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The Graduate Interdisciplinary program in Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory (SCCT) trains students in important twentieth-century theoretical traditions that have had an impact across multiple disciplines, such as historical materialism, feminism, postmodernism, phenomenology, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, critical legal studies, the Frankfurt School, psychoanalysis, and queer theory. SCCT encourages exploration of—and cultivates future contributors to—new movements and directions in social, cultural, and critical theory such as actor-network theory, affect theory, anthropocene studies, biopolitics, critical area studies, border theory, critical finance studies, critical science studies, mediated geographies, new materialisms, object-oriented ontology, posthumanism, post-secular theory, critical race studies, somatechnics, trans* theory, and game studies, among others.
Students pursuing the Graduate Certificate in SCCT will benefit from an interdisciplinary graduate curriculum based on theoretical synergies across knowledge projects in the humanities, social sciences, arts, professions, and natural sciences. The certificate will deepen student strengths in interdisciplinary and conceptually rigorous forms of research.
The SCCT Certificate is intended for and exclusively open to University of Arizona graduate students enrolled in MA, MFA, JD, MBA, and other non-Ph.D. programs. (PhD students should enroll in the SCCT Minor.) This is a 9-credit certificate with one required course and two electives. The required course is SCCT 500 (Introduction to Social, Cultural and Critical Theory), offered each year in the fall semester. Students must also take two elective courses, at least one of which is offered outside their home degree program. Elective options include our annual topics course, SCCT 510 (Problems in Social, Cultural and Critical Theory), typically offered in spring semester, as well as all courses that appear on the elective list for the Ph.D. minor (this list may be downloaded from the SCCT website). Students may petition to have a different course (i.e. not appearing on the list) count as one of their electives if it has a significant theoretical dimension and is relevant to their plan of study.
Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs
The Graduate College sponsors several Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs (GIDPs) in addition to the many interdisciplinary possibilities available through regular graduate degree programs. GIDPs transcend departmental boundaries by facilitating cutting edge teaching and research at the nexus of traditional disciplines. The high value placed on interdisciplinary research and education is indicative of The University of Arizona's enthusiasm and commitment to fostering innovation and creativity among its faculty and students.
Graduate College/GIDP
University of Arizona - Main - Tucson
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
1. Statement of Purpose. 1-page statement of purpose (250-400 words) that includes a description of your current course of study and addresses reasons for pursuing the certificate.
2. Letter of recommendation. This letter need not be confidential.
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International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.
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The SCCT Certificate is intended for and exclusively open to University of Arizona graduate students enrolled in MA, MFA, JD, MBA, and other non-Ph.D. programs. (PhD students should enroll in the SCCT Minor.) This is a 9-credit certificate with one required course and two electives.
The required course is SCCT 500 - Introduction to Social, Cultural and Critical Theory (3 units)
Students must also take two elective courses, at least one of which is offered outside their home degree program.
Elective options include our annual topics course, SCCT 510 (Problems in Social, Cultural and Critical Theory), typically offered in spring semester, as well as all courses that appear on the elective list for the Ph.D. minor. Students may petition to have a different course (i.e. not appearing on the list) count as one of their electives if it has a significant theoretical dimension and is relevant to their plan of study.
Elective courses (3 units each):
ANTH 506 Gender and Social Identity
ANTH 511 Anthropology of Religion
ANTH 524 Political Ecology
ANTH 595E Anthropology and Education
ANTH 608A and B History of Anthropological Theory
ANTH 612 Anthropology and Modernity
ANTH 613 Culture and Power
ANTH 675A and B Anthropology and Global Health
ANTH 696B Cultural Anthropology
ARH 511a: Theory and Methods in Art History: Renaissance to 1960
EAS 556 Humanities and the Global Creative Economy
ENGL 515: History of Criticism and Theory
ENGL 573: Semiotics and Language
ENGL 596B: Studies in Colonial and Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
ENGL 596U: Comparative Rhetorics
ENGL 596: Theories of Criticism
ENGL 680: Reader Response Theories
ENGL 696T: Contemporary Rhetorical Theories
FREN 554 French Theory
GWS 503 Latina Feminisms in the Americas
GWS 525 Gender, Culture, and Capitalism
GWS 533 Feminist Political Theory
GWS 539A and B Feminist Theories
GWS 544 Women and the Body
GWS 554 Contemporary Feminist Theories
GWS 561 Feminist and IR Theories
GWS 596S Technology and Social Theory
GWS 605 Moral Politics
GWS 645 Psychoanalysis and Cultural Theory
GWS 684 Feminist Knowledge Production
GWS 695B Gender and the Law
GWS 696A Latina/o Literary and Cultural Studies
GWS 696G Queer Theories
GWS 696H Science and Social Theory
GWS 696J Sexuality and Aesthetics
GEOG 689 History of Geographic Thought
GEOG 696A Economic Geography
GEOG 696B Cultural Geography
GEOG 696G Urban Geography
GEOG 696H Political Geography
GEOG 696I Political Ecology
GEOG 696N Geography and Social Theory
GER 506 Representing the “Other”
GER 507 Criticism and Creativity in German CultureIRLS 517: Introduction to Digital Cultures
LAW 527: International Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
LAW 631F Law and Culture
LAW 631H Critical Race Practice
LAW 682 Cyberlaw
MUS/LAS 568: Studies in Latin American Music
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Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.