WGST 110.6
Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
1&2(3L or 2L & 1T)

Introduces students to the research and writings in the area of Women's and Gender Studies. Examines the changing position of women in developed and developing societies since the 19th century. Special attention will be given to the analysis of women's experiences in the Canadian context.

Note: Students with credit for WGST 200.6 may not take WGST 110.6 for credit. Students majoring in Program Type A, B or C may use this course for Requirement 5. Any student may use this course as an elective.

WGST 201.3
Images of Women and Men in Popular Culture
1/2(2L-1T)
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 30 credit units at the university or permission of the department.

An introduction to a variety of feminist critical approaches to mass media art forms. Focuses on visual and literary images of women and men in post-World War II North American popular culture.

Note: This course may be used as either a Humanities or Social Science course to fufill distribution requirements.

WGST 202.3
Gender and Environment
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): WGST 110.6, or 6 credit units in WGST and/or cognate courses, or permission of the department.

An interdisciplinary and cross-cultural introduction to theories and practices linking gender and the environment, with particular emphasis on the emergence of ecofeminism in the late 20th century.

Note: Students with credit for WGST 298 (Special Topics: Gender and Environment) may not take this course for credit. This course may be used as a Social Science to fulfill distribution requirements

WGST 203.3
Introduction to Women and Development
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): WGST 110 or 6 credit units in WGST and/or cognate courses, or permission of the department. ECON 221 is strongly recommended.

An introduction to feminist analysis, theories, and practices of development affecting and engaged in by women, both locally and in the Third World. Topics include: Women's experience of development under colonialism/imperialism, and neocolonialism; the role of governments, non-governmental organizations, and international aid; the role of the international women's movement and women-centered models of development.

Note: Students with credit for WGST 298 (Special Topics: Women and Development) may not take this course for credit.

WGST 204.3
Gender and Popular Music
3L
Prerequisite(s): 30 c.u. of university or permission of the department

The relationship between gender, sexuality, and music; four main themes to be explored, namely rock culture, masculinities and music, femininities and music, and image and identity in music.

Note: This course may be used as either a Humanities or Social Science course to fulfill distribution requirements.

WGST 205.3
Gender, Work and Society
3L
Prerequisite(s): 30 c.u. of university or permission of the department. WGST 110.6 strongly recommended.

Examination of women’s situation in the labour market and the types and conditions of both the market and non-market work which women perform. Topics to be covered include women’s work in pre-capitalist societies; women and the transition to market economies; the formation of gendered divisions of labour; waged work and domestic labour; women, post-industrialism, and new technologies; women, work and employment policies.

Note: This course may be used as a Social Science course to fulfill distribution requirements.

WGST 206.6
Science and Society in Fiction and Film
1&2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): 30 credit units, or 6 credit units of WGST and/or ART, or permission of the Department.

An examination of several works of fiction and film that addresses the interface of science and society. Works for examination include science fiction novels and their Hollywood adaptations. The course provides students with an opportunity to debate and research the way in which authors and film makers have represented science, and scientists have influenced the reading and viewing public with respect to the ethical and social issues provoked by developments in Western science.

Note: This course is acceptable for use in requirement (5) in program types A, B, C, and D. This course may be used as either a Humanities or Social Science course to fufill distribution requirements.

WGST 210.3
Gendered Perspectives on Cultural Issues
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 30 credit units at the university or permission of the department.

An interdisciplinary examination of selected contemporary social and cultural issues from the perspective of gender. Students will be introduced to gender as an ideology, a category of analysis, and a theme common to issues such as racism, homophobia, militarism, and environmental crisis.

Note: Students with credit for WGST 101.3 may not take WGST 210.3 for credit. Students majoring in Program Type A, B or C may use this course for Requirement 5. Any student may use this course as an elective. This course may be used as either a Humanities or Social Science course to fufill distribution requirements.

WGST 310.3
Feminist Thought to 1980
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): WGST 110.6 or 6 credit units in WGST and/or cognate courses, or permission of the department. PHIL 227 is recommended.

Examination of the evolution of feminist theory within the larger context of Western political and philosophical thought from the 18th century to 1980. Special attention is given to the relationship of feminist theory to the 19th and 20th century waves of political feminism.

Note: This course may be used as either a Humanities or Social Science course to fufill distribution requirements.

WGST 311.3
Contemporary Feminist Thought
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): WGST 110.6 or 6 credit units in WGST and/or cognate courses, or permission of the department. WGST 310 and/or PHIL 227 is recommended.

Examination of contemporary feminist theory from 1980 to the present. Feminist theory will be set within the larger context of anti-Enlightenment philosophy and political thought, including postmodernism, postcolonialism, post-Freudian psychoanalysis and psycholinguistics.

Note: This course may be used as either a Humanities or Social Science course to fufill distribution requirements.