Catalogue reference 2024-25
This reference describes the indicated catalogue. Check with the institution to confirm the current offer and the conditions applicable to your intake.
Specializations and variants
Honours Program
BA with Major Program
Honours
Minor Program
Program pathways and conditions
These tables reproduce the source requirements for the indicated period. Official interpretation is the responsibility of the university.
Pathway 1
| Year 1 | WGST 1F90 |
| Year 1 | one Humanities context credit |
| Year 1 | one Sciences context credit (see program note 4 ) |
| Year 1 | two elective credits |
| Year 2 | Two credits from WGST 2P90 , 2P91 , 2P92 , 2P93 , 2P95 , 2P96 , 2P98 , 2P99 , 2Q90 , 2Q91 , 2Q96 , 2Q99 |
| Year 2 | one WGST credit |
| Year 2 | two elective credits |
| Year 3 | WGST 3F95 |
| Year 3 | one WGST credit numbered 3(alpha)90 or above |
| Year 3 | one WGST credit |
| Year 3 | two elective credits |
| Year 4 | WGST 4P90 and 4P91 |
| Year 4 | one WGST credit |
| Year 4 | one WGST credit numbered 2(alpha)90 or above |
| Year 4 | two elective credits |
Pathway 2
| Year 1 | WGST 1F90 |
| Year 1 | one Humanities context credit |
| Year 1 | one Sciences context credit (see program note 4 ) |
| Year 1 | two elective credits |
| Year 2 | Two credits from WGST 2P90 , 2P91 , 2P92 , 2P93 , 2P95 , 2P96 , 2P98 , 2P99 , 2Q90 , 2Q91 , 2Q96 , 2Q99 |
| Year 2 | one WGST credit |
| Year 2 | two elective credits |
| Year 3 | WGST 3F95 |
| Year 3 | one WGST credit numbered 3(alpha)90 or above |
| Year 3 | one WGST credit |
| Year 3 | two elective credits |
| Year 4 | WGST 4P90 and 4P91 |
| Year 4 | two WGST credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above |
| Year 4 | two elective credits |
Pathway 3
| Year 1 | WGST 1F90 |
| Year 1 | one credit from the co-major discipline |
| Year 1 | one Sciences context credit (see program note 4 ) |
| Year 1 | one Humanities context credit |
| Year 1 | one elective credit |
| Year 2 | Two credits from WGST 2P90 , 2P91 , 2P92 , 2P93 , 2P95 , 2P96 , 2P98 , 2P99 , 2Q90 , 2Q91 , 2Q96 , 2Q99 |
| Year 2 | two credits from the co-major discipline |
| Year 2 | one elective credit |
| Year 3 | One WGST credit numbered 3(alpha)90 or above |
| Year 3 | one WGST credit |
| Year 3 | two credits from the co-major discipline |
| Year 3 | one elective credit |
| Year 4 | WGST 4P90 and 4P91 |
| Year 4 | one WGST credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above (see program note 5 ) |
| Year 4 | two credits from the co-major discipline (see program note 5 ) |
| Year 4 | one elective credit |
Pathway 4
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. #WGST 4P01 Latin American Women's Perspectives (also offered as SPAN 4P01 ) Cultural production of Latin American women and their impact on society through a wide selection of media such as art, film, literature and popular culture. Theoretical perspective on self, identity, culture, and power. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Prerequisite(s): students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits or permission of the instructor. Note: given in English. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. #WGST 4P22 Education and Equity (also offered as SOCI 4P22 ) Selected issues in education in Canada and globally. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Topics may include access, representation, experience, and careers of students, teachers and faculty; student cultures; student supervision; efforts to alter pedagogy and curriculum; and implications of globalization. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to WGST (single or combined), CRIM and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Note: SOCI 2P22 recommended. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. #WGST 4P31 Women, Work and Leadership (also offered as LABR 4P31 and SOCI 4P31 ) Analysis of women's and feminist leadership theory and praxis through the lens of paid and unpaid work, combined with the development of students' own leadership skills through experiential learning opportunities. Seminar, 3 hours per week. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Restriction: open to WGST (single or combined), CRIM, LABR (single or combined) and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): one of WGST 1F90 , one LABR credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, SOCI 1P90 and 1P91 (1F90). Note: this course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | #WGST 4P32 Sociology of Work (also offered as LABR 4P32 and SOCI 4P32 ) Theoretical and research developments in the sociology of work. Topics may include the impact of technological innovation on the labour process, reconceptualizations of work and leisure, changes in the gendered nature of work, role of the contemporary labour movement, and international perspectives on labour and the labour force. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Restriction: open to WGST (single or combined), CRIM, LABR (single or combined) and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (Honours). Prerequisite(s): two LABR or SOCI credits or permission of the Department of Sociology Administrator. Note: SOCI 2P32 recommended. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit earned in SOCI (LABR ) 4F30. #WGST 4P35 Gendered Patterns of Resistance and Survival (also offered as LABR 4P35 and SOCI 4P35 ) Examination of the ways in which women and men, separately and together, seek to resist and survive the social and economic turmoil of the early 21st century. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Focus on individuals, families and communities, and resistance in the context of global economic reorganization. Topics may include case studies in the Niagara Peninsula. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to WGST (single or combined), CRIM, LABR (single or combined) and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Note: this course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. #WGST 4P36 Indigenous Survivance and Sovereignty (also offered as INDG 4P36 and SOCI 4P36 ) Indigenous cultural continuity, diversity, and change in the context of struggles for land, self-determination, and rights. Topics may include narratives and visual representations of Indigenous presence, and the role of traditional teachings, stories, art, and ceremony in Indigenous-led decolonization. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to WGST (single or combined), SOCI (single or combined) and CRIM majors, WGST, CRAS, CRIM, INDG and SOCI minors until date specified in the Registration guide.Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Note: this course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | WGST 4P41 Directed Studies III Guided reading on a topic not covered in the regular course offerings. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 12.0 overall credits and permission of the Director. Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial. A faculty supervisor must be confirmed prior to registration. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | WGST 4P42 Directed Studies IV Guided reading on a topic not covered in the regular course offerings. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 12.0 overall credits and permission of the Director. Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial. A faculty supervisor must be confirmed prior to registration. