAS); Dr. Anita Spring, Anthropology; and Dr. Sandra Russo, International Center.Courses have been classified into three groups according to the GAD
content. Additional courses are always under development and may
be added. Students are required to complete three credit hours from
Group I, three credit hours from Group II, and six credit hours from Groups
I, II, or III.
Approved Courses with GAD content when taught by affiliated faculty:
- Group I (100%)
- ANG 5303 Women and Development
- ANG 6303 Gender and International Development
- AEE 6905 Gender, Environment, Agriculture and Participation
- WST 6935 Gender, Development and Globalization (Russo)
- WST 4930/6936 East West Encounters: Gender, Migration, Postcolonialism (Anantharam)
- Group II (50-99%)
- AEB 5167 Economic Analysis in Small Farm Livelihood Systems
- ANG 5702 Anthropology and Development
- ANG 6453 Human Rights in Cross-cultural Perspectives (Harrison)
- ANG 6938 Anthropology of Development in Latin America
- WST 6935 Ecofeminism (Russo)
- WST 6935 Gender and Cultural Practices in Latin America (Babb)
- WST 6935 Women and Islam (Simmons)
- WST 6935 International Human Rights: Women in the Americas (Hernandez)
- WST 6935 Sex, Love and Globalization (Babb)
- Group III (< 50%)
- GEO 6509 Economic Development in Africa
- LIN 5657 Gender and Language
- AEE 5232 Farming Systems Research and Methods
- ANG 4354 Anthropology of Modern Africa
- ANG 4274 Political Anthropology
- ANG 4352 Peoples of Africa
- GEB 6930/ANG 6930 Culture and International Business
- GEO 5809 Geography of World Agriculture
- GEO 6938 Food and Agriculture in Africa
- LAS 6938 Women in Latin America
- WST 5933 Gender and Health Issues or Gender in Science
- WST 6508 Advanced Feminist Theory
- POS 6933 Water Politics
- AEE 5073 Agriculture, Resources, People and the Environment: A Global Perspective
- WST 6936 Feminist Challenges to Traditional Paradigms: Race Perspectives
- ANG 6274 Principles of Political Anthropology
- ANG 6286 New Directions in Anthropology and Political Economy
- ANG 6930 African Entrepreneurship
- PAD 6865 Development Administration
- AFS 6905/AEB 6933 Women in African Agriculture
Affiliated Faculty:
- Christina Gladwin (Food & Resource Economics)
- Abraham Goldman (Geography)
- Peter Hildebrand (Food & Resource Economics)
- Sandra Russo (International Programs)
- Marianne Schmink (Latin American Studies)
- Anita Spring (Anthropology)
