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 | Up to 6 cr. | |
| Group 1 | 6 cr. | |
| Group 2 | 6 cr. | |
| Group 3 | 6 cr. | |
| *GEND upper level courses or courses cross-listed with GEND | 12-15 cr. | |
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*Students pursuing the Honours double major must also take GEND 3306. Note: Students who complete 3 credits of 1000-level GEND are required to take 15 credits of upper level GEND. Students who complete 6 credits of 1000- level GEND are required to take 12 credits of upper level GEND. |
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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 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 3106 | Race and Gender in Popular Culture | |
| GEND 3117 | Gender, Sex, and the Bible | |
| GEND 3326 | Virtual Animals | |
| Group 2 Power, Justice and Transformation | ||
|---|---|---|
| GEND 2086 | Animal Rites | |
| GEND 2206 | Sex, Body, and Identity | |
| GEND 2246 | Transformative Justice: Case Studies | |
| GEND 2256 | Religion, Justice and Animals | |
| GEND 2286 | Contagion | |
| GEND 2326 | Pets | |
| GEND 2516 | Violence, Race and Law | |
| GEND 2526 | Prisons, Race, and Gender | |
| GEND 2536 | Tourism, Pleasure, and Power | |
| GEND 2556 | The 21st Century Family | |
| 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 3416 | Material Reconciliation | |
| 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 3137 | Re-Imagining Globalization | |
| GEND 3207 | The United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect | |
| GEND 3216 | Testimony and Witness | |
| GEND 3227 | Justice after Atrocity | |
| GEND 3356 | International Rights of Indigenous Peoples | |
| GEND 3357 | The Opioid Crisis | |