Course Descriptions

This comprehensive exam asks doctoral students to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the key authors, texts, theories, and debates in one of their chosen areas of amphasis in the Women’s Spirituality curriculum: Women and World Religions; Feminist/Ecofeminist Philosophy and Activism; and/or Women's Mysteries, Sacred Arts, and Healing. Students will write a 35 to 50 page essay with subsections to be negotiated with their comp supervisor. This 3 unit comp is taken after the completion of approximately 33 units. Consult with the program handbook as well as your advisor and then submit the Comprehensive Examination Contract in order to register. Please note that this cannot be registered for online. If the student has not passed the exam after one semester, they can attempt it once more.