The Gender and Women's Studies in the Middle East, North Africa focus offers an interdisciplinary field of analysis that draws its questions and approaches from the humanities and social sciences through investigating how relations of gender are embedded in social, political, and cultural formations. It provides students with an interdisciplinary and transnational perspective with special emphasis on the Middle East and North African region.

Requirements for the MA Program (2 courses)
GWST 500: Social Science Perspectives on Middle East/North Africa Gender and Women’s Studies [semester 1]

GWST 501: Approaches to GWST in the MENA [semester 2 or 3]

Recommended for the MA Program (1 course)
Research Methodologies Course: SOC/ANTH 505, SOC/ANTH 506 or JRMC 504 [semester 2 or 3]

Electives for the MA Program (5 courses)
The list of electives is selected by the Graduate Advisory Committee each semester. Check the online course list for detailed information on a given semester.

For additional general MA program requirements click here.