The Graduate Certificate in Gender, Race & Nations serves the needs of an array of students and professionals in fields such as public policy, education, urban studies, social work, counseling, and other disciplines across the social sciences and humanities. Currently admitted students can apply to add the certificate to any graduate program at Portland State or it can be taken as a standalone program.
The SGRN Graduate Certificate Program provides knowledge and skills for students and professionals to better serve their target populations and communities through activist, scholarly, and applied approaches. The program can enhance the interdisciplinary scope of graduate study for students and professionals whose careers can benefit from pursuing coursework on race, immigration, gender, sexuality, nationality, Indigeneity, power, intersectionality, and social justice.
Certificate Requirements
Core Courses (8 credits)
- GRN 515 Constructions of Power and Knowledge: Gender, Race, and Nations (4 credits)
- GRN 520 Critical and Decolonizing Research Methodologies (4 credits)
Approved Electives (16 credits)
- GRN 530 Social Justice Pedagogy (4 credits)
- GRN 550 Seminar in Gender, Race, and Nations (4 credits)
- BSt 5XX All 500-level courses in Black Studies
- ChLa 5XX All 500-level courses in Chicanx/Latinx Studies
- NAS 5XX All 500-level courses in Indigenous Nations Studies
- WS 5XX All 500-level courses in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Other adviser-approved courses
24 total credit hours
For more information on pre-approved elective courses that you can braid into your certificate, schedule an appointment with our program advisor, Professor Miriam Abelson.