Gender Studies

• Programs in Gender Studies
• Elective Courses

Programs in Gender Studies

Minor in Gender Studies

Admission to the Minor is open to students majoring in any Arts discipline and could be available to students in other faculties as minors become available. Students must select the Minor in consultation with the Gender Studies Coordinator, and this should normally be done at the same time as they declare a Major. The Minor requires 24 ch, comprised of SOCI 2501 Intro to Gender and Gender Studies or GEND 2001 Introduction to Gender Studies and 21 ch selected from Gender Studies eligible courses. (NOTE: The required 24 ch does not include the prerequisites required for the Gender Studies eligible courses unless listed here in the Calendar.) A grade of C or better is required in all courses counting towards the Minor in Gender Studies.

Certificate in Gender Studies

The Certificate in Gender Studies is designed for students who have completed or are close to completing their studies, who seek an added accreditation for professional or academic reasons. They are expected to be already prepared for upper-level undergraduate study.

The Certificate requires 18 ch, comprised of SOCI 2501 Intro to Gender and Gender Studies or GEND 2001 Introduction to Gender Studies and an additional 15 ch selected from Gender Studies eligible courses. (NOTE: The required 18 ch does not include the prerequisites required for the Gender Studies eligible courses unless listed here in the Calendar.) A grade of C or better is required in all courses counting towards the Certificate in Gender Studies.

Required course

SOCI 2501 or GEND 2001

Elective Courses

For the Minor in Gender Studies: 21 ch from the following list of  eligible courses, including a minimum of 9 ch of lower-level courses in subjects other than the student’s major, and a minimum of 12 ch of upper-level courses.

For the Certificate in Gender Studies: 15 ch from the following list of eligible courses including a maximum of 3 ch of lower-level courses and a minimum of 12 ch of upper-level courses.

Lower-level electives

• COMS 1002 History of Communication,
• COMS 2103 Understanding Comics and Manga
• COMS 2105  Life on the Screen: Hollywood to TikTok
• COMS 2201 Health Commuunication
• ECON 1004 Economics and Society
• ED 2514 or HIST 2514: Colonialism and Indigenous Peoples in America or
• ENGL 2804 Reading Through Treaty
• GEOG 1001 Introduction to Human Geography
• HEAL 1001 Current Issues and Future Trends in Health
• HEAL 1002 Introduction to Health from a Global Perspective
• HIST 1101 European Experience
• HIST 1701 The Medical Experience
• HIST 2514 or ED 2514 Colonialism and Indigenous Peoples in America
• HIST 2515 Indigenous People in North America since 1800
• HIST 2701 Canadian Healthcare  
• HIST 2989 History of Fashion
• INDG 1002 Introduction to Indigenous Studies
• PHIL 2003 Introduction to Moral, Social and Political Philosophy
• PHIL 2034 Religion and Ethics
• POLS 1201 Introduction to Canadian Politics
• POLS 1301 Global Political Studies
• POLS 2301 Politics of the Developing World,
• POLS 2601 Introduction to International Politics
• SOCI 1001 Introduction to Sociology 

Upper-level electives

• COMS 3102 Gender, Media and Communication
• COMS 3105 Sports and Media
• ENGL 3206 Writing by Women Before 1800
• FR-4534 Films francophones et perspectives postcoloniales (Francophone Films from a Postcolonial Perspective)
• FR 4584 Récits de migration au Québec (Migration Narratives in Québec)
• GEND 4001 Directed studies
• HIST 3674 History of Nursing in Canada
• HIST 3854 Women and War
• HIST 4011 Early Modern Queens
• HIST 4381 The Family and the State in North America
• HIST 4945 Women, Science and Medicine
• POLS 3225 Gender and Canadian Politics
• POLS 3255 Interest Groups and Social Movements
• POLS 3325 Gender and Comparative Politics
• POLS 3625 Gender and International Politics
• POLS 3683 Human Rights
• POLS 4505 Politics, Policy and Prostitution (cross-listed with SOCI 4505)
• PSYC 3343 Human Sexuality (disciplinary prerequisites apply)
• SCI 3155 Women and Science
• SCI 3255 Women, Development and the Environment
• SOCI 3325 The Sociology of Disability
• SOCI 4505 Society and Sex Work (cross-listed with POLS 4505)

Other courses not listed here, such as new courses and Special Topics courses, may be considered for eligibility.

Individual study courses, reading courses, or any other course where the student has scope to design the course of study or the assignments may be considered for eligibility.

NOTE 1: Mandatory and elective courses taken for the Minor in Gender Studies cannot be counted towards other program requirements. However, prerequisites taken to be eligible for the mandatory and elective courses may be counted towards other programs.

NOTE: Not all courses will be offered in a given year. The list of available Gender eligible courses is updated annually by the Gender Studies Coordinator. Students seeking program credit for courses not on this list must have written approval from the Gender Studies Coordinator prior to enrolling in the course. Gender Studies students are responsible for ensuring they have completed any required prerequisites and/or acquired any necessary permissions for their Gender eligible electives.