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | #WGST 4P43 Gender, Leisure and Families (also offered as RECL 4P43 ) Feminist analysis on the relationship between gender, leisure and the family. Gendered aspects of leisure explored in a variety of social and cultural contexts, including families, informal and social settings, organized leisure, and the media. Issues of resistance and reconstruction of gender relations and leisure as a form of political practice. Lectures, 3 hours per week. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Restriction: students must have a minimum of 9.0 overall credits. Prerequisite(s): WGST 1F90 or RECL 3P11 . Note: this course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. #WGST 4P48 Science, Technology and Gender (also offered as HIST 4P48 ) Science and technology as by cultural perceptions of gender. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | How has gender influenced ideas of nature, determined the scientific inquiry and influenced the path of technological innovation? Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to HIST (single or combined), and HIST (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and WGST (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours) or permission of the instructor and Chair until date specified in Registration guide. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Prerequisite(s): one HIST credit numbered 2(alpha)00 to 2(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor. Note: this course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. #WGST 4P51 Advanced Topics in Gender and Society (also offered as CRIM 4P51 and SOCI 4P51 ) Selected issues in gender and society. Topics may include feminist theories, work, family, state, popular culture, race, militarism and violence. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to WGST (single or combined) CRIM and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): two WGST or SOCI credits or permission of the Department of Sociology Administrator. Note: WGST 3P51 recommended. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WGST (SOCI ) 4F50. #WGST 4P53 Masculinities, Culture and Economy (also offered as CRIM 4P53 , LABR 4P53 and SOCI 4P53 ) Theoretical and empirical issues of the relation between masculinities and cultural and economic processes and structures. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | May include ethnicity, racialization, sexuality, nationalism, popular culture, leisure, changes in work and the labour market, class formation, and regional identity. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to WGST (single or combined), CRIM, LABR (single or combined) and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Prerequisite(s): two SOCI credits or permission of the Department of Sociology Administrator. Note: this course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. #WGST 4P60 Monstrous Women in Hispanic Arts and Cultures (also offered as SPAN 4P60 ) Depiction of women as monstrous or deviant in art, film, literature and popular culture. Feminist literary theory of alterity (otherness). |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Theoretical perspectives on self, identity, culture, sexuality, and power. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits or permission of the instructor. Note: given in English. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | #WGST 4P76 Indigenous Social and Political Thought (also offered as CRIM 4P76 , INDG 4P76 and SOCI 4P76 ) History and contemporary literatures on Indigenous epistemologies, the political philosophy of movements for decolonization, environmental sustainability, and Indigenous writing on gendered justice and cultural resurgence in a globalizing world emphasizing writings by Indigenous scholars. Seminar, 3 hours per week. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Restriction: open to WGST (single or combined) CRIM and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): one of two WGST credits, one INDG (INDG) credit, two SOCI credits or permission of the Department of Sociology Administrator. Note: this course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ABST 4P76. WGST 4P90 Advanced Seminar in Feminist Thought and Activism Theories and activism associated with gender, justice and equity. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits or permission of the instructor. Note: this course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WGST 3P90. WGST 4P91 Feminist Research: Negotiating Evidence and ‘Facts’ in a ‘Post-Truth’ Era Translation of multi-disciplinary feminist theories into research approaches and social change. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Topics may include ethics, reflexivity, intersectionality, situated knowledges, data collection and data analysis, feminist and Indigenous methodologies and epistemologies, visual and narrative methodologies, arts-based methodologies, and the practice of writing compelling research narratives. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits. Prerequisite(s): one of WGST 1F90 , SOCI 1P90 and 1P91 (1F90) or permission of the instructor. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Note: this course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WGST 3P91. #WGST 4P95 Gender and Sport (also offered as KINE 4P95 ) Historical and current issues informed by gender studies, theories and politics. The shaping of experiences through the practices of sport and gender. Lectures, 3 hours per week. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Restriction: open to WGST (single or combined), BKin, BPhEd, BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Junior/Intermediate) and BSc (Kin) and majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 13.0 overall credits. Note: this course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | #WGST 4Q41 Social Policy (also offered as CRIM 4Q41 and SOCI 4Q41 ) Canadian and comparative social policy issues, with a focus on gender and political economy. Topics may include the sociological political economy of advanced welfare states, welfare state typologies, social and income equalities in policy formation and delivery, federalism, family policy and tax policy. Seminar, 3 hours per week. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | Restriction: open to WGST (single or combined), CRIM, and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): WGST 1F90 , SOCI 1P90 and 1P91 (1F90) or permission of the instructor. Note: this course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. The method of delivery will be listed on the academic timetable, in the applicable term. |
| Year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students contemplating a thesis should consult the Director at the end of year 3 and must submit a detailed proposal in writing before May 15, prior to entering year 4. This course may be offered in multiple modes of delivery. | WGST 4V50-4V69 Special Topics in Women's Studies Selected topics in faculty member's area of expertise. | |
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Courses
These courses were identified on the program source page. Their presence does not mean they are all required in every pathway.
Sources and references
Reference year : 2024-25
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