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Master of Arts (M.A.),
Thesis and Non-Thesis
Master's students can be admitted in either the Fall or Spring semesters. For Fall admission, the application deadline is: February 2nd. For Spring admission the application deadline is October 1st. See the application webpage for more details.
Whether pursued as a thesis or non-thesis degree, the distinguishing feature of the master's program in Women's Studies at UF will be subject emphases. Specifically, students will have the option of specializing in one of two main curricular areas:
- Gender, Culture, and Society: This area focuses on the study of women and gender in the humanities and social sciences.
- Women, Science, and Development: This area focuses on the study of women and gender in the sciences, and on globalization and economic development.
By the end of their second semester all graduate students are expected to have formed their Supervisory Committee. According to the Graduate School: "For a nonthesis master's degree, the supervisory committee consists of one advisor from the major department. For a thesis master's degree, the committee must consist of at least two members, one of whom acts as chair." The Center stipulates that at least one committee member must be from the core Women's Studies faculty. Please see the Graduate School for information regarding Graduate Committees.
Students planning to pursue a nonthesis MA should review the Nonthesis project guidelines . Students planning to pursue a MA with a thesis, should note that the graduate school specifies, "Each master’s thesis candidate must prepare and present a thesis that shows independent investigation and that is acceptable in form and content to the supervisory committee and to the Graduate School. The work must be of publishable quality and must be in a form suitable for publication, using the Graduate School’s format requirements. The department is responsible for quality and scholarship. Graduate Council requires the Graduate School Editorial Office, as agents of the Dean of the Graduate School, to briefly review theses and dissertations for acceptable format, and to make recommendations as needed. Students should be completely familiar with the format requirements and should work with the ETD Lab to troubleshoot their files before printing out their first submission for the Graduate School Editorial Office" See Requirements for Master’s Degrees in the Graduate Catalog for more details. It is recommended that all graduate students complete a MA Plan-of-Study, in order to facilitate remaining on track to completing your degree. Please note that those completing a thesis must register for 3 credits of Master's Research (WST 6971) in their graduating semester.
For more information see the Graduate Catalog, the Graduate Student Handbook, the University of Florida Graduate School, and Information for International Students.
Required Women's Studies Courses
- WST 5933 Proseminar in Women’s Studies: Applying Feminist Theory
- WST 6508 Advanced Feminist Theory
- WST 6936 Feminist Challenges to Traditional Paradigms
- WST 6935 Special Interdisciplinary Topics in Women's Studies
Elective Women's Studies Courses
- WST 6348 Ecofeminism
- WST 6905 Independent Study (1-3 Credits; maximum: 3 Credits)
- WST 6935 Special Interdisciplinary Topics in Women's Studies
- WST 6946 Internship (1-3 Credits; maximum: 6 Credits)
- WST 6957 International Studies in Women's Studies and Gender Research (1-6 Credits; maximum: 12 Credits)
- WST 6971 Research for Master's Thesis
Additional Electives to be Selected from Approved Affiliated Courses already offered, among them
- AEB 5167 Economic Analysis in Small Farm Livelihood Systems
- AEB 6634 Agricultural Development Administration
- AEB 6651 Agriculture's Role in Latin America and Africa
- AEE 5232 Farming Systems Research and Extension Methods
- AEE 6935 Topics in Agricultural Extension and Communication*
- AFS 6905 Individual Study: African Women
- AGG 5932 Special Topics in Food and Resource Economics*
- AMH 5930 History of Sexualities
- ANG 5303 Women and Development
- ANG 5354 Anthropology of Modern Africa
- ANG 5467 Culture and Nutrition
- ANG 5546 Human Biology and Behavior
- ANG 6930 Special Topics in Anthropology*
- ARH 6917 Women in Art
- EDF 7117 Affective Development and Education
- EDG 6931 Gender Equity Issues in I & C
- ENG 6016 Feminism and Psychoanalysis
- ENL 6236 Studies in Restoration and 18th Century
- ENL 6256 Victorian Literature
- EUH 5612 Gender and Power in Europe and the Mediterranean
- GEA 6109 Tropical Lands and Their Utilization*
- GEO 5809 Geography of World Agriculture*
- GEO 6509 Economic Geography*
- GEW 6755 Contributions of Women in German Literature
- HOE 5555 Women and Households in Agricultural Development
- HSC 5138 Human Sexuality
- LAS 6935 Gender Analysis Training
- LAS 6938 Latin American Area Seminar*
- LAW 6710 Family Law
- LAW 6930 Variable Topics in Law*
- LIN 5657 Gender and Language
- LIT 6855 Women's Poetry and the Canon
- LIT 6934 Variable Topics in Literature*
- MHS 6481 Sexuality and Mental Health
- NGR 5610 Family Systems Theory
- NGR 5921 Sexuality in Health/Illness
- PHI 5934 Topics in Feminism
- PHI 6520 Philosophy of Culture
- POS 6933 Race, Gender, and Politics
- PSY 6930 Gender and Knowledge
- REL 5937 Variable Topics in Religion*
- SDS 6938 Women's Issues in Counseling
- SPW 6902 Special Study in Spanish or Spanish-American Literature*
- SYA 7933 Special Study in Sociology*
- SYO 6107 American Families
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