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Joint Honours Component Women's Studies (36 credits)

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Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St     Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Program Requirements

Students wishing to study at the Honours level in two disciplines can combine Joint Honours program components in any two Arts disciplines. For a list of available Joint Honours programs, see "Overview of Programs Offered" and "Joint Honours Programs."

Joint Honours students should consult an adviser in each department to discuss their course selection and their interdisciplinary research project (if applicable).

The Joint Honours component in Women's Studies offers a degree of analysis and depth of contemporary and historical critical issues centered on women, gender, and/or feminism beyond that of the Major concentration. It culminates in the completion of an Honours thesis, supervised by a faculty member. Students secure the approval of a potential thesis adviser during the year before undertaking the thesis. Three credits are accorded to the thesis (graded by the Thesis Adviser), and 3 credits are accorded to work undertaken in the Colloquium which requires supplemental reading and writing assignments, training in research and thesis writing methods, presentation to the group of theses in progress, and response to the work of others.

Joint Honours students must maintain a GPA of 3.30 in all required and complementary courses that fulfil the requirements of a Joint Honours Component in Women's Studies, and a CGPA of 3.00.

Required Courses (12 credits)

Complementary Courses (24 credits)

Overview of the specifications for the 24 complementary credits:

3 credits from a list of Women's Studies (WMST) courses and
9 credits selected from Group A courses and
12 credits selected from Group B courses.

Over the entire 24 credits,
6 credits minimum must be at the 400 or 500 level and
12 credits maximum may be at the 200 level.

A maximum 12 transfer credits will be accepted from approved exchange programs by arrangement with the Chair of WSAC and subject to University approval.

Women's Studies (WMST)

3 credits from:

  • WMST 301 Women's Studies Current Topics 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : Consideration of contemporary issues in Women's Studies. Topic and approach will vary from year to year.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Groeneveld, Elizabeth (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: WMST 200 or permission of instructor

  • WMST 302 Women's Studies Current Topics 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : Consideration of contemporary issues in Women's Studies. Topic and approach will vary from year to year.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Munoz, Yolanda (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: WMST 200 or permission of instructor

  • WMST 401 Women's Studies Special Topics 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : Advanced seminar in selected themes and issues in Women's Studies.Topics and theoretical or disciplinary approach will vary from year to year.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Narain, Vrinda (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: WMST 200 or permission of instructor

  • WMST 402 Women's Studies Special Topics 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : Advanced seminar in selected themes and issues in Women's Studies. Topics and theoretical or disciplinary approach will vary from year to year.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Groeneveld, Elizabeth (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: WMST 200 or permission of instructor

  • WMST 501 Advanced Topics 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : Advanced topics in theory and methodology related to Women's Studies. Topics will vary from year to year.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: WMST 303 or permission of instructor

  • WMST 513 Gender, Race and Science (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : This course is a philosophical exploration of the nature of science concerning sex, gender, race and racial stereotypes, and the construction of "womanhood". The social history/biography of women and minorities in science will be studied to develop a critique of biological determinism and explore the meaning and possibility of a "feminist science".

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Complementary Course Group A

9 credits from Group A

Group A courses are divided into eight sub-groups. Students may take only one course from any particular grouping. Any additional credits taken above the 9 credits from Complementary Course Group A may count as credits toward Complementary Course Group B.

Group A-1

  • SOCI 270 Sociology of Gender (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : This course focuses on social changes in gender relations, gender inequalities and the social construction of gender. Using sociological theories of gender, different social institutions and spheres of society will be analyzed. Topics such as gender socialization, gender relations in work, family, education, and media will be covered.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Fallon, Kathleen (Fall)

Group A-2

  • PHIL 242 Introduction to Feminist Theory (3 credits)

    Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Philosophy : An introduction to feminist theory as political theory. Emphasis is placed on the plurality of analyses and proposals that constitute contemporary feminist thought. Some of the following are considered: liberal feminism, marxist and socialist feminism, radical feminism, postmodern feminism, francophone feminism, and the contributions to feminist theory by women of colour and lesbians.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Deslauriers, Marguerite (Fall)

Group A-3

  • COMS 310 Media and Feminist Studies (3 credits)

    Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Communication Studies : Introduction to feminist studies of the media. Impact of feminist and queer theory on media studies; current issues about gender in the media. Emphasis will be placed on critical analysis of media representations of gender in relation to other social differences, such as race, class and sexuality.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Rentschler, Carrie (Winter)

Group A-4, Gender Relations in Major Societal Institutions

  • SOCI 247 Family and Modern Society (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : Contrasting family in Canada and in the United States for the recent past. Examination of theories on family; changes and diversity of family life; complex relationships among marriage, work, and family; domestic violence; various types of family experience; and the future of the family.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Weiner, Elaine (Fall)

    • Course for the Women's Studies Concentrations

  • SOCI 321 Gender and Work (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : Focus on men's and women's work in North American societies, historically and contemporarily, in order to understand the dynamisms of gender (in)equality in and outside of the home. Topics explored include: housework; the relationship(s) between gender, organizations and bureaucracy; emotional labour; occupational segregation and stratification; sexual harassment; and work-family policy.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Weiner, Elaine (Winter)

    • Course for the Women's Studies Concentrations

  • SOCI 390 Gender and Health (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : Key conceptual and substantive issues in gender and health since c1950: stratified medicalization of women's and men's health; social movements in health including the women's health movement; gender inequality in morbidity and mortality; gender, power and control in patient/physician interactions; embodied experience; politics and policies of gender and health.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Fishman, Jennifer (Fall)

Group A-5, Transnational or National Histories of Women/Gender and Sexuality

  • EAST 370 History of Sexuality in Japan (3 credits)

    Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Asian Language & Literature : Social and cultural history of sexuality in Japan. Possible topics include pre-modern sexuality and relations to court, religion and anthropology; pre-modern sex and gender relations; modern sexuality and gender identities; sexuality and the rise of science; relation to nationalism; feminism and queer movements.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • HIST 323 History and Sexuality 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Antiquity to Early Modern Europe. The cultural meanings and social institutions that create the historical context for sexual behaviours. Possible topics include: Greek homosocial and homosexual culture; sex and citizenship; wives and concubines in the ancient world; Christianity and aestheticism; misogyny and gender in Medieval Europe; adultery and lineage.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • HIST 347 History and Sexuality 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : 1700 to the present, with a particular focus on Europe and North America. Possible topics include: patterns of fertility and sexual practice; prostitution; religion and sexuality; the medical and legal construction of sexualities; the rise of sexology; gay liberation movements; queer politics.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Group A-6, Women/Gender and Literature

  • EAST 350 Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Literature (3 credits)

    Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Asian Language & Literature : Gender and sexuality in modern and/or premodern Chinese literature with emphasis on representation of gender relations, notions of masculinity and femininity, morality and sexuality. Readings from fiction, drama, poetry, and/or other genres are approached from a variety of critical perspectives.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Fong, Grace S (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: EAST 211 or permission of instructor.

    • Note: Readings in English translation.

  • EAST 351 Women Writers of China (3 credits)

    Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Asian Language & Literature : A study of fiction, drama, and poetry by women writers in imperial, modern, and/or contemporary China.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Core course for the Women's Studies program

    • Prerequisite: EAST 211 or permission of instructor.

  • ENGL 443 Contemporary Women's Fiction (3 credits)

    Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    English (Arts) : Study of a theme or author in contemporary women's fiction.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • ENGL 444 Studies: Women's Writing and Feminist Theory (3 credits)

    Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    English (Arts) : Study of a particular topic in the area of women's writing and/or feminist literary theory.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Popescu, Monica (Fall)

    • Fall

Group A-7, Women/Gender in a Religious Tradition

  • RELG 256 Women in Judaism and Islam (3 credits)

    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Religious Studies : The role of women in Judaism and Islam from the point of view of institutionalized religious traditions and of women's religious subjectivity; how women's spiritual and social roles within their religious traditions are shaped by Revealed Law, Holy Text and the Authority of Interpretation. Comparative sociology of religion approach.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Summer

  • RELG 338 Women and the Christian Tradition (3 credits)

    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Religious Studies : Survey of women's involvement in the Christian tradition. Topics include feminist interpretation of scripture, ideas of virginity, marriage and motherhood, mysticism, asceticisms, European witchhunts, contemporary women's liberation theories.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Marr, Lucille (Fall)

    • Fall

    • Core course for the Women's Studies Minor program

  • RELG 356 Gender & Sexuality in Hinduism (3 credits)

    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Religious Studies : Religious perspectives on the body, gender and sexual activity in Hindu cultures. Topics include: dharma and sexual practice; female sexuality; Bhakti and Tantra; same-sex relations; hijras; eroticism in the literary, visual, and performing arts; colonialism, Hindu nationalism, and the politics of gender.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: RELG 252 or Permission of the instructor.

Group A-8, Women and Health

  • HSEL 308 Issues in Women's Health (3 credits)

    Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing (School of Nursing)

    Overview

    Health Science Electives : Exploration of a wide range of topics on the health of women. Topics include use of health care system, poverty, roles, immigration, body image, lesbian health, and violence against women. Additional topics vary by year. A Health Science elective open to students in the Faculties of Arts, Science, and Medicine.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Daniel, Kimani (Fall)

    • Fall

    • Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology or Sociology or permission of the instructor

    • Complementary course for the Women's Studies and Social Studies of Medicine Concentrations

  • HSEL 309 Women's Reproductive Health (3 credits)

    Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing (School of Nursing)

    Overview

    Health Science Electives : Concepts of health and medicalization. Canadian and international perspectives. Topics include contraception, abortion, infertility, menstruation, menopause, new reproductive technologies, prenatal care, childbirth. Additional topics vary by year. A Health Science elective open to students in the Faculties of Arts, Science, and Medicine.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Lanctot, Anne Marie; Doiron, Lise; Power, Joanne (Winter)

    • Winter

    • Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology or Sociology or permission of the instructor

    • Restriction: not open for credit to students who have taken HSEL 308 prior to September 1997

    • Complementary course for the Women's Studies and Social Studies of Medicine Concentrations

Complementary Course Group B

12 credits from Group B

Students select 12 credits from the Group B lists in consultation with an adviser and identify an individual focus of study comprised of 9 credits.

Reminder: A minimum of 6 credits at the 400 or 500 level must be taken in the 24 credits of Complementary Courses. Students will find more possible choices to meet this requirement in Group B.

Group B includes courses that significantly engage with issues of gender and/or women and/or feminism. They are offered by a range of faculties and disciplines. Additions may be made during a particular calendar year depending on the central focus of the courses. For final updates, see .

Please note that not all courses are offered every year.

  • ANTH 341 Women in Cross-cultural Perspective (3 credits)

    Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Anthropology : A wide range of anthropological studies are examined and compared, along with theoretical models regarding changes in women's positions. The impact of colonialism, women and social change, and problems of women in developing societies are examined.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • ANTH 342 Gender, Inequality and the State (3 credits)

    Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Anthropology : Comparative studies of gender in stratified societies: Asia, the Mid-East, Latin and North America. Economic, political and social manifestations of gender inequality. Oppressive and egalitarian ideologies. State and institutional policies on gender, and male-female strategies. Sexual apartheid and integration.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • ANTH 413 Gender in Archaeology (3 credits)

    Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Anthropology : Relationship between the structure of the archaeological discipline and construction of gender roles in past human societies; division of tasks between men and women in subsistence activities, organization of the household and kin groups; and creation of power and prestige in a larger community.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • ARTH 352 Feminism in Art and Art History (3 credits)

    Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Art History : A consideration of the impact of feminism on recent art history, focusing on the examination of gender constructions in art and theory.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • CLAS 370 Women in Greek Drama (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Classics : Each of four Greek tragedies (e.g. Oedipus, Antigone, Bacchae, Medea) analyzed along with its modern interpretations. The heroines of fiction as related to real Greek women by comparing myth transformation in tragedy with documentary material.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • CMPL 504 Feminist Legal Theory (3 credits)

    Offered by: Law (Faculty of Law)

    Overview

    Comparative Law : Feminist theory and its relevance and application to law, including feminist methodologies in law, the public versus private dichotomy, and changing conceptions of equality.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • COMS 310 Media and Feminist Studies (3 credits)

    Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Communication Studies : Introduction to feminist studies of the media. Impact of feminist and queer theory on media studies; current issues about gender in the media. Emphasis will be placed on critical analysis of media representations of gender in relation to other social differences, such as race, class and sexuality.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Rentschler, Carrie (Winter)

  • EAST 350 Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Literature (3 credits)

    Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Asian Language & Literature : Gender and sexuality in modern and/or premodern Chinese literature with emphasis on representation of gender relations, notions of masculinity and femininity, morality and sexuality. Readings from fiction, drama, poetry, and/or other genres are approached from a variety of critical perspectives.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Fong, Grace S (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: EAST 211 or permission of instructor.

    • Note: Readings in English translation.

  • EAST 351 Women Writers of China (3 credits)

    Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Asian Language & Literature : A study of fiction, drama, and poetry by women writers in imperial, modern, and/or contemporary China.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Core course for the Women's Studies program

    • Prerequisite: EAST 211 or permission of instructor.

  • EAST 370 History of Sexuality in Japan (3 credits)

    Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Asian Language & Literature : Social and cultural history of sexuality in Japan. Possible topics include pre-modern sexuality and relations to court, religion and anthropology; pre-modern sex and gender relations; modern sexuality and gender identities; sexuality and the rise of science; relation to nationalism; feminism and queer movements.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • EAST 390 The Chinese Family in History (3 credits)

    Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Asian Language & Literature : Exploration of the Chinese family in history both as an institution - in its religious, legal, economic, political aspects - and as a lived reality.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • EAST 466 Feminism and Japan (3 credits)

    Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Asian Language & Literature : Seminar dealing with issues relating to gender, the feminine, especially in the context of Japan. The course will draw on a range of theoretical frameworks, and may include the analysis of literature, film, art and popular culture.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Hurley, Adrienne (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: Any East Asian Studies course above the introductory level, or permission of instructor

  • EDPE 515 Gender Identity Development (3 credits)

    Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych (Faculty of Education)

    Overview

    Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Theoretical models and empirical findings relevant to the development of gender identity. Special attention is given to the influence of peers in school settings. Psychological, physiological, parental, peer and cultural influences on gender identity.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Ruglis, Jessica (Fall)

    • Prerequisites: EDPE 208, EDPE 300 or a course in developmental psychology

    • Offered through Continuing Education.

  • ENGL 443 Contemporary Women's Fiction (3 credits)

    Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    English (Arts) : Study of a theme or author in contemporary women's fiction.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • ENGL 444 Studies: Women's Writing and Feminist Theory (3 credits)

    Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    English (Arts) : Study of a particular topic in the area of women's writing and/or feminist literary theory.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Popescu, Monica (Fall)

    • Fall

  • GERM 364 German Culture: Gender and Society (3 credits)

    Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    German (Arts) : In connection with notions of identity, nationhood, political change, and cultural difference, this course investigates concepts and issues of gender in contemporary German Society. The readings include critical essays and literary texts by writers, scholars, philosophers, journalists, politicians, and political activists.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Winter

    • Given in English

  • GERM 455 Women of the Romantic Era (3 credits)

    Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    German (Arts) : This course places at its centre the life-worlds, biographies, and forms of self-expression by German women of the Romantic Era.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Fall

    • Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent.

    • Course is given in German for advanced undergraduate program students.

  • HISP 358 Women Writers Fiction Spanish-America (3 credits)

    Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Hispanic Studies (Arts) : Social movements and literary tendencies, as reflected in the novels and short stories of representative authors of the 19th and 20th centuries, such as Gómez de Avellaneda, Matto de Turner, Brunet, Bombal, Levinson, and others.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Fall

    • Prerequisite: Successful completion of any Survey of Literature (HISP 241, HISP 242, HISP 243, HISP 244) or permission of the instructor.

    • Note: Course taught in Spanish.

  • HISP 438 Topics: Spanish Literature (3 credits)

    Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Hispanic Studies (Arts) : Specific topics of interest in Spanish literature.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Fall

    • Prerequisite: Successful completion of any Survey of Literature (HISP 241, HISP 242, HISP 243, HISP 244) or permission of the instructor

    • Note: Course taught in Spanish.

