Undergraduate and Professional Studies Program Requirements Gender Equality and Social Justice Major
Major
Major in Gender Equality and Social Justice
Graduation Requirements:
In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must also satisfy the Bachelor of Arts 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 36 credits presented for the Major in Gender Equality and Social Justice.
Students must complete the required 3 credits of introductory GEND with a minimum grade of 60%
| Students must complete 36 credits in the Major as follows: | ||
| GEND 1000 level | 3 cr. | |
| Group 1 | 6 cr. | |
| Group 2 | 6 cr. | |
| Group 3 | 6 cr. | |
| *GEND upper level courses or courses cross-listed with GEND | 15 cr. | |
| *Students pursuing the Honours double major must also take GEND 3306. | ||
Breadth Requirements and Electives:
| ACAD 1601 | 3 cr. | |
| Humanities | 3 cr. | |
| Science | 6 cr. |
Note:
A maximum of 12 credits of cross-listed courses may count towards a Major in Gender Equality and Social Justice.
Students with a subject average of at least 70% can enrol in 4000 level courses.
Students may complete an Honours BA double major if they obtain an overall average of 70% in each Major, and complete an additional three credits (minimum) at the 4000 level in each Major. Please refer to the Honours double major degree requirement section for further information.
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 2337 | Gender and Film | |
| GEND 2376 | Selected Topics in Kid Media | |
| GEND 2336 | Women in Cinema | |
| GEND 2306 | Art and Social Justice | |
| GEND 3046 | Queer Media | |
| GEND 3076 | Reality TV and the Politics of Difference | |
| GEND 3117 | Gender, Sex, and the Bible | |
| GEND 3205 | Philosophy of Sex and Love | |
| GEND 3326 | Virtual Animals | |
| Group 2 Power and Inequality | ||
|---|---|---|
| GEND 2086 | Animal Rites | |
| GEND 2155 | Selected Topics in Power and Inequality | |
| GEND 2175 | Social Justice in Practice (Practicum) | |
| GEND 2246 | Transforming Harm: Case Studies in Transformative Justice | |
| GEND 2286 | Contagion | |
| GEND 2316 | Masculinities, Money, and Media | |
| 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 3047 | Dark Ecology | |
| 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 3236 | Memory and Violence | |
| GEND 3246 | Madness and Medicine | |
| GEND 3306 | Ideas of Power | |
| GEND 3316 | Race, Murder, and Media | |
| Group 3 Human Rights and Social Justice | ||
|---|---|---|
| GEND 2036 | Environmental Justice | |
| GEND 2057 | Selected Topics in Human Rights and Social Justice | |
| GEND 2067 | HIV/AIDS: Health and Social Change | |
| GEND 2147 | Bodies, Borders, and Belonging | |
| GEND 2157 | Case Studies in Gender and the Law | |
| GEND 2187 | International Human Rights | |
| GEND 3036 | Global Social Movements | |
| GEND 3057 | Selected Topics in Human Rights and Social Justice | |
| GEND 3086 | Women and HIV | |
| GEND 3127 | Gender, Globalization and Human Rights | |
| GEND 3207 | The United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect | |
| GEND 3227 | Justice after Atrocity | |