Enrollment Procedures and Requirements
Enrollment Procedures
To register, please contact the acting co-ordinator, Dr Wendy Robbins, Carleton 329.
You may download and fill in the appropriate registration form below (PDF format) and e-mail it to the co-ordinator:
Requirements
Admission to the Women's Studies Program is open to students in any faculty who have successfully completed 60 credit hours towards a degree. Students may select a Minor, Double Majors, or Joint Honours program.
With the Co-ordinator's permission, courses taken before a student enters the program may be counted for credit. (The Co-ordinator serves as academic counsellor for students in the program.)
The Minor consists of 24 credit hours of course work, chosen in consultation with the Co-ordinator of Women's Studies. The Double Major consists of 30 credit hours; Joint Honours, 36 credit hours.
Required Courses
WOMEN'S STUDIES 2003: Introduction to Women's Studies
This course, open to students in their second year or above, provides an introduction to Women's Studies with an emphasis on perspectives from the humanities and social sciences. It examines issues such as cultural representations of women, violence against women, women and work, women's health, and various social, economic, political, and psychological aspects of women's lives. 3 CH
Note: WS 2003 and WS 4004 are open to full- or part-time students in any faculty, non-degree students, and those taking courses on an occasional basis.
WOMEN'S STUDIES 4004: Seminar in Women's Studies
This seminar critically examines the assumptions underlying existing disciplines as they relate to the study of women and men, and it explores new theoretical and methodological perspectives for studying the gender-based aspects of society. 3 CH
Prerequisite: WS 2003.
WOMEN'S STUDIES 4900: Honours Thesis in Women's Studies
This course involves directed reading and research in Women’s Studies, leading to the writing of an honours thesis of about 50 pages. Women's Studies students will consult with the Co-ordinator in finding a suitable topic and thesis supervision. It is open to, and required of, Joint Honours students only. 6 CH
Fall & Winter Term, by arrangement with the Coordinator.
Prerequisite: WS 2003 and 4004
Core Courses (3ch each)
At least 12 ch will be selected from this list, with good disciplinary distribution. These should be from at least four different disciplines Please note: Course availability depends on the individual Department. Course offerings change on a yearly basis. Please check the online UNB Undergraduate Timetable for class times and schedules.
- ANTH 3114 Anthropology of Gender
- ANTH 3704 South Asia
- ANTH 4502 Issues in Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 4702 Gender and Health
- ANTH 5051 Gender Relations
- CLAS 3903 Women in Ancient Greece: Portrayals and Realities
- ED 5181 Feminist Theory and Education
- ED 6156 Women and Education
- ENGL 3883 Women's Writing in English
- FR 3534 Écrits de femmes
- FR 3834 Écrivaines québéquoise contemporaines
- FVI 2001 Intro to Family Violence Issues
- FVI 3002 Social and Psychological Contexts
- HIST 1021 Women in History (formerly Hist 2021)
- HIST 3003 European Women 1450-1800
- HIST 3255 Women's Voices in the Western World
- HIST 3325 A History of Sexualities
- HIST 3606 Women in Modern Asia
- HIST 3737 History of Women Artists
- HIST 4001 Heretics and Witches in Europe (1350-1650)
- HIST 4003 Women in the Early Modern Atlantic World
- HIST 4242 Victorian Britain
- HIST 4313 History of Women in Canadian Society
- HIST 4323 The Family in North America
- PHIL 3202 Philosophical Foundations of Feminism
- PHIL 3315 Women Continental Philosophers
- POLS 2503 Women and Politics
- POLS 3441 Women Political Thinkers
- POLS 3443 Feminist Issues in Political Thought
- POLS 3613 Gender, and International Relations
- POLS 3722 Women, Gender and Development
- PSYC 3263 Psychology of Women
- PSYC 3383 Women and Mental Health
- PSYC 4223 Sex and Gender: Difference and Similarities
- RSS 4242 Gender, Sport, and Leisure
- RSST 4003 Russian Women Writers
- SOCI 1543 Men and Women: Then and Now
- SOCI 2303 Sociology of the Family
- SOCI 2313 Sociology of Women (1)
- SOCI 3335 Religion, Gender and Society
- SOCI 3543 Sociology of Gender Relations
- SOCI 3634 Violence Against Women
- SOCI 4005 Feminist Theory
- SOCI 4116 Feminist Social Research Methods
- SOCI 4336 Families, Law, and Social Policy
- SOCI 4337 Legal Reponses to Family Violence
- SOCI 4345 Sociology of Women (2)
- SOCI 4555 Gender and Organization
- SPAN 3062 Caribbean and Latin American Women Artists.
- WLCS 4062 Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Women Artists
- WLCS 4063 20th Century Women Writers
In consultation with the Co-ordinator, students will select the requisite number of additional credit hours; either core or designated supplementary courses. With prior approval, courses in the Gender Studies Program at St. Thomas University may be counted.
Some departments offer honours seminars that may be pertinent. Please consult the relevant department for more details. Please consult the Co-ordinator of Women's Studies for the most recent lists of core and supplementary courses. Because of University-wide regulations, courses on women offered in Faculties other than Arts may be listed as core courses in Women's Studies, although they may not be eligible for Arts Faculty credit. Arts students seeking credit for Women's Studies courses outside their Faculty must ensure that they have Arts Faculty approval before they register for such courses.
Students interested in a Master’s or PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies develop individualized programs that may focus on women, gender, or feminist critique. IDST students take courses across the university and have thesis supervisors from various disciplines, including Women’s Studies.