  • HIST 323 History and Sexuality 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Antiquity to Early Modern Europe. The cultural meanings and social institutions that create the historical context for sexual behaviours. Possible topics include: Greek homosocial and homosexual culture; sex and citizenship; wives and concubines in the ancient world; Christianity and aestheticism; misogyny and gender in Medieval Europe; adultery and lineage.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • HIST 332 Women in Europe, 1350-1700 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An introduction to concepts of women and the realities of women's lives in western Europe from the Black Death to ca. 1700. Topics will include marriage and the family, female education and literacy, varieties of spirituality and the emergence of a proto-feminism during the Renaissance.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Clarke, Paula C (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 214 or permission of instructor

  • HIST 343 Women in Post-Confederation Canada (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This course examines women's contribution to the economic and social development of Canada as well as the changes in the image and status of women. Special emphasis will be on the relationship between women's roles in the private sphere and the public domain.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Gray, Colleen Allyn (Fall)

  • HIST 344 The Chinese Family in History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Exploration of the Chinese family in history both as an institution - in its religious, legal, economic, political aspects - and as a lived reality.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Vankeerberghen, Griet (Winter)

  • HIST 347 History and Sexuality 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : 1700 to the present, with a particular focus on Europe and North America. Possible topics include: patterns of fertility and sexual practice; prostitution; religion and sexuality; the medical and legal construction of sexualities; the rise of sexology; gay liberation movements; queer politics.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • HIST 354 Women in Europe 1700-2000 (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An overview of the history of women in modern continental Europe, focusing on women's changing roles in the family and society at large, in the context of work, family life, education, and culture, and the changing notions of citizenship, femininity, and masculinity.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Szapor, Judith (Winter)

    • Prerequisites: One course in European history or permission of Instructor

  • HIST 412 Women and Gender in Modern Britain (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Women and gender in modern Britain (1850 on). Topics include early feminist political agitation, including the suffrage movement; working-class women; changing notions of gender, sexuality and women's role; women and empire.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Clark, Jessica (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: HIST 215 or a course in British history or permission of instructor

  • HIST 420 Gender and Sexuality in Modern China (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The history of gender and sexuality in modern China. Topics include Chinese femininities and Chinese masculinities, theories of sexuality, and changing conceptions of gender identity under Confucianism, Western Imperialism, and socialism.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: A 300-level course in the History of China or Gender/Sexuality or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 424 Gender, Sexuality & Medicine (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Gender, sexuality, and medicine since the colonial era, with a focus on North American experience. Topics will include reproductive medicine (puberty, childbirth, fertility control, menopause), changing perceptions of men's and women's health needs and risks, and ideas about sexual behaviour and identity.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Tone, Andrea (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: A 300-level History course in gender, sexuality or medicine or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 433 British Queer History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : An investigation of the changing historical construction of "deviant" and "normal" sexualities in Britain since 1700, and how queer women and men discovered ways of surviving and perhaps even flourishing in the face of persecution and hostility from the state, the churches and the medical profession.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Prerequisites: HIST 215 or a course in British History or permission of instructor.

    • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken HIST 426 in 200209.

  • HIST 439 History of Women in China (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : This course examines the changing roles of women in traditional and modern China. Topics include political, social, and legal status, sexuality and medicine, religion and culture.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: a previous course in Chinese history

  • HIST 448 Women, Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A focus on women in the history of the late-19th- and 20th-Century Middle East, and on the ways in which gender analysis and sexuality illuminate the history of national and religious communities. Topics such as: education, masculinity, sexuality, Western representations of Middle Eastern women, and gender and the nation.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Parsons, Laila (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: A course on women, gender or sexuality or permission of instructor.

  • HIST 463D1 Topics: History of Women in Canada (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : A research seminar on the history of women in Canada since Confederation. Students will get familiar with primary sources and are expected to produce a major research paper in the second term.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 203 or consent of instructor

    • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 493

    • Students must register for both HIST 463D1 and HIST 463D2.

