Graduate Certificate Programs

The Department of Social and Critical Inquiry offers graduate certificate programs that allow students to more deeply explore our areas of study while gaining advanced skills for their careers.

These programs are open to current UConn graduate students students and external applicants.

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Program Options


American Studies

The Graduate Certificate in American Studies offers advanced training in American studies while helping graduate students develop as educators and scholars. Working toward this certificate will provide junior scholars a space to think outside of their disciplines and to craft a genuinely multi-modal dissertation project.

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Graduate Certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) gives students the chance to develop their research and scholarship in gender and sexuality studies. Through their courses, students explore topics and perspectives such as transnational feminism, queer theory, transgender studies, race, decolonial thought, disability studies, digital humanities, and border studies.