Women's and Gender Studies Programs

Central to the mission of Women's and Gender Studies is a liberal arts education that includes the knowledge and perspectives of underrepresented peoples, with a specific focus on women and gender/sex.  Our research and teaching engage a number of disciplinary orientations making Women's and Gender Studies a significant site for interdisciplinary work in the university.  Bringing together research, teaching, and activism, Women's and Gender Studies seeks to foster a critical and thoughtful engagement with the multitude of ways that humans understand, organize, and represent the world and themselves within it.

Program Options:

• Bachelor of Arts major in Women's and Gender Studies
• Bachelor of Arts Honours major in Women's and Gender Studies
• Minor in Women's and Gender Studies 
• special case Master of Arts in Women's and Gender Studies
• special case doctorate in Women's and Gender Studies