Women and Gender Studies program requirements

What the Women and Gender Studies Specialist, Major and Minor require, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course they name.

Women and Gender Studies Specialist Program

  • Arts program
  • 10.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASSPE0571

Enrolment

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

(10.0 credits, including 5.0 credits at the 300+ level, including at least 2.0 WGS credits at the 400 level, one of which must be WGS460Y1)

1WGS160Y1 (normally taken in first year)

2WGS260H1

3WGS360H1

4WGS460Y1 and 1.0 credit at the 400-level

54.0 credits from the core group below

62.0 credits from Group A or B

Core Group

WGS160Y1, WGS260H1, WGS271Y1, WGS273H1, WGS275H1, WGS277H1, WGS280H1, WGS331H1, WGS332H1, WGS333H1, WGS334H1, WGS335H1, WGS336H1, WGS340H1, WGS350H1 (no longer offered), WGS355H1, WGS360H1, WGS362H1, WGS363H1, WGS365H1, WGS367H1, WGS369H1, WGS370H1, WGS372H1, WGS373H1, WGS374H1, WGS376H1, WGS377H1, WGS380H1, WGS385H1, WGS386H1, WGS390H1, WGS395H1, WGS396H1, WGS397H1, WGS420H1, WGS426H1, WGS434H1, WGS435H1, WGS436H1, WGS437H1, WGS440H1, WGS442H1, WGS450H1, WGS451H1, WGS451Y1, WGS460Y1, WGS461Y1, WGS462H1, WGS463H1, WGS465H1, WGS470Y1, WGS480H1, WGS481H1, WGS482H1/ WGS382H1

Group A

AFR454H1, ANT343H1, ANT456H1, ANT460H1, CAR325H1, CDN335H1, CLA219H1, CLA319H1, ENG273Y1, ENG355Y1, FRE304H1, GGR320H1, GGR327H1, HIS198H1, HIS205H1, HIS297Y1, HIS348H1, HIS354H1, HIS363H1, HIS383Y1, HIS406H1, HIS446H1, HIS481H1, ITA455H1, JAL355H1, JPS315H1, NMC284H1, NMC484H1, PHL243H1, PHL367H1, POL344H1, POL432H1, PSY323H1, REN342H1, REN343H1, RLG235H1, RLG311H1, RLG312H1, RLG313H1, RLG315H1, RLG416H1, SLA248H1, SOC214H1, SOC265H1, SOC367H1, SOC383H1, SOC465H1, SPA382H1

Group B

AFR351Y1, ANT329H1, ANT477H1, BPM214H1, CIN332Y1, CIN372Y1, CIN432H1, CSE240H1, CSE241Y1, CSE341H1, CSE344Y1, CSE345H1, CSE449H1, EAS314H1, ENG270H1, ENG323H1, ENG370Y1, GGR328H1, GGR363H1, HIS459H1, HIS474H1, HST211H1/ PHS211H1, HST310H1/ PHS310H1, HST330H1/ PHS330H1, JHA394H1, NEW302Y1, NMC365H1, NMC379H1, NMC384H1, PHL268H1, PHL281H1, PHL373H1, PHL380H1, PHL384H1, POL338H1, POL480H1, REN341H1, SDS255H1, SDS256H1, SDS345H1, SDS355H1, SDS365H1, SDS377H1, SDS382H1, SDS478H1, SOC207H1, SOC220H1, SOC309H1

Note 1Note: Effective Fall 2026, all courses associated with University College’s Public Health program will have the "PHS" designator. Existing "PHS" coded courses remain unchanged.

