Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, & Social Justice Studies Minor Concentration (B.A. & Sc.)

18 credits · Bachelor of Arts and Science · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Complementary Courses (18 credits)

3 credits from the following: (3 credits)

3 credits from the following:

  • GSFS 200 Feminist and Social Justice Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GSFS 250 Sexual and Gender Diversity Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall

3 credits Gender, Sexuality Feminist, and Social Justice Studies (GSFS) from the following:

3 credits Gender, Sexuality Feminist, and Social Justice Studies (GSFS) from the following:

  • GSFS 301 Current Topics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GSFS 302 Current Topics 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 303 Gender and Disability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GSFS 304 Postcolonial Feminist Theories (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 305 Critical Race and Social Justice Theories (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 306 Queer Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GSFS 307 Indigenous Feminisms (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GSFS 308 Sex and Gender Minority Cultures (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 401 Special Topics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GSFS 402 Special Topics 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 403 Feminisms and the Law (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 404 Politics of Identity (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 405 Social Justice and Activism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 406 Trans*Feminisms (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GSFS 407 Sexuality and Gender: New Directions (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

12 credits from the following: Minimum of 6 credits must be at the 300 level or higher. Complementary courses must centrally engage with at least two of the fol (12 credits)

12 credits from the following: Minimum of 6 credits must be at the 300 level or higher. Complementary courses must centrally engage with at least two of the following themes: gender, sexuality, feminism, and social justice. Courses are offered by a range of faculties and disciplines. Maximum of 3 transfer credits may be accepted from approved exchange programs subject to University approval.

  • ANTH 227 Medical Anthropology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ANTH 327 Anthropology of South Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ANTH 381 Special Topic 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ANTH 407 Anthropology of the Body (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ANTH 413 Gender in Archaeology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ANTH 480 Special Topic 5 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ANTH 555 Advanced Topics in Ethnology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ARCH 533 New Approaches to Architectural History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ARTH 205 Introduction to Modern Art (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • ARTH 353 Selected Topics in Art History 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ARTH 354 Selected Topics Art History 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ARTH 421 Selected Topics in Art and Architecture 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ARTH 440 The Body and Visual Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CANS 405 Canadian Studies Seminar 5 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CLAS 308 Gender in the Ancient World (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMS 310 Media and Feminist Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMS 400 Critical Theory Seminar (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMS 411 Disability, Technology and Communication (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMS 490 Special Topics in History and Theory of Media (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMS 492 Power, Difference and Justice (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMS 541 Cultural Industries (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 313 Current Topics: Korean Studies 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 350 Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Literature (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • EAST 351 Women Writers of China (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 369 Gender and Sexuality in Asian Media (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EAST 370 History of Sexuality in Japan (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EAST 453 Topics: Chinese Literature (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • EDPC 503 Intersectional Relationships and Sexualities (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • EDPE 515 Gender Identity Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ENGL 275 Introduction to Cultural Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ENGL 290 Postcolonial and World Literatures in English (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ENGL 320 Postcolonial Literature (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ENGL 371 Theatre History: 19th to 21st Centuries (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ENGL 388 Studies in Popular Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ENGL 413 Special Topics in Canadian Drama and Theatre (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ENGL 418 A Major Modernist Writer (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ENGL 440 First Nations and Inuit Literature and Media (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ENGL 443 Contemporary Women's Fiction (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ENGL 444 Studies in Women Authors (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ENGL 489 Culture and Critical Theory 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ENGL 516 Shakespeare (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 331 Urban Social Geography (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 507 Advanced Social Geography (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GERM 364 Gender and Society in German Literature and Culture (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 200 Feminist and Social Justice Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GSFS 250 Sexual and Gender Diversity Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • GSFS 300 Research Inquiry in GSFS (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GSFS 301 Current Topics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GSFS 302 Current Topics 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 303 Gender and Disability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GSFS 304 Postcolonial Feminist Theories (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 305 Critical Race and Social Justice Theories (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 306 Queer Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GSFS 307 Indigenous Feminisms (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GSFS 308 Sex and Gender Minority Cultures (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 400 Capstone: Engaging Fields of GSFS (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GSFS 401 Special Topics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GSFS 402 Special Topics 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 403 Feminisms and the Law (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 404 Politics of Identity (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 405 Social Justice and Activism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GSFS 406 Trans*Feminisms (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GSFS 407 Sexuality and Gender: New Directions (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GSFS 450 Independent Reading and Research (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • GSFS 499 GSFS Internship (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • HISP 340 Latin American Cinema (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HