Not all courses described in the Course and Program Catalogue are offered each year. For a list of course offerings in 2024-2025, please consult the class search website.
The following conventions are used for course numbering:
- 010-099 represent non-degree level courses
- 100-699 represent undergraduate degree level courses
- 700-999 represent graduate degree level courses
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WGST 400.0: Honours Colloquium
Oral presentation of an academic paper in the department. The presentation is normally based on a paper already prepared, or in preparation, for a third- or fourth-year WGST seminar course.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Permission of the WGST Coordinator required.
Prerequisite(s): At least 3 credit units of 400-level WGST.
Note: WGST 400 is required in all Honours programs. Application for Honours must be made at least 18 months in advance of expected graduation date so requirement can be met.
WGST 411.3: Situated Transnational Feminisms
Examines women's and allied efforts to organize across national borders with focus on: social movements and self-advocacy; innovative uses of human rights and international change instruments; efforts to reduce poverty and create access to citizenship in processes of cooperation and conflict; critiques of economic "development", land use, and environmental damage.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Permission of the WGST Coordinator required.
Note: May be used as Humanities or Social Science credit.
WGST 420.3: Challenging Ways of Understanding Sexuality and Gender
This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of how queer theories and lenses can be applied to various bodies of knowledge, including sexualities studies. It engages critically with the interconnections among feminist, queer and trans studies, and their intersections with other marginalized fields of academic inquiry.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): WGST 112.3; and 6 credit units from ANTH 310.3, EFDT 486.3, FREN 260.3, HIST 135.3, HIST 303.3, HIST 420.3, HIST 430.3, HIST 434.3, INDG 330.3, PHIL 224.3, PSY 227.3, PSY 427.3, RLST 382.3, WGST 201.3, WGST 220.3, WGST 250.3, WGST 290.3; or permission of the instructor.
WGST 490.3: Gender Culture and Political Struggle Selected Topics
Examines critical and creative crosscurrents that surface at sites where gender, culture and political struggle converge. Designed for advanced students, specific topics addressed in this course will vary according to instructor and student interests and emergent issues in the field.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Permission of the WGST Coordinator required.
Prerequisite(s): 18 credit units of WGST and/or cognate courses, including WGST 311.3, 312.3.
Note: May be used as Humanities or Social Science credit. Students may take this course more than once for credit, provided the topic covered in each offering differs substantially. Students must consult the Department to ensure that the topics covered are different.
WGST 498.3: Special Topics
Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
WGST 499.6: Special Topics
Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations. Students interested in these courses should contact the department for more information.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours