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Women's Studies - Overview

Three-Year General Women's Studies

Students interested in the Three-Year General Women's Studies academic plan will ordinarily be admitted at the beginning of Year Two.

Continuation in this academic plan requires a cumulative average of 60% and a cumulative Women's Studies average of 65%.

Eligibility for graduation in the Three-Year General Women's Studies academic plan includes successful fulfilment of the following requirements.

  1. Appropriate BA Program-level requirements. See "BA Degree Requirements."
  2. Women's Studies Plan-level requirements:
    • at least 7.5 academic course units (15 courses) in Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses, with a minimum cumulative average of 65%, including:
      • WS 101, 102, 201, 202, 205, 207, 302
      • eight additional courses from the list of Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses

Four-Year General Women's Studies

Students interested in the Four-Year General Women's Studies academic plan will ordinarily be admitted at the beginning of Year Two.

Continuation in this academic plan requires a cumulative average of 60% and a cumulative Women's Studies average of 65%.

Eligibility for graduation in the Four-Year General Women's Studies academic plan includes successful fulfilment of the following requirements.

  1. Appropriate BA Program-level requirements. See "BA Degree Requirements."
  2. Women's Studies Plan-level requirements:
    • at least nine academic course units (18 courses) in Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses, with a minimum cumulative average of 65%, including:
      • WS 101, 102, 201, 202, 205, 207, 302
      • one of WS 365, 475
      • ten additional courses from the list of Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses

Four-Year General Women’s Studies, Issues in Entrepreneurship Specialization

This specialization in Women’s Studies, Issues in Entrepreneurship is designed for Women’s Studies majors wishing to learn about the many issues surrounding private enterprise. This specialization offers women and men the opportunity to gain knowledge of the global and national issues in small business ventures where women are in the majority.

Entry to the specialization requires the approval of the Director of Women's Studies.

Eligibility for graduation in the Four-Year General Women's Studies, Issues in Entrepreneurship Specialization includes successful fulfilment of the following requirements.

  1. Appropriate BA Program-level requirements. See "BA Degree Requirements."
  2. Women's Studies Plan-level requirements:
    • at least 12 academic course units (24 courses) in Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses, with a minimum cumulative average of 65%, including:

Note

Students are advised that they may apply to take courses from other universities on a UW letter of permission to complete their requirements, subject to the Faculty of Arts Residency Requirement and Transfer Credit Maxima policies. See WS Director for detailed information.

Four-Year General Women’s Studies, Science and Technology Specialization

This specialization in Women’s Studies, Science and Technology is designed for Women’s Studies majors wishing to learn about the main issues and questions about today’s science and technology in the context of gender based perspectives. The University of Waterloo is ideally equipped with numerous resources to offer this type of specialization stream. This specialization helps to link Women’s Studies with science and technology, rendering them more accessible as areas of study and activity.

Entry to the specialization requires the approval of the Director of Women's Studies.

Eligibility for graduation in the Four-Year General Women's Studies, Science and Technology Specialization includes successful fulfilment of the following requirements.

  1. Appropriate BA Program-level requirements. See "BA Degree Requirements."
  2. Women's Studies Plan-level requirements:
    • at least 12 academic course units (24 courses) in Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses, with a minimum cumulative average of 65%, including:
      • WS 101, 102, 201, 202, 205, 207, 302
      • one of WS 365, 475
      • three Science and Society courses: PHIL 256/PSYCH 256; PHIL 258/SCI 267; PSYCH 207; SCI 263; STV 100
      • three Technology and Society courses: MSCI 311; PACS 325; SOC 232345; STV 202, 205, 302
      • ten additional courses from the list of Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses

Women's Studies Minor

A minor is available to students who would like some specialization in Women's Studies. Students in academic plans that allow minors may qualify for a Women's Studies Minor. The Women's Studies Minor requires successful completion of a minimum of five academic course units (ten courses) in Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses, with a minimum cumulative average of 65%, including:

  • WS 101, 102, 302
  • one of WS 201, 202
  • one of WS 205, 207
  • five additional courses from the list of Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses

Women's Studies, Issues in Entrepreneurship Minor

Students in academic plans that allow minors can obtain a Women's Studies, Issues in Entrepreneurship Minor. The Minor requires successful completion of a minimum of five academic course units (ten courses) in Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses, with a minimum cumulative average of 65%, including:

Notes

  1. This minor is not open to Women's Studies majors.
  2. Students who take statistics and research methods as part of their major/honours academic plans are allowed to substitute other courses in statistics/methods, or an approved statistics course required by other programs outside the Faculty of Arts. See Women's Studies Director for guidance.

Women's Studies, Science and Technology Minor

Students in academic plans that allow minors can obtain a Women's Studies, Science and Technology Minor. The Minor requires successful completion of a minimum of five academic course units (ten courses) in Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses, with a minimum cumulative average of 65%, including:

Note

This minor is not open to Women's Studies majors.

Women's Studies Option

The Women's Studies Option may be taken in combination with any General or Honours academic plan. Students in a General Liberal Studies academic plan can either sign up for the Option or assemble a package of courses emphasizing Women's Studies. The Women's Studies Option requires successful completion of a minimum of three academic course units (six courses) in Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses, with a minimum cumulative average of 65%, including:

  • WS 101
  • two of WS 102, 201, 202, 205, 207, 302
  • three additional courses from the list of Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses

Note

The Women's Studies Option is not to be confused with the Women's Studies, Science and Technology Option; and/or the Women's Studies, Issues in Entrepreneurship Option.

