Graduate Certificate in Advanced Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at University of Hawaii at Manoa

Programme overview

The AdWGSS Certificate is a minimum 18-credit programme in women's, gender and sexuality studies, with a culminating research or community project.

Duration: 18 credit hours minimum | Study mode: full-time | Location: Honolulu, HI, United States

What you will study

Nine credits come from WGSS 610 Faculty Seminar Series, WGSS 613 Feminist Research and Methods of Inquiry, WGSS 615 Feminist Theory and WGSS 650 Capstone; remaining credits are approved electives. At least 12 credits are at 600 level or above, up to 6 credits may be taken in the home department, and students complete a publishable-quality project and a final-semester seminar presentation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate Division standards (all UH Manoa graduate applicants): a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited US institution or an equivalent non-US degree, held or expected before matriculation, and a B average (usually 3.0 on a 4.0 scale) in undergraduate and any post-baccalaureate or graduate coursework; graduate programmes may add requirements such as GRE, GPA minimums and other documents. English proficiency for most applicants whose native language is not English: minimum TOEFL iBT 61 (old scale; 3.5 on the new 2026 scale), TOEFL Essentials 7.0, IELTS Academic 5.5, Duolingo 90 or Cambridge Scale 161, with programme-level scores possibly higher. Graduate teaching assistantship applicants need TOEFL iBT 100 (Listening 25, Speaking 25) or IELTS 7.0. Applicants who are native English speakers or earned a degree within the last five years in an English-exempt country (including the US, UK, Canada except Quebec, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya) are exempt.

Requirements published at program group level.

Duration: 18 credit hours minimum

Apply through the official page: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/graduate/

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