Courses these requirements name

  • WGS460Y1Honours Seminar
  • WGS160Y1Introduction to Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS260H1Texts, Theories, Histories
  • WGS360H1Making Knowledge in a World that Matters
  • WGS271Y1Gender in Popular Culture
  • WGS273H1Gender & Environmental (In)Justice
  • WGS275H1Men and Masculinities
  • WGS277H1Radical Relationalities
  • WGS280H1Special Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS331H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS332H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS333H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS334H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS335H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS336H1Selected Topics in Cultural Studies
  • WGS340H1Women and Revolution in the Middle East
  • WGS350H1
  • WGS355H1Gendered Labour Around the World
  • WGS362H1Selected Topics in Gender and History
  • WGS363H1Selected Topics in Gender and Theory
  • WGS365H1Gender Issues in the Law
  • WGS367H1The Politics of Gender and Health
  • WGS369H1Studies in Post-Colonialism
  • WGS370H1Utopian Visions, Activist Realities
  • WGS372H1Women and Psychology/ Psychoanalysis
  • WGS373H1Gender and Violence
  • WGS374H1Feminist Studies in Sexuality
  • WGS376H1Studies in Queer and Trans
  • WGS377H1Playing, Sports, Cultures
  • WGS380H1Feminist Graphic Novels
  • WGS385H1Gender and Neoliberalism
  • WGS386H1Gender and Critical Political Economy
  • WGS390H1Land-ing: Indigenous and Black Futurist Spaces
  • WGS395H1
  • WGS396H1Writing the Body
  • WGS397H1The Politics of Girlhood
  • WGS420H1Asian/North American Feminist Issues
  • WGS426H1Gender and Globalization: Transnational Perspectives
  • WGS434H1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS435H1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS436H1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS437H1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS440H1Decolonial Cyborgs for Planetary Futures
  • WGS442H1Toxic Worlds, Decolonial Futures
  • WGS450H1Modernity, Freedom, Citizenship: Gender and the Black Diaspora
  • WGS451H1Independent Study in Women and Gender Studies Issues
  • WGS451Y1Independent Study in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS461Y1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS462H1Advanced Topics in Gender and History
  • WGS463H1Advanced Topics in Gender Theory
  • WGS465H1Special Topics in Gender and the Law
  • WGS470Y1Community Engagement
  • WGS480H1Challenging Coloniality: Caribbean Sexualities in Transnational Perspective
  • WGS481H1Gender, Sexuality and Black Liberation from Black Power to #BlackLivesMatter
  • WGS482H1Translating Sexuality: Queer Migration, Queer Diasporas last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • WGS382H1Translating Sexuality: Queer Migration, Queer Diasporas
  • AFR454H1Migration, Mobility, and Displacement in Contemporary Africa
  • ANT343H1What is Gender? Anthropological Perspectives
  • ANT456H1Queer Ethnography
  • ANT460H1Global Perspectives on Women's Health
  • CAR325H1Caribbean Women Thinkers
  • CDN335H1Black Canadian Studies
  • CLA219H1Women in Antiquity
  • CLA319H1Sexuality and Gender in Classical Literature
  • ENG273Y1Queer Writing last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • ENG355Y1Transnational Indigenous Literatures last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • FRE304H1Contemporary French Women's Prose Fiction
  • GGR320H1Geographies of Transnationalism, Migration, and Gender
  • GGR327H1Geography and Gender
  • HIS198H1Decolonizing Women's History
  • HIS205H1From Women's History to Gender History
  • HIS297Y1History of Africa from a Gender Perspective
  • HIS348H1Topics in Gender History
  • HIS354H1Jews of Arab Lands: From the Prophet Muhammad to European Colonialism
  • HIS363H1Dynamics of Gender in Canadian History
  • HIS383Y1Women in African History
  • HIS406H1Advanced Topics in Gender History
  • HIS446H1Gender and Slavery in the Atlantic World
  • HIS481H1Elite Women, Power, and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Africa
  • ITA455H1Women Writers in Italy
  • JAL355H1Language and Gender
  • JPS315H1LGBTQ Politics
  • NMC284H1Judaism and Feminism: Legal Issues from Menstruation to Ordination
  • NMC484H1Gender Issues in Jewish Law
  • PHL243H1Philosophy of Human Sexuality
  • PHL367H1Philosophy of Feminism
  • POL344H1Social Movements in Canada
  • POL432H1Feminist Political Thought
  • PSY323H1Sex Roles and Behaviour
  • REN342H1Women and Writing in the Renaissance
  • REN343H1Sex and Gender
  • RLG235H1Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
  • RLG311H1Gender, Body and Sexuality in Asian Traditions
  • RLG312H1Gender, Body and Sexuality in Islam
  • RLG313H1Love, Sex, Family
  • RLG315H1Rites of Passage
  • RLG416H1Topics in Religion and Gender
  • SLA248H1Women and Women's Themes in Ukrainian Literature
  • SOC214H1Sociology of the Family
  • SOC265H1Gender and Society
  • SOC367H1Race, Class, and Gender
  • SOC383H1The Sociology of Women and International Migration last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • SOC465H1Advanced Studies in Gender
  • SPA382H1Spanish American Women in Art, Film, and Literature
  • AFR351Y1African Systems of Thought
  • ANT329H1Language & Power Structure
  • ANT477H1Transnational Korea in and outside the Peninsula last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • BPM214H1Socially Engaged Buddhism
  • CIN332Y1Screening Race
  • CIN372Y1Contemporary World Cinema
  • CIN432H1Advanced Study in Cinema as Social and Cultural Practice
  • CSE240H1Introduction to Critical Equity and Solidarity Studies
  • CSE241Y1Introduction to Critical Disability Studies
  • CSE341H1Theorizing Settler Colonialism, Capitalism and Race
  • CSE344Y1Body Matters: Oppression, Solidarity and Justice
  • CSE345H1Equity and Activism in Education
  • CSE449H1Contemporary Theories in Critical Disability Studies
  • EAS314H1Culture & World After Hiroshima & Nagasaki
  • ENG270H1Introduction to Colonial and Postcolonial Writing
  • ENG323H1Austen and Her Contemporaries
  • ENG370Y1Postcolonial and Transnational Discourses last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • GGR328H1Labour Geographies
  • GGR363H1Critical Geographies: An Introduction to Radical Ideas on Space, Society and Culture
  • HIS459H1Soviet History and Film, 1921-1946
  • HIS474H1Emancipate Yourselves from Mental Slavery? Historical Narratives of Caribbean Decolonization
  • HST211H1Health Policy in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • PHS211H1Health Policy in Canada
  • HST310H1Critical Health Policy last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • PHS310H1Critical Health Policy
  • HST330H1Population Health last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • PHS330H1Population Health
  • JHA394H1The Asia Pacific War
  • NEW302Y1C.G. Jung: Stories, Patterns, Symbols
  • NMC365H1Women and Gender in Egyptian Archaeology
  • NMC379H1Capital, Technology, and Utopia in the Modern Middle East
  • NMC384H1Marking Time: Legal Issues and Personal Status in Judaism
  • PHL268H1Philosophy and Social Criticism
  • PHL281H1Bioethics
  • PHL373H1Issues in Environmental Ethics
  • PHL380H1Global Bioethics
  • PHL384H1Ethics, Genetics and Reproduction
  • POL338H1Queer International Relations
  • POL480H1Studies in Comparative Political Theory
  • REN341H1The Self and Society: Women, Men and Children
  • SDS255H1Histories of Sexuality
  • SDS256H1Methods in Queer and Trans Studies
  • SDS345H1Sex and the Epidemic: Social Work, HIV, and Human Sexuality
  • SDS355H1Theories of Sexuality
  • SDS365H1Sexuality and Law
  • SDS377H1Lesbian Studies: Identity/Theory/Culture
  • SDS382H1Intro to Queer of Colour Critique
  • SDS478H1Queer Musics
  • SOC207H1Sociology of Work & Occupations
  • SOC220H1Social Stratification
  • SOC309H1HIV and AIDS: Social Policies and Programs last in the 2025-2026 Calendar

