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Program Description:

The Economics Department offers a Graduate Certificate in Gender, Race and Economy consisting of 12 credit hours. The certificate enables graduate students from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds to develop a specialty in analyzing socio-economic issues.

Program Requirements:

To obtain the certificate a student must:

• have a bachelor’s degree before beginning the certificate program
• successfully complete 6 credit hours from the following:

• EC 6450 - Political Economy of Women Credit Hour(s): 3
• EC 6460 - Gender and Economic Policy in International Compar Credit Hour(s): 3
• EC 7770 - Economic Studies Credit Hour(s): 3 (topics on gender, race and economy vary)
• successfully complete 2 additional appropriate courses (6 credit hours) offered by any department. For approval of acceptable courses, contact the Chair of the Economics Department, zdravka.todorova@wright.edu.
• earn a cumulative average of 3.0 for the 12 credit hour program

Total: 12 Hours