A full course load is three courses per semester. Although the program may be completed in one academic year, including summer study, most students choose to complete the program over three or four semesters in order to explore their interests more thoroughly. Students may take up to five years to complete the degree program. Topics to be considered include important theoretical interventions in critical understanding of body, gender, and power. Also includes consideration of cultural studies, race and resistance.
Students prepare seminar papers, a research paper, and oral presentations.
This course examines theoretical frameworks used to explore culture and then uses these theories to examine current debates on national identities and multicultural education in an international context. This is usually accomplished at the end of the program. Its function is to help integrate the material studied throughout the program and to apply it to a project that is specific to each student's needs and interests. Students work closely with a member of the Simmons faculty for this Capstone project. Students plan their elective courses with the director of the program.