Women and Gender Studies Major Program

  • Arts program
  • 7.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASMAJ0571

Enrolment

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

(7.0 credits, including 3.0 credits at the 300+ level including at least 0.5 WGS credits at the 400 level)

1WGS160Y1 (normally taken in first year)

2WGS260H1

3WGS360H1

43.0 credits from the core group below

52.0 credits from group A or B

Core Group

WGS160Y1, WGS260H1, WGS271Y1, WGS273H1, WGS275H1, WGS277H1, WGS280H1, WGS331H1, WGS332H1, WGS333H1, WGS334H1, WGS335H1, WGS336H1, WGS340H1, WGS350H1 (no longer offered), WGS355H1, WGS360H1, WGS362H1, WGS363H1, WGS365H1, WGS367H1, WGS369H1, WGS370H1, WGS372H1, WGS373H1, WGS374H1, WGS376H1, WGS377H1, WGS380H1, WGS385H1, WGS386H1, WGS390H1, WGS395H1, WGS396H1, WGS397H1, WGS420H1, WGS426H1, WGS434H1, WGS435H1, WGS436H1, WGS437H1, WGS440H1, WGS442H1, WGS450H1, WGS451H1, WGS451Y1, WGS460Y1, WGS461Y1, WGS462H1, WGS463H1, WGS465H1, WGS470Y1, WGS480H1, WGS481H1, WGS482H1/ WGS382H1

