1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): WGST 110.6 or 6 credit units in WGST and/or cognate courses, or permission of the department.
Examines various feminist methodologies and approaches to the formal construction of knowledge. A survey of the major methods of research in diverse fields is presented in the context of feminist critique and epistemology. Androcentric bias, feminist epistemology, ethics and subjectivity are central themes of the course.
Note: Students with credit for WGST 398 (Special Topics: Feminism and the Construction of Knowledge) may not take this course for credit. This course may be used as a Social Science.
3S
Prerequisite(s): WGST 110.6 or 6 c.u. WGST and/or cognate courses; or permission of the department
This course offers an introduction to the theory and practice of gender-based analysis (GBA) of public policies. Drawing upon the work of feminist scholars and policy analysts, students will learn to apply GBA and critically evaluate examples of GBA in selected policy areas (e.g. social services, health, housing, etc.).
Note: This course may be used as a Social Science.
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): WGST 110.6 or 6 credit units in WGST and/or cognate courses, or permission of the department.
An examination of current legal issues from a feminist perspective. Issues may include: gender dominance and dependency; occupational segregation; pay equity; sexual harassment; reproductive technologies; pornography; gender violence.
Note: Students with credit for WGST 398 (Special Topics: Women and Current Legal Issues) may not take this course for credit. This course may be used as a Social Science.
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): WGST 110.6 or 6 credit units in WGST and/or cognate courses, or permission of the department.
Examines the phenomenon of depression, particularly women's depression, from clinical, theoretical, and literary perspectives. Traces the development of a language, theoretical and/or poetic, that articulates women's experience of depression and challenges the traditional, largely male-constructed discourses on clinical depression.
Note: Students with credit for WGST 398 (Special Topics: Women, Depression and Writing) may not take this course for credit. This course may be used as a Humanities.
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 examination of the material and conceptual tools, used today and in the past, in a range of media to construct or challenge culturally received notions of gender and other dimensions of identity such as race and ethnicity, class, ability, age, sexuality. Media studied will include some of the following: literature, art, cinema, music, magazines and newspapers, television theatre and performance, scientific texts.
Note: Students with credit for WGST 398 (Special Topics: Four Canadian Women Writers/Painters) may not take this course for credit. This course may be used as either a Humanities or Social Science.
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): WGST 110.6 or 6 credit units in WGST and/or cognate courses, or permission of the department.
An examination of theories of contagion and knowledge of contagious disease from a feminist perspective. A survey of major diseases, of past and present importance, explores how men and women experience contagious disease and how these experiences are represented in technical and popular literature. The current HIV/AIDS pandemic figures prominently in the course.
Note: This course may be used as a Social Science.
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): WGST 110.6 or 6 credit units in WGST and/or cognate courses, or permission of the department.
An examination of the experiences of women with various forms of addiction. Surveyed are how women live with problems of dependency, how they are represented in popular and technical media, how they care for others with substance abuse problems, and how they are treated in existing medical and social service facilities.
Note: Students with credit for WGST 398 (Special Topics: Women and Addiction) may not take this course for credit. This course may be used as either a Humanities or Social Science.
1&2(6S)
Prerequisite(s): At least 3 c.u. of 400-level WGST and permission of the department.
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.
Note: WGST 400 is required of all Honours students. Application for Honours should be made at least 18 months in advance of expected graduation date so that this requirement can be scheduled into the student’s final year in the program.
1/2(3S-1T)
Prerequisite(s): 18 credit units of WGST and/or cognate courses, including at least two of WGST 310.3, 311.3, 312.3, PHIL 227.3, HIST 347.3, RELST 359.3; and permission of the Department.
Examination of a selection of texts which helped to shape gender, race, class, and ethnic arrangements in Western culture from 1700 BCE to the early 20th Century. The focus will be on influential sacred, legal, philosophical, and political writings that made the emergence of feminist thought and the rise of political feminism both necessary and possible.
Note: Students with credit for WGST 309.3 may not take this course for credit. This course may be used as a Humanities.
1/2(3S)
Prerequisite(s): 18 credit units of WGST and/or cognate courses, including at least two of WGST 210.3, 310.3, 311.3, 312.3, 352.3, and permission of the Department.
An advanced seminar on a contemporary theme in gender and cultural studies. The theme will vary from year to year in accordance with the research interests of the instructor and new developments in the field. Student presentations and discussions will be emphasized. Students are required to have an e-mail account and access to the Internet.
Note: This course may be used as either a Humanities or Social Science.