Gender and Public Policy Curriculum
The Gender and Public Policy specialization seeks to integrate theory and practice. Students are strongly encouraged to participate in workshops, skills-building exercises, and Capstone projects that examine gender relations.
Contact Us
Yasmine Ergas, Senior Lecturer in Discipline
Specialization Director
ye36@columbia.edu
Laura Dankowski Mercado
Specializations Coordinator
ld3071@columbia.edu
Yasmine Ergas, Lecturer in the Discipline of International and Public Affairs; Director of Gender and Public Policy Specialization
Dale Buscher, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
Melissa Fisher, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Kristy Kelly, Adjunct Associate Professor in International and Public Affairs
Eugenia McGill, Senior Lecturer in Discipline of International and Public Affairs
Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs
Students must complete either one 3-point course or two 1.5-point courses from the list of the Specialization’s Core Courses. The remaining 6-points can be any Core Course or Pre-Approved Elective as indicated on the GPPS website. Other courses may be taken subject to the director’s approval. Please note that approval will depend on the inclusion of policy perspectives focused on gender issues in work done for the course.
Required Courses
Select at least one 3-point course or two 1.5-point courses from the following:
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Points |
| Points |
| INAF U6143 | Gender, Globalization, and Human Rights | 3 |
| INAF U6403 | Regulating Reproduction: Care, Procreation & Equality | 3 |
| INAF U6372 | Women's Leadership: Impact of Policy | 1.5 |
| INAF U6374 | Mainstreaming Gender in Global Affairs | 3 |
| INAF U6375 | Gender and Livelihoods: From Displacement to Early Recovery | 1.5 |
| INAF U6376 | Transnational LGBTI Rights | 1.5 |
| INAF U6361 | Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding | 1.5 |
| INAF U6960 | Gender-based Violence Against Women | 1.5 |
| INAF U8785 | Gender, Politics and Development: Theory, Policy & Practice | 3 |
| PUAF U8351 | Race, Gender and Political Change | 1.5 |
Electives
In addition to the core courses above, students may take courses from the pre-approved list indicated below. Other courses may be taken subject to the director’s approval. Please note that approval will depend on the inclusion of policy perspectives in work done for the course. Pre-approved electives include courses offered at SIPA as well as through:
Cross-registration may require instructor approval.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Points |
| Points |
| INAF U6173 | Migration and Human Development | 3 |
| INAF U6491 | Humanitarian Action in Challenging Environments | 3 |
| INAF U6742 | Gender and International Security | 3.00 |
| INAF U6914 | Policies and Practices in Human-Centered Digital Development | 3 |
| INAF U8370 | Promoting Decent Work and Labor Rights in a Globalized Economy | 3 |
| INAF U8690 | Managing Humanitarian Emergencies | 3 |
| PUAF U8349 | Intersections of Race and Power in Development | 3.00 |
| PUAF U8357 | Securing Full Economic and Political Citizenship for All Americans | 1.00 |
| REGN U6639 | Gender and Development in Southeast Asia | 3 |
| | 2-3 |
| | 2-3 |
| | 3 |
| | 3 |
| | 3 |
| | 3 |
| LAW L6506 | Gender Justice | 3 |
| | 3 |
| POPF P8615 | Current Issues in Sexual Health | 3 |
| | 1.5 |
| | 1.5 |
| POPF P8639 | Gender-based Violence in Complex Emergencies | 1.5 |
| | 1.5 |
| POPF P8643 | Maternal and Child Health in International Primary Health Care | 3 |
| | 3 |
| | 1.5 |
| | 1.5 |
| | 1.5 |
| | 1.5 |
| POPF P8687 | Public Health and Humanitarian Action | 3 |
| POPF P8691 | Public Health Advocacy for Reproductive Health | 1.5 |
| | 1.5 |
| | 3 |
| | 1.5 |
| SOSC P8709 | Seminar: Sexuality, Gender, Health & Human Rights | 3 |
| SOSC P9719 | Critical Perspectives on Research in Gender, Sexuality and Health | 3 |
| | 3 |
| HRTS GR5404 | Human Rights of Women | 3 |
| | 3 |
| EAAS GU4226 | Gender, Class and Real Estate in Urbanizing China | 4 |
| ECON GU4480 | Gender and Applied Economics | 3 |
| WMST GU4000 | GENEALOGIES OF FEMINISM | 4.00 |
| WMST GU4905 | Labor and Life: Critiques of Capitalism | 4.00 |
| RELI GU4525 | | 4 |
| SUMA PS4490 | | |
Degree Audit Report
Matriculated students in this program can view their degree audit report on Stellic.