Group A

AFR454H1, ANT343H1, ANT456H1, ANT460H1, CAR325H1, CDN335H1, CLA219H1, CLA319H1, ENG273Y1, ENG355Y1, FRE304H1, GGR320H1, GGR327H1, HIS198H1, HIS205H1, HIS297Y1, HIS348H1, HIS354H1, HIS363H1, HIS383Y1, HIS406H1, HIS446H1, HIS481H1, ITA455H1, JAL355H1, JPS315H1, NMC284H1, NMC484H1, PHL243H1, PHL367H1, POL344H1, POL432H1, PSY323H1, REN342H1, REN343H1, RLG235H1, RLG311H1, RLG312H1, RLG313H1, RLG315H1, RLG416H1, SLA248H1, SOC214H1, SOC265H1, SOC367H1, SOC383H1, SOC465H1, SPA382H1

Group B

AFR351Y1, ANT329H1, ANT477H1, BPM214H1, CIN332Y1, CIN372Y1, CIN432H1, CSE240H1, CSE241Y1, CSE341H1, CSE344Y1, CSE345H1, CSE449H1, EAS314H1, ENG270H1, ENG323H1, ENG370Y1, GGR328H1, GGR363H1, HIS459H1, HIS474H1, HST211H1/ PHS211H1, HST310H1/ PHS310H1, HST330H1/ PHS330H1, JHA394H1, NEW302Y1, NMC365H1, NMC379H1, NMC384H1, PHL268H1, PHL281H1, PHL373H1, PHL380H1, PHL384H1, POL338H1, POL480H1, REN341H1, SDS255H1, SDS256H1, SDS345H1, SDS346H1, SDS354H1, SDS355H1, SDS365H1, SDS377H1, SDS382H1, SDS478H1, SOC207H1, SOC220H1, SOC309H1

Note 1Note: Effective Fall 2026, all courses associated with University College’s Public Health program will have the "PHS" designator. Existing "PHS" coded courses remain unchanged.

Courses these requirements name

  • WGS160Y1Introduction to Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS260H1Texts, Theories, Histories
  • WGS360H1Making Knowledge in a World that Matters
  • WGS271Y1Gender in Popular Culture
  • WGS273H1Gender & Environmental (In)Justice
  • WGS275H1Men and Masculinities
  • WGS277H1Radical Relationalities
  • WGS280H1Special Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS331H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS332H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS333H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS334H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS335H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS336H1Selected Topics in Cultural Studies
  • WGS340H1Women and Revolution in the Middle East
  • WGS350H1
  • WGS355H1Gendered Labour Around the World
  • WGS362H1Selected Topics in Gender and History
  • WGS363H1Selected Topics in Gender and Theory
  • WGS365H1Gender Issues in the Law
  • WGS367H1The Politics of Gender and Health
  • WGS369H1Studies in Post-Colonialism
  • WGS370H1Utopian Visions, Activist Realities
  • WGS372H1Women and Psychology/ Psychoanalysis
  • WGS373H1Gender and Violence
  • WGS374H1Feminist Studies in Sexuality
  • WGS376H1Studies in Queer and Trans
  • WGS377H1Playing, Sports, Cultures
  • WGS380H1Feminist Graphic Novels
  • WGS385H1Gender and Neoliberalism
  • WGS386H1Gender and Critical Political Economy
  • WGS390H1Land-ing: Indigenous and Black Futurist Spaces
  • WGS395H1
  • WGS396H1Writing the Body
  • WGS397H1The Politics of Girlhood
  • WGS420H1Asian/North American Feminist Issues
  • WGS426H1Gender and Globalization: Transnational Perspectives
  • WGS434H1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS435H1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS436H1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS437H1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS440H1Decolonial Cyborgs for Planetary Futures
  • WGS442H1Toxic Worlds, Decolonial Futures
  • WGS450H1Modernity, Freedom, Citizenship: Gender and the Black Diaspora
  • WGS451H1Independent Study in Women and Gender Studies Issues
  • WGS451Y1Independent Study in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS460Y1Honours Seminar
  • WGS461Y1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS462H1Advanced Topics in Gender and History
  • WGS463H1Advanced Topics in Gender Theory
  • WGS465H1Special Topics in Gender and the Law
  • WGS470Y1Community Engagement
  • WGS480H1Challenging Coloniality: Caribbean Sexualities in Transnational Perspective
  • WGS481H1Gender, Sexuality and Black Liberation from Black Power to #BlackLivesMatter
  • WGS482H1Translating Sexuality: Queer Migration, Queer Diasporas last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • WGS382H1Translating Sexuality: Queer Migration, Queer Diasporas
  • AFR454H1Migration, Mobility, and Displacement in Contemporary Africa
  • ANT343H1What is Gender? Anthropological Perspectives
  • ANT456H1Queer Ethnography
  • ANT460H1Global Perspectives on Women's Health
  • CAR325H1Caribbean Women Thinkers
  • CDN335H1Black Canadian Studies
  • CLA219H1Women in Antiquity
  • CLA319H1Sexuality and Gender in Classical Literature
  • ENG273Y1Queer Writing last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • ENG355Y1Transnational Indigenous Literatures last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • FRE304H1Contemporary French Women's Prose Fiction
  • GGR320H1Geographies of Transnationalism, Migration, and Gender
  • GGR327H1Geography and Gender
  • HIS198H1Decolonizing Women's History
  • HIS205H1From Women's History to Gender History
  • HIS297Y1History of Africa from a Gender Perspective
  • HIS348H1Topics in Gender History
  • HIS354H1Jews of Arab Lands: From the Prophet Muhammad to European Colonialism
  • HIS363H1Dynamics of Gender in Canadian History
  • HIS383Y1Women in African History
  • HIS406H1Advanced Topics in Gender History
  • HIS446H1Gender and Slavery in the Atlantic World
  • HIS481H1Elite Women, Power, and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Africa
  • ITA455H1Women Writers in Italy
  • JAL355H1Language and Gender
  • JPS315H1LGBTQ Politics
  • NMC284H1Judaism and Feminism: Legal Issues from Menstruation to Ordination
  • NMC484H1Gender Issues in Jewish Law
  • PHL243H1Philosophy of Human Sexuality
  • PHL367H1Philosophy of Feminism
  • POL344H1Social Movements in Canada
  • POL432H1Feminist Political Thought
  • PSY323H1Sex Roles and Behaviour
  • REN342H1Women and Writing in the Renaissance
  • REN343H1Sex and Gender
  • RLG235H1Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
  • RLG311H1Gender, Body and Sexuality in Asian Traditions
  • RLG312H1Gender, Body and Sexuality in Islam
  • RLG313H1Love, Sex, Family
  • RLG315H1Rites of Passage
  • RLG416H1Topics in Religion and Gender
  • SLA248H1Women and Women's Themes in Ukrainian Literature
  • SOC214H1Sociology of the Family
  • SOC265H1Gender and Society
  • SOC367H1Race, Class, and Gender
  • SOC383H1The Sociology of Women and International Migration last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • SOC465H1Advanced Studies in Gender
  • SPA382H1Spanish American Women in Art, Film, and Literature
  • AFR351Y1African Systems of Thought
  • ANT329H1Language & Power Structure
  • ANT477H1Transnational Korea in and outside the Peninsula last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • BPM214H1Socially Engaged Buddhism
  • CIN332Y1Screening Race
  • CIN372Y1Contemporary World Cinema
  • CIN432H1Advanced Study in Cinema as Social and Cultural Practice
  • CSE240H1Introduction to Critical Equity and Solidarity Studies
  • CSE241Y1Introduction to Critical Disability Studies
  • CSE341H1Theorizing Settler Colonialism, Capitalism and Race
  • CSE344Y1Body Matters: Oppression, Solidarity and Justice
  • CSE345H1Equity and Activism in Education
  • CSE449H1Contemporary Theories in Critical Disability Studies
  • EAS314H1Culture & World After Hiroshima & Nagasaki
  • ENG270H1Introduction to Colonial and Postcolonial Writing
  • ENG323H1Austen and Her Contemporaries
  • ENG370Y1Postcolonial and Transnational Discourses last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • GGR328H1Labour Geographies
  • GGR363H1Critical Geographies: An Introduction to Radical Ideas on Space, Society and Culture
  • HIS459H1Soviet History and Film, 1921-1946
  • HIS474H1Emancipate Yourselves from Mental Slavery? Historical Narratives of Caribbean Decolonization
  • HST211H1Health Policy in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • PHS211H1Health Policy in Canada
  • HST310H1Critical Health Policy last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • PHS310H1Critical Health Policy
  • HST330H1Population Health last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • PHS330H1Population Health
  • JHA394H1The Asia Pacific War
  • NEW302Y1C.G. Jung: Stories, Patterns, Symbols
  • NMC365H1Women and Gender in Egyptian Archaeology
  • NMC379H1Capital, Technology, and Utopia in the Modern Middle East
  • NMC384H1Marking Time: Legal Issues and Personal Status in Judaism
  • PHL268H1Philosophy and Social Criticism
  • PHL281H1Bioethics
  • PHL373H1Issues in Environmental Ethics
  • PHL380H1Global Bioethics
  • PHL384H1Ethics, Genetics and Reproduction
  • POL338H1Queer International Relations
  • POL480H1Studies in Comparative Political Theory
  • REN341H1The Self and Society: Women, Men and Children
  • SDS255H1Histories of Sexuality
  • SDS256H1Methods in Queer and Trans Studies
  • SDS345H1Sex and the Epidemic: Social Work, HIV, and Human Sexuality
  • SDS346H1Queer Digital Media Studies last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
  • SDS354H1Theories of Sexuality I: Western Trajectories last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
  • SDS355H1Theories of Sexuality
  • SDS365H1Sexuality and Law
  • SDS377H1Lesbian Studies: Identity/Theory/Culture
  • SDS382H1Intro to Queer of Colour Critique
  • SDS478H1Queer Musics
  • SOC207H1Sociology of Work & Occupations
  • SOC220H1Social Stratification
  • SOC309H1HIV and AIDS: Social Policies and Programs last in the 2025-2026 Calendar

