Master of Arts in Women, Gender, Spirituality, and Social Justice
San Francisco, USA
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
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Introduction
We believe that activism is a form of sacred practice. CIIS’ master’s in Women, Gender, Spirituality, and Social Justice honors the spiritual impulses that have guided movements for equality and justice across the globe.
This program is best suited to those who are interested in developing a visionary approach to their work as activists, educators, healers, facilitators, artists, and socially conscious entrepreneurs.
Our transdisciplinary program invites you to engage in deep academic and personal inquiry by developing an individualized course of study within broad areas of scholarship including: ecofeminism/ecology, women in world religions, mysteries, sacred arts, healing, diversity and social justice, spiritual activism and leadership.
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Curriculum
The online master’s in Women, Gender, Spirituality, and Social Justice at CIIS requires 36 units of coursework and can be completed in two full-time years or three part-time years.
Our online format draws students from across the U.S. and the world and includes both synchronous and asynchronous virtual classrooms.
We value our community of Women’s Spirituality scholars. Students attend our mandatory six-day residential intensive at the beginning of the fall semesters to meet their faculty and peers while enjoying the treasures of the San Francisco Bay Area. Students can also connect during optional spring retreats and end-of-year commencement celebrations.
Program Outcome
Goal One: Integrate and apply knowledge in women, gender, spirituality, and social justice to academic scholarship and real-world problems
Students in our program will learn to integrate in-depth knowledge of foundational concepts in a chosen area of focus into scholarly papers and presentations. Students will analyze and articulate a complex and nuanced understanding of the connections among women's studies, gender studies, spiritual traditions and movements, and social justice movements. Students will also conduct interdisciplinary research that values multiple ways of knowing, and will apply a critical feminist lens to interrogate the construction of knowledge and social systems.
Goal Two: Engage in the conscious transformation of self and society
Upon completion of our program, students will be able to critically articulate their positionality within various communities, histories, and cultures, while analyzing relative privilege, power, oppression, and marginalization within various local and global communities. Our program strives to help students examine and articulate their spiritual growth and transformation, integrating a reflection of personal spiritual values with a commitment to social transformation.
Goal Three: Apply learning toward professional and/or community contexts
Before they graduate, students will create and present a culminating body of work that demonstrates the ability to present their knowledge in professional and scholarly contexts. Through this work, students will connect scholarly and theoretical interests with social advocacy and other modes of employment. Lastly, students will be able to (1) demonstrate presentation and facilitation skills in the classroom and through other academic, cultural, or artistic events; (2) demonstrate effective academic writing skills in a style appropriate to the discipline; and (3) demonstrate media literacy.
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