Women's Studies, Issues in Entrepreneurship Option

Students in academic plans that allow options can obtain a Women's Studies, Issues in Entrepreneurship Option. The Option requires successful completion of a minimum of four academic course units (eight courses) in Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses, with a minimum cumulative average of 65%, including:

Notes

  1. This option is not open to Women's Studies majors.
  2. Students who take statistics and research methods as part of their major/honours academic plans are allowed to substitute other courses in statistics/methods, or an approved statistics course required by other programs outside the Faculty of Arts. See Women's Studies Director for guidance.

Women's Studies, Science and Technology Option

Students in academic plans that allow options, can obtain a Women's Studies, Science and Technology Option. The Option requires successful completion of a minimum of four academic course units (eight courses) in Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses, with a minimum cumulative average of 65%, including:

Note 

This minor is not open to Women's Studies majors.

Diploma in Women's Studies

This Diploma is open only to individuals who are not pursuing a BA degree. A Diploma in Women's Studies may be helpful in understanding the dynamics of gender in social institutions, the workplace, government policy, and cultural and normative values. The Diploma is especially valuable for individuals interested in the health care, teaching or counselling professions, in social work, or in personnel and management fields.

Students with a university degree will be admitted and registered as post-degree students. Students without a university degree register as non-degree students. The Diploma requires successful completion of a miniumum of three academic course units (six courses) in Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses, with a minimum cumulative average of 65%, including:

  • WS 101
  • two of WS 102, 201, 202, 205, 207, 302
  • three additional courses from the list of Women's Studies core, cross-listed, and approved courses

Women's Studies Core Courses

WS 101 An Introduction to Women's Studies* *
WS 102 Contemporary Women's Issues in Canada
WS 201 Images of Women in Popular Culture
WS 202 Women Across Cultures: Canadian and Global Perspectives
WS 205 Gender, Culture and Technology
WS 207 Women and Entrepreneurship
WS 302 Thinking Through Gender: Feminist Perspectives
WS 306 Contemporary Health Issues for Women
WS 365 Special Topics in Women's Studies
WS 475 Advanced Research Project in Women's Studies

Women's Studies Cross-Listed Courses

WS 108E/ENGL 108E Women in Literature**
WS 206/LS 201 Women and the Law
WS 208E/ENGL 208E Women Writing Since 1900
WS 261/RS 284 Women and the Great Religions
WS 281/REES 281 Women in Russia: The Conscience of a Nation

Women's Studies Approved Courses

ANTH 261 Primate Behaviour**
ANTH 311/RS 361 Anthropology of Religion
ANTH 350 Culture and Sexuality
ANTH 380 Matrilineal Societies in Aboriginal North America
ANTH 404 Human Development in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
ARTS 260/FINE 260 Women and Film
CLAS 311 Women in Classical Antiquity**
ENGL 208L Race and English Literature
ENGL 410A The Age of Aphra Behn: Restoration Literature
FINE 281 Art and Gender
GEOG 306/ERS 306 Gender and Environments
HIST 209 Health, Disease and Medicine in Canadian History, 1500 to the Present
HIST 213 A History of Popular Culture
HIST 214 History of Women in the Modern United States
HIST 215 Canadian Women in Historical Perspective**
HIST 216 The American West: Legend and Reality
HIST 351 Canada: The Immigrant Experience
HLTH 220/GERON 220 Psychological Perspectives on Lifespan Development and Health
ISS 220R Changing Concepts of Childhood**
ISS 350E Family Law and Public Policy
ISS 350H Values and the Contemporary Family
ITALST 111 Women, Family, Sex and Tradition
ITALST 392 Modern Italian Poetry and Theatre
MUSIC 334 Women, Music and Gender
PACS 321 Gender in War and Peace
PHIL 201 Love **
PHIL 202 Gender Issues**
PHIL 220 Moral Issues**
PHIL 402 Modern Feminism
PSCI 370 Women and Politics
PSCI 421 Justice and Gender
PSCI 472 Women and Public Policy
PSYCH 235 Psychological Perspectives on Gender and Sex
PSYCH 236 A Psychological Analysis of Human Sexuality
PSYCH 318 Psychosexual Organization
REC 408 Gender, Leisure and the Family 
RS 253 Women and the Church
RS 254 Christian Sexual Ethics
RS 274 Joan of Arc: Witch, Mystic, Martyr or Saint? 
RS 284 Women and the Great Religions
RS 302 Images of the Feminine: India
RS 303 Gender and Asian Religions
RS 321 Women in Buddhism: A Global Perspective
RS 336 Feminist Approaches to the Bible
RS 355 Christian Feminist Thought
SMF 204 Introduction to Human Sexuality
SMF 206 Couples, Marriages, and Families
SOC 206 Gender Relations
SOC 378 Sociology of Women
SOC 401 Theoretical Perspectives on Gender
SOCWK 357R Family Violence**
SOCWK 365R Social Work in Health Care
SPAN 330 Literary Women in Early Modern Hispanic Culture
SPAN 387 Latin American Women Writers

** These courses are also available by Distance Education in certain terms.

Further Information

For further information, please go to the Women's Studies website: www.womensstudies.uwaterloo.ca


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