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Women's Studies
Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

This section presents the requirements for:

• Women's Studies - B.A. Combined Honours

• Women's Studies - B.A. General

• Minor in Women's Studies

In addition to the requirements listed below, students must satisfy:

i) the University regulations (see the Academic Regulations of the University section of this Calendar),

ii) the Faculty regulations applying to all B.A. students including those relating to First-Year Seminars and Breadth requirements (see the Academic Regulations for the Bachelor of Arts Degree section of this Calendar.)

Students should consult with the Institute when planning their program and selecting courses.

Women's Studies - B.A. Combined Honours (20 credits)

Credits Included in the Women's Studies Major CGPA (7.0)

1. 1.0 credit in WOMN 1808[1.0] or FYSM 1402[1.0] or FYSM 1403[1.0];

2. 1.0 credit in WOMN 2800 and WOMN 2801;

3. 1.0 credit in WOMN 3808[1.0];

4. 3.0 credits from ANTH 2408, ANTH 2409, ARTH 3601, ENGL 2902[1.0], HIST 2504[1.0], HIST 3406, HIST 3504[1.0], HIST 3603, HIST 3705, LAWS 3001, LALS 2703, MCOM 3505, MUSI 3302, MUSI 4303, PHIL 2306, PHIL 2307, PSCI 3500, PSCI 3501, PSCI 3502, PSYC 3603, RELI 2003, RELI 3205, SOCI 2407[1.0], WOMN 2802, WOMN 3002[1.0], WOMN 3003[1.0];

5. 1.0 credit from: WOMN 4900, WOMN 4901, WOMN 4902, WOMN 4903, WOMN 4904[1.0], WOMN 495, WOMN 4908[1.0], BUSI 4602, HIST 4502[1.0], HIST 4504[1.0], HIST 4509[1.0], JOUR 4307, LAWS 4001, LAWS 4002, PHIL 4203, PHIL 4204, PSCI 4500, SOCI 4007, SOAN 4709;

Additional Requirements

6. The requirements for Combined Honours in the other discipline must be met;

7. 5.0 credits in electives not in Women's Studies or the other discipline;

8. Sufficient electives to make a total of 20.0 credits for the degree.

Note:Other courses may be substituted for the credits specified above in items 4 and 5 when material on gender and/or women is central to the course. Such substitutions must be individually approved by the Institute of Women's Studies.

Women's Studies - B.A. General (20 credits)

Credits Included in the Major CGPA (6.0 credits)

1. 1.0 credit in WOMN 1808[1.0] or FYSM 1402[1.0] or FYSM 1403[1.0];

2. 1.0 credit in WOMN 2800 and WOMN 2801;

3. 1.0 credit in WOMN 3808[1.0];

4. 1.0 credit from ARTH 3601, FILM 3301, HIST 3406, HIST 3504[1.0], HIST 3603, HIST 3705, HIST 3707, LAWS 3001, MCOM 3505, MUSI 3302, PSCI 3500, PSCI 3501, PSCI 3502, PSYC 3603,RELI 3205, SOCI 3201, WOMN 3002[1.0];

5. 2.0 credits from the courses in Item 4 and the following: ANTH 2408, ANTH 2409, ENGL 2902[1.0], HIST 2504[1.0], LALS 2703, PHIL 2306, PHIL 2307, RELI 2003, SOCI 2407[1.0], WOMN 2802.

Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (9.0 credits)

6. 7.0 credits in electives not in Women's Studies

7. 2.0 credits in free electives

Additional Requirements

8. Students must complete a Minor in another academic discipline.

Note: Other courses may be substituted for the credits specified above in item 4 when material on gender and/or women is central to the course. Such substitutions must be individually approved by the Institute of Women's Studies.

Minor in Women's Studies

1. 1.0 credit in WOMN 1808[1.0] or FYSM 1402[1.0] or FYSM 1403[1.0].

2. 1.0 credit in WOMN 2800 and WOMN 2801

3. 1.0 credit from FILM 3301, HIST 3406, HIST 3504[1.0], HIST 3603, HIST 3705, LAWS 3001, MCOM 3505, MUSI 3302, PSCI 3500, PSCI 3501, PSCI 3502, PSYC 3603, RELI 3205, SOWK 3204, WOMN 3002[1.0], WOMN 3003.

4. 1.0 credit from the courses in item 3, or ANTH 2408, ANTH 2409, ENGL 2902[1.0], HIST 2504[1.0], LALS 2703, PHIL 2306, PHIL 2307, RELI 2003, SOCI 2407[1.0], WOMN 2802.

5. The remaining requirements of the major discipline(s) and degree must be satisfied.

Note: Other courses may be substituted for the credits specified above when material on gender and/or women is central to the course. Such substitutions must be individually approved by the Institute of Women's Studies.

Courses with substantial material on gender or women's experience offered within the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences and Public Affairs and Management

The following course offerings are listed for the convenience of students. Detailed course descriptions will be found under the appropriate departmental course listings.

Note: Special Topics courses and other courses offered by units throughout the University may in any given year contain substantial material on gender and/or women' experience. Recent examples include certain courses in Art History, Geography, History, Journalism and Sociology.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Art History
ARTH 3601, ARTH 4000, ARTH 4600

Comparative Literary Studies
CLST 3002

English Language and Literature
ENGL 2108, ENGL 2109

Film Studies
FILM 3301

History
HIST 2504, HIST 3106, HIST 3406, HIST 3504, HIST 3603, HIST 3705, HIST 3707, HIST 4502, HIST 4504, HIST 4509

Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
LALS 2703

Music
MUSI 3302, MUSI 4303

Philosophy
PHIL 2306, PHIL 2307, PHIL 4203, PHIL 4204

Psychology
PSYC 3603

Religion
RELI 2003, RELI 3205

Sociology-Anthropology
SOCI 2407[1.0], SOCI 3201, SOCI 4007, SOCI 4802, ANTH 2408, ANTH 2409, SOAN 1001 [1.0], SOAN 2401[1.0], SOAN 3008, SOAN 4509, SOAN 4605, SOAN 4709

Faculty of Public Affairs and Management

Business
BUSI 4107, BUSI 4602

Economics
ECON 3100

Journalism
JOUR 4307

Law
LAWS 3001, LAWS 3503, LAWS 3804, LAWS 4001, LAWS 4002

Mass Communication
MCOM 3505

Political Science
PSCI 3500, PSCI 3501, PSCI 3502, PSCI 4500, PSCI 4605

Social Work
SOWK 2004, SOWK 3201, SOWK 3204, SOWK 4206