Women and Gender Studies Minor Program

  • Arts program
  • 4.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASMIN0571

Enrolment

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

(4.0 credits)

1WGS160Y1 or WGS271Y1

22.0 credits from the Core Group, with at least 1.0 being at the at the 300/400 level

31.0 credit from the Core Group or Group A

Core Group

WGS160Y1, WGS260H1, WGS271Y1, WGS273H1, WGS275H1, WGS277H1, WGS280H1, WGS331H1, WGS332H1, WGS333H1, WGS334H1, WGS335H1, WGS336H1, WGS340H1, WGS350H1 (no longer offered), WGS355H1, WGS360H1, WGS362H1, WGS363H1, WGS365H1, WGS367H1, WGS369H1, WGS370H1, WGS372H1, WGS373H1, WGS374H1, WGS376H1, WGS377H1, WGS380H1, WGS385H1, WGS386H1, WGS390H1, WGS395H1, WGS396H1, WGS397H1, WGS420H1, WGS426H1, WGS434H1, WGS435H1, WGS436H1, WGS437H1, WGS440H1, WGS442H1, WGS450H1, WGS451H1, WGS460Y1, WGS461Y1, WGS462H1, WGS463H1, WGS465H1, WGS470Y1, WGS480H1, WGS481H1, WGS482H1/ WGS382H1

Group A

AFR454H1, ANT343H1, ANT456H1, ANT460H1, CAR325H1, CDN335H1, CLA219H1, CLA319H1, ENG273Y1, ENG355Y1, FRE304H1, GGR320H1, GGR327H1, HIS198H1, HIS205H1, HIS297Y1, HIS348H1, HIS354H1, HIS363H1, HIS383Y1, HIS406H1, HIS446H1, HIS481H1, ITA455H1, JAL355H1, JPS315H1, NMC284H1, NMC484H1, PHL243H1, PHL367H1, POL344H1, POL432H1, PSY323H1, REN342H1, REN343H1, RLG235H1, RLG311H1, RLG312H1, RLG313H1, RLG315H1, RLG416H1, SLA248H1, SOC214H1, SOC265H1, SOC367H1, SOC383H1, SOC465H1, SPA382H1

