Sample Two-Year Program
Feminist Studies Graduate Students are expected to fulfill their course requirements by the end of their second year of graduate study, if not sooner. The following ‘sample two-year program” suggests the graduate classes that will be offered by Feminist Studies Faculty in any two-year cycle.
By their third year of study, Feminist Studies Graduate students will focus on their area of research, and on preparing for their Ph.D. qualifying exam. Students are expected to take their exam at the end of their third year of study, or shortly thereafter.
After passing their Ph.D. qualifying exam, students takes courses in the 290 sequence until they submit their dissertation. The normative time to completion of the Ph.D. is six years.
The following “sample program” suggests a potential two-year course of Feminist Studies graduate classes. Not listed, but included in any hypothetical program, are graduate courses taken with affiliated faculty, especially after feminist studies requirements have been fulfilled.
Year 1
Fall:FMST 200* Feminist Theories
FMST 2XX Elective grad seminar
FMST 290 Pedagogical Training (2 units)
FMST 297F Collaborative Research and Advising (2 units)
Winter:
FMST 201* Feminist Methodologies
FMST 2XX Elective grad seminar
FMST 297F Collaborative Research and Advising (2 units)
FMST 2XX Elective grad seminar
FMST 2XX Elective grad seminar
FMST 297F Collaborative Research and Advising (2 units)
Year 2
Fall:
FMST 2XX Elective grad seminar
Electives** from among the graduate courses taught by Affiliated Faculty
FMST 297F Collaborative Research (2 units)
Winter:
FMST 2XX Elective grad seminar
Electives** from among the graduate courses taught by Affiliated Faculty
FMST 297F Collaborative Research (2 units)
Spring:
FMST 202* Disciplining Knowledge
FMST 2XX Elective grad seminar
FMST 297F Collaborative Research (2 units)
* NOTE: the 200, 201, and 202 courses will be taught by different members of the Feminist Studies Department.
