Undergraduate and Professional Studies Program Requirements Gender Equality and Social Justice Honours Specialization
Honours Specialization
Honours Specialization in Gender Equality and Social Justice
Graduation Requirements:
In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must also satisfy the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree requirements, which include regulations on first year and subject maximum and breadth requirements.
Program Requirements:
Students will need to achieve a minimum 70% average in the 60 credits presented for the Honours Specialization in Gender Equality and Social Justice.
Students must complete the required 6 credits of introductory GEND with a minimum grade of 60%.
| Students must complete 120 credits including 60 credits in the Honours Specialization as follows: | ||
| GEND 1000 level | 6 cr. | |
| Group 1 | 6 cr. | |
| Group 2 | 6 cr. | |
| Group 3 | 6 cr. | |
| GEND 3306 | Ideas of Power | 3 cr. |
| GEND 4005 | Honours Essay or | 6 cr. |
| GEND 4205 | Honours Seminar | |
| GEND upper level courses or courses cross-listed with GEND | 27 cr. | |
Breadth Requirements:
| ACAD 1601 | 3 cr. | |
| Humanities | 3 cr. | |
| Science | 6 cr |
Note:
A subject average of at least 70% is required for enrolment in 4000 level courses.
A maximum of 24 credits of cross-listed courses may count towards an Honours Specialization.
Group Requirements:
| Group 1 Culture and Criticism | ||
|---|---|---|
| GEND 2026 | Makeover Culture | |
| GEND 2047 | Gender and Social Media | |
| GEND 2056 | Selected Topics in Culture and Criticism | |
| GEND 2166 | Women, Media and Representation | |
| GEND 2217 | Gender and the Media: Themes and Controversies | |
| GEND 2276 | Kid Media | |
| GEND 2305 | Women in Cinema | |
| GEND 2306 | Art and Social Justice | |
| GEND 3046 | Queer Media | |
| GEND 3055 | Selected Topics (Advanced) in Culture and Criticism | |
| GEND 3117 | Gender and the Bible | |
| GEND 3205 | Philosophy of Sex and Love | |
| Group 2 Power and Inequality | ||
|---|---|---|
| GEND 2066 | Race, Colonization and Indigeneity | |
| GEND 2076 | Religion and Colonization | |
| GEND 2086 | Animal Rites | |
| GEND 2155 | Selected Topics in Power and Inequality | |
| GEND 2175 | Social Justice in Practice (Practicum) | |
| GEND 2206 | Sex, Body, and Identity | |
| GEND 2506 | Global Gender Issues | |
| GEND 2516 | Violence, Race and Law | |
| GEND 3026 | Women and World Religions | |
| GEND 3047 | Deconstructing Nature | |
| GEND 3056 | Selected Topics (Advanced) in Power and Inequality | |
| GEND 3066 | Invasion and Resistance | |
| GEND 3116 | Women and Western Religions | |
| GEND 3136 | Masculinities and Power | |
| GEND 3306 | Ideas of Power | |
| GEND 3407 | Gender and Global Politics | |
| Group 3 Human Rights and Social Justice | ||
|---|---|---|
| GEND 2036 | Gender and Environmental Justice | |
| GEND 2057 | Selected Topics in Human Rights and Social Justice | |
| GEND 2146 | Law, Power and Justice | |
| GEND 2147 | Bodies, Borders, and Belonging | |
| GEND 2157 | Case Studies in Gender and the Law | |
| GEND 2187 | International Human Rights | |
| GEND 2226 | Case Studies in Violent Conflict | |
| GEND 2277 | Genocide and Mass Violence in Rwanda | |
| GEND 3036 | Global Social Movements | |
| GEND 3057 | Selected Topics in Human Rights and Social Justice | |
| GEND 3067 | HIV/AIDS Health and Social Change | |
| GEND 3127 | Gender, Globalization and Human Rights | |
| GEND 3207 | The United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect | |
| GEND 3227 | Justice after Atrocity | |