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 463D1 and HIST 463D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • HIST 463D2 Topics: History of Women in Canada (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : See HIST 463D1 for course description.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: HIST 463D1

    • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 463D1 and HIST 463D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms

  • HIST 525 Women, Work and Family in Global History (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : The shifting historical context of female labour and family in selected western and non-western countries; the interaction between labour and gender relations with special focus on women's experiences on the shop floor and in the family.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Abisaab, Malek (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: A 300 or 400-level course in women's history or labour history or permission of instructor

    • Restriction: Restricted to students in History and Women's Studies

  • HIST 526 Women and War (3 credits)

    Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    History : Examines the impact of war on individuals, families and societies. Studies the experiences of women and children in exile, mass persecutions, and punishments associated with social unrest, revolution or wars during twentieth century.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Prerequisite(s): A 300 or 400-levelcourse in women's history or permission of instructor

  • HSEL 308 Issues in Women's Health (3 credits)

    Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing (School of Nursing)

    Overview

    Health Science Electives : Exploration of a wide range of topics on the health of women. Topics include use of health care system, poverty, roles, immigration, body image, lesbian health, and violence against women. Additional topics vary by year. A Health Science elective open to students in the Faculties of Arts, Science, and Medicine.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Daniel, Kimani (Fall)

    • Fall

    • Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology or Sociology or permission of the instructor

    • Complementary course for the Women's Studies and Social Studies of Medicine Concentrations

  • HSEL 309 Women's Reproductive Health (3 credits)

    Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing (School of Nursing)

    Overview

    Health Science Electives : Concepts of health and medicalization. Canadian and international perspectives. Topics include contraception, abortion, infertility, menstruation, menopause, new reproductive technologies, prenatal care, childbirth. Additional topics vary by year. A Health Science elective open to students in the Faculties of Arts, Science, and Medicine.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Lanctot, Anne Marie; Doiron, Lise; Power, Joanne (Winter)

    • Winter

    • Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology or Sociology or permission of the instructor

    • Restriction: not open for credit to students who have taken HSEL 308 prior to September 1997

    • Complementary course for the Women's Studies and Social Studies of Medicine Concentrations

  • ISLA 585 Arab Women's Literature (3 credits)

    Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Islamic Studies : Explorations of writings by Arab women. Issues include: translation/reception, gender and genre, categories of knowledge about Arab women, feminist and post-colonial theories/methodologies.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Hartman, Michelle Laura (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: ISLA 392 or permission of instructor.

    • Note: Readings in English translation.

  • ITAL 383 Women's Writing since 1880 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Italian (Arts) : A study of Italian women writers and their search for literary identity.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Fall

    • Prerequisite: any 300 level course given in Italian or permission of the Department

    • Course for the Women's Studies Concentrations

  • MUAR 250 Women Making Music (3 credits)

    Offered by: Music Research (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Music-Arts Faculty : Repertoire composed and/or performed by women since 1920, with a focus on North America and women's participation in music in a variety of roles. Special attention will be paid to the different challenges faced by women of different races and classes, in both avant-garde and popular music traditions.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Barg, Lisa (Winter)

  • PHIL 242 Introduction to Feminist Theory (3 credits)

    Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Philosophy : An introduction to feminist theory as political theory. Emphasis is placed on the plurality of analyses and proposals that constitute contemporary feminist thought. Some of the following are considered: liberal feminism, marxist and socialist feminism, radical feminism, postmodern feminism, francophone feminism, and the contributions to feminist theory by women of colour and lesbians.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Deslauriers, Marguerite (Fall)

  • PHIL 442 Topics in Feminist Theory (3 credits)

    Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Philosophy : Advanced discussion of topical and central themes in feminist theory.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Al-Saji, Alia (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: PHIL 242 and one intermediate course in philosophy

  • PHIL 542 Seminar: Feminist Theory (3 credits)

    Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Philosophy : An advanced course devoted to a specific topic in feminist theory: e.g., a major figure; or theme, such as sex/gender, embodiment, race, subjectivity, agency, representation, politics, nature/culture, discourse and power; or a feminist approach to the history of philosophy, ethics, social/political philosophy, epistemology, philosophy of science, phenomenology, or metaphysics.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Sharp, Hasana (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: Any 400-level, 3 credit course in political philosophy, or permission of the instructor.

