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Coursework in sexuality, women, and gender are offered every semester in the Counseling & Clinical Department. Please log in to the Course Schedule to find out exact times and day of the week. We will soon be creating a registry of courses offered in other departments of Teachers College. If you are teaching a course or know of one that we should include, please email us at swgproject@tc.columbia.edu.


CONCENTRATION IN SEXUALITY, WOMEN & GENDER

PSYCHOLOGY IN EDUCATION PROGRAM

The MA in Psychology and Education within the Clinical Psychology Program provides students in the General Track with the ability to concentrate their credits in a particular area of study. These concentrations are designed to accommodate the special interests and strengths of students by allowing them to focus on a particular are of sub-specialty. In order to qualify for one of these areas of concentration, a student must be enrolled as a matriculated student in the 36-credit MA-degree Program in Psychology and Education and on the General Track.

This area of focus prepares students to envision and implement the next wave of theories and practices to improve well-being of persons with the above identities. Students will sample and apply women, gender, and sexuality theories to better understand the psychological and social lives of understudied groups such as women, LGB and Transgendered persons. This concentration is also relevant to the study of the human development of gender differences and roles (“masculinities/feminities”), sex and intimacy, reproductive and maternal mental health, and violence against women (VAW), among others. The ONE requirement is CCPX 4125 or CCPJ 4180. Please choose THREE additional courses from the list below. Total = 4 courses/12 credits.

REQUIRED:

  • CCPX 4125: Women & Mental Health (3) or

  • CCPJ 4180: LGBTQ Issues

ELECTIVE:

  • CCPX 4199: LGBT Mental Health (3)

  • CCPX 4126: Mother-Child Matrix (3)

  • CCPX 4036: The Psychology of Human Intimacy (3)

  • CCPJ 4030: Reconstructing Gender: Exploring Transgender Experiences

  • A&HF: Gender & Violence (3)

  • A&HF 4199: Media & Gender (3)

  • C&T 4032: Gender, Difference & Curriculum (3)

  • Any 4199 Special Topics course offered within these areas of study

* Students are able to propose course options they have sourced independently.

** If you are offering a course on any related subjects please contact us and we will add to the list.


CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN SEXUALITY, WOMEN AND GENDER IN PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING & CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

 The SWG Project now offers the first New York State approved certificate program of its kind - a world-renowned training ground for the next generation of educators, researchers, practitioners, administrators, and activists interested in learning the next wave of theories and practices to improve the well-being for LGBTQ individuals and women.

TO APPLY FOR THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM CLICK HERE FOR ADMISSIONS

Find out more here


Brochure.GIF

For courses on Women & Gender across the various schools on the CU campus (please check to see if/when they are being offered), download this brochure here.

  • the subjective and intrapsychic experience of women

  • women’s relationship to their bodies & reproductive health

  • the legal and political realities of women’s lives

  • the global reach of violence against women and maternal mortality