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Undergraduate and Professional Studies Program Requirements Gender Equality and Social Justice Specialization
Undergraduate and Professional Studies Program Requirements Gender Equality and Social Justice Specialization
Specialization
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 (four-year) degree requirements, which include regulations on first year and subject maximum and breadth requirements.
Program Requirements:
Students will need to achieve a minimum 60% average in the 54 credits presented for the 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 54 credits in the 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 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 maximum of 18 credits of cross-listed courses may count towards a 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 3076 | Reality TV and the Politics of Difference | |
| GEND 3117 | Gender, Sex, 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 2526 | Prisons, Race, and Gender | |
| GEND 2536 | Tourism, Pleasure, and Power | |
| GEND 3026 | Women and World Religions | |
| GEND 3056 | Selected Topics (Advanced) in Power and Inequality | |
| GEND 3066 | Invasion and Resistance | |
| GEND 3116 | The Curse of the Fallen Woman: Women and Western Religions | |
| GEND 3136 | Masculinities and Power | |
| GEND 3306 | Ideas of Power | |
| Group 3 Human Rights and Social Justice | ||
|---|---|---|
| GEND 2036 | 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 | |