  • RELG 256 Women in Judaism and Islam (3 credits)

    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Religious Studies : The role of women in Judaism and Islam from the point of view of institutionalized religious traditions and of women's religious subjectivity; how women's spiritual and social roles within their religious traditions are shaped by Revealed Law, Holy Text and the Authority of Interpretation. Comparative sociology of religion approach.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Summer

  • RELG 338 Women and the Christian Tradition (3 credits)

    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Religious Studies : Survey of women's involvement in the Christian tradition. Topics include feminist interpretation of scripture, ideas of virginity, marriage and motherhood, mysticism, asceticisms, European witchhunts, contemporary women's liberation theories.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Marr, Lucille (Fall)

    • Fall

    • Core course for the Women's Studies Minor program

  • RELG 339 Gender & Sexuality in Buddhism (3 credits)

    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Religious Studies : Religious perspectives on the body, gender and sexual activity in Buddhist cultures.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Core course for the Women's Studies Minor program

    • Prerequisite: RELG 252 or permission of the instructor

  • RELG 356 Gender & Sexuality in Hinduism (3 credits)

    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Religious Studies : Religious perspectives on the body, gender and sexual activity in Hindu cultures. Topics include: dharma and sexual practice; female sexuality; Bhakti and Tantra; same-sex relations; hijras; eroticism in the literary, visual, and performing arts; colonialism, Hindu nationalism, and the politics of gender.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: RELG 252 or Permission of the instructor.

  • RELG 372 Hindu Goddesses (3 credits)

    Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Religious Studies : The mythology, theology, soteriology, history, ritual, and texts of the goddess-centred (Sakta) branches of Hinduism.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Kachroo, Meera Jo (Winter)

  • SDST 250 Introduction: Sexual Diversity Studies (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sexual Diversity Studies : A general introduction to the study of sexual and gender diversity and sexuality from a range of perspectives and across a variety of disciplines.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Crawford, Lucas (Fall)

  • SOCI 247 Family and Modern Society (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : Contrasting family in Canada and in the United States for the recent past. Examination of theories on family; changes and diversity of family life; complex relationships among marriage, work, and family; domestic violence; various types of family experience; and the future of the family.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Weiner, Elaine (Fall)

    • Course for the Women's Studies Concentrations

  • SOCI 270 Sociology of Gender (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : This course focuses on social changes in gender relations, gender inequalities and the social construction of gender. Using sociological theories of gender, different social institutions and spheres of society will be analyzed. Topics such as gender socialization, gender relations in work, family, education, and media will be covered.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Fallon, Kathleen (Fall)

  • SOCI 321 Gender and Work (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : Focus on men's and women's work in North American societies, historically and contemporarily, in order to understand the dynamisms of gender (in)equality in and outside of the home. Topics explored include: housework; the relationship(s) between gender, organizations and bureaucracy; emotional labour; occupational segregation and stratification; sexual harassment; and work-family policy.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Weiner, Elaine (Winter)

    • Course for the Women's Studies Concentrations

  • SOCI 370 Sociology: Gender and Development (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : Exploration of the main development theories and discussion of how gender is placed within them, analysis of the practical application of development projects and discussion of how they affect gender dynamics, and examination of power relations between development agencies and developing countries. Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are used.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Fallon, Kathleen (Winter)

  • SOCI 390 Gender and Health (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : Key conceptual and substantive issues in gender and health since c1950: stratified medicalization of women's and men's health; social movements in health including the women's health movement; gender inequality in morbidity and mortality; gender, power and control in patient/physician interactions; embodied experience; politics and policies of gender and health.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Fishman, Jennifer (Fall)

  • SOCI 425 Sociology of the Body (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : Sociological examination of the human body as a cultural phenomenon that intersects with identity, health, illness, disability and medicine. Exploration of meanings attributed to human bodies as well as the body as a site of social interaction.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: SOCI 225 or Permission of Instructor.

  • SOCI 489 Gender, Deviance and Social Control (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : This seminar examines how the definition of deviance, reactions to deviance and explanations of deviance are gendered. Specific topics vary from year to year.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Fallon, Kathleen (Fall)

    • Course for Women's Studies Concentrations

    • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor

    • Restriction: open to U3 students concentrating on social problems.

