Women in Leadership
Degree Awarded
Undergraduate Certificate
Program Delivery
On-Campus
Locations Available
Rindge, New Hampshire
The Women, Gender, and Leadership certificate program will help you break through social, economic, and political barriers for women. In these interdisciplinary courses, you will find your voice and leadership style while studying the history of women’s activism for equity. Your coursework and co-curricular offerings will present opportunities to be engaged. You will foster new ways of thinking about and becoming a leader through the study and practice of negotiation, assertiveness, balance, and prioritization. You’ll learn best practices, pursue internships that promote social action projects, and develop confidence and the ability to publicly express ideas. These experiences can cultivate an interest in social justice and develop skills to help women solve real-world problems. To earn the Women, Gender, and Leadership certificate, you must successfully complete a 15-credit course of study.
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What do Women in Leadership students Learn?
Your coursework and co-curricular offerings will present opportunities to be engaged. You will foster new ways of thinking about and becoming a leader through the study and practice of negotiation, assertiveness, balance, and prioritization. You’ll learn best practices, pursue internships that promote social action projects, and develop confidence and the ability to publicly express ideas.
These experiences can cultivate an interest in social justice and develop skills to help women solve real-world problems.
Certificate Requirements
To earn the Women in Leadership certificate, you must successfully complete a 15-credit course of study.
- WL115 Introduction to Women’s Studies
- WL490 Women in Leadership Seminar Internship
- WL491 Internship in Women in Leadership or in your major
Choose two of the following courses
- CJ340 Gender, Race, and Crime
- COMM230 Interpersonal Communication
- COMM231 Diversity & Media
- COMM336 Gender in Media Representation
- COMM337 Children and the Media
- EN270 Women Writers
- HS322 Comparative American & European Gender History Since 1650
- HS341 American Women’s History: Beyond Sisterhood
- MU201 Women and Music
- PS405 Theories of Intimate Violence
- SO220 Families in Society
- SPME260 Gender, Sports & Media
- WL115 Introduction to Women’s Studies
- WL490 Women in Leadership Seminar (Required
- WL491 Internship in Women, Gender, and Leadership (Requi
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