Courses these requirements name

  • WGS160Y1Introduction to Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS271Y1Gender in Popular Culture
  • WGS260H1Texts, Theories, Histories
  • WGS273H1Gender & Environmental (In)Justice
  • WGS275H1Men and Masculinities
  • WGS277H1Radical Relationalities
  • WGS280H1Special Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS331H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS332H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS333H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS334H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS335H1Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS336H1Selected Topics in Cultural Studies
  • WGS340H1Women and Revolution in the Middle East
  • WGS350H1
  • WGS355H1Gendered Labour Around the World
  • WGS360H1Making Knowledge in a World that Matters
  • WGS362H1Selected Topics in Gender and History
  • WGS363H1Selected Topics in Gender and Theory
  • WGS365H1Gender Issues in the Law
  • WGS367H1The Politics of Gender and Health
  • WGS369H1Studies in Post-Colonialism
  • WGS370H1Utopian Visions, Activist Realities
  • WGS372H1Women and Psychology/ Psychoanalysis
  • WGS373H1Gender and Violence
  • WGS374H1Feminist Studies in Sexuality
  • WGS376H1Studies in Queer and Trans
  • WGS377H1Playing, Sports, Cultures
  • WGS380H1Feminist Graphic Novels
  • WGS385H1Gender and Neoliberalism
  • WGS386H1Gender and Critical Political Economy
  • WGS390H1Land-ing: Indigenous and Black Futurist Spaces
  • WGS395H1
  • WGS396H1Writing the Body
  • WGS397H1The Politics of Girlhood
  • WGS420H1Asian/North American Feminist Issues
  • WGS426H1Gender and Globalization: Transnational Perspectives
  • WGS434H1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS435H1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS436H1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS437H1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS440H1Decolonial Cyborgs for Planetary Futures
  • WGS442H1Toxic Worlds, Decolonial Futures
  • WGS450H1Modernity, Freedom, Citizenship: Gender and the Black Diaspora
  • WGS451H1Independent Study in Women and Gender Studies Issues
  • WGS460Y1Honours Seminar
  • WGS461Y1Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies
  • WGS462H1Advanced Topics in Gender and History
  • WGS463H1Advanced Topics in Gender Theory
  • WGS465H1Special Topics in Gender and the Law
  • WGS470Y1Community Engagement
  • WGS480H1Challenging Coloniality: Caribbean Sexualities in Transnational Perspective
  • WGS481H1Gender, Sexuality and Black Liberation from Black Power to #BlackLivesMatter
  • WGS482H1Translating Sexuality: Queer Migration, Queer Diasporas last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • WGS382H1Translating Sexuality: Queer Migration, Queer Diasporas
  • AFR454H1Migration, Mobility, and Displacement in Contemporary Africa
  • ANT343H1What is Gender? Anthropological Perspectives
  • ANT456H1Queer Ethnography
  • ANT460H1Global Perspectives on Women's Health
  • CAR325H1Caribbean Women Thinkers
  • CDN335H1Black Canadian Studies
  • CLA219H1Women in Antiquity
  • CLA319H1Sexuality and Gender in Classical Literature
  • ENG273Y1Queer Writing last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • ENG355Y1Transnational Indigenous Literatures last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
  • FRE304H1Contemporary French Women's Prose Fiction
  • GGR320H1Geographies of Transnationalism, Migration, and Gender
  • GGR327H1Geography and Gender
  • HIS198H1Decolonizing Women's History
  • HIS205H1From Women's History to Gender History
  • HIS297Y1History of Africa from a Gender Perspective
  • HIS348H1Topics in Gender History
  • HIS354H1Jews of Arab Lands: From the Prophet Muhammad to European Colonialism
  • HIS363H1Dynamics of Gender in Canadian History
  • HIS383Y1Women in African History
  • HIS406H1Advanced Topics in Gender History
  • HIS446H1Gender and Slavery in the Atlantic World
  • HIS481H1Elite Women, Power, and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Africa
  • ITA455H1Women Writers in Italy
  • JAL355H1Language and Gender
  • JPS315H1LGBTQ Politics
  • NMC284H1Judaism and Feminism: Legal Issues from Menstruation to Ordination
  • NMC484H1Gender Issues in Jewish Law
  • PHL243H1Philosophy of Human Sexuality
  • PHL367H1Philosophy of Feminism
  • POL344H1Social Movements in Canada
  • POL432H1Feminist Political Thought
  • PSY323H1Sex Roles and Behaviour
  • REN342H1Women and Writing in the Renaissance
  • REN343H1Sex and Gender
  • RLG235H1Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
  • RLG311H1Gender, Body and Sexuality in Asian Traditions
  • RLG312H1Gender, Body and Sexuality in Islam
  • RLG313H1Love, Sex, Family
  • RLG315H1Rites of Passage
  • RLG416H1Topics in Religion and Gender
  • SLA248H1Women and Women's Themes in Ukrainian Literature
  • SOC214H1Sociology of the Family
  • SOC265H1Gender and Society
  • SOC367H1Race, Class, and Gender
  • SOC383H1The Sociology of Women and International Migration last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • SOC465H1Advanced Studies in Gender
  • SPA382H1Spanish American Women in Art, Film, and Literature

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