  • SOCI 513 Social Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : Examination of the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Gender inequality, sexual behaviours, marriage systems, migration, and poverty are shaping the pandemic as well as how the pandemic is altering social, demographic and economic conditions across Africa.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

  • SOCI 519 Gender and Globalization (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : Focus on the diverse forces of globalization that impact the lives of men and women. Critical analysis of key theories and concepts implicated in the intersection of globalization processes with gender dynamisms.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Weiner, Elaine (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: SOCI 270 or permission of instructor.

  • SOCI 530 Sex and Gender (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : This seminar critically reviews theoretical perspectives and research on sex and gender in various domains of social life. It gives special emphasis to work which considers the meaning of gender and how it differs across time and place.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Fallon, Kathleen (Fall)

    • Restriction: Open to Honours Sociology students and to Sociology Majors with the permission of the instructor

  • SOCI 535 Sociology of the Family (3 credits)

    Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Sociology (Arts) : This seminar reviews literature on major research areas in family. The course examines families in the past, the study of family using a life course approach, and considers selective areas which may have had significant influences on contemporary family such as work and family, family violence, and cultural variation in families.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Le Bourdais, Céline (Winter)

    • Undergraduate students require permission of instructor

  • WMST 301 Women's Studies Current Topics 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : Consideration of contemporary issues in Women's Studies. Topic and approach will vary from year to year.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Groeneveld, Elizabeth (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: WMST 200 or permission of instructor

  • WMST 302 Women's Studies Current Topics 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : Consideration of contemporary issues in Women's Studies. Topic and approach will vary from year to year.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Munoz, Yolanda (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: WMST 200 or permission of instructor

  • WMST 401 Women's Studies Special Topics 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : Advanced seminar in selected themes and issues in Women's Studies.Topics and theoretical or disciplinary approach will vary from year to year.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: Narain, Vrinda (Fall)

    • Prerequisite: WMST 200 or permission of instructor

  • WMST 402 Women's Studies Special Topics 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : Advanced seminar in selected themes and issues in Women's Studies. Topics and theoretical or disciplinary approach will vary from year to year.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: Groeneveld, Elizabeth (Winter)

    • Prerequisite: WMST 200 or permission of instructor

  • WMST 461 Tutorial in Women's Studies 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : Advanced reading course and independent research project under the supervision of an instructor on aspects of Women's Studies.

    Terms: Fall 2012

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: WMST 303 or permission of instructor

    • Restrictions: Majors, Honours and Joint Honours students in Women's Studies. Program and advisor approval required.

  • WMST 462 Tutorial in Women's Studies 2 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : Advanced reading course and independent research project under the supervision of an instructor on aspects of Women's Studies.

    Terms: Winter 2013

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: WMST 303 and permission of instructor

    • Restriction: Majors, Honours and Joint Honours students in Women's Studies.

  • WMST 494 Internship: Women's Studies (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : Internship with an approved host institution or organization.

    Terms: Fall 2012, Winter 2013

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students after completing 30 credits of a 90 credit program or 45 credits of a 96-120 credit program. A minimum CGPA of 2.7, and permission of the departmental advisor are required. This course will not normally fulfill program requirements for seminar or 400-level courses.

  • WMST 501 Advanced Topics 1 (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : Advanced topics in theory and methodology related to Women's Studies. Topics will vary from year to year.

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    • Prerequisite: WMST 303 or permission of instructor

  • WMST 513 Gender, Race and Science (3 credits)

    Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

    Overview

    Women's Studies : This course is a philosophical exploration of the nature of science concerning sex, gender, race and racial stereotypes, and the construction of "womanhood". The social history/biography of women and minorities in science will be studied to develop a critique of biological determinism and explore the meaning and possibility of a "feminist science".

    Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.

    Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Complementary Course Group B: Special Topics Courses

The courses below are acceptable ONLY when the topic is appropriate for Women's Studies (significantly engages with issues of gender and/or women and/or feminism) and there is documentation on file for the given year. Additions may be made during a particular calendar year depending on the topic of the courses. For final updates, see .

Please note that not all courses are offered every year.

Faculty of Arts—2012-2013 (last updated Dec. 20, 2012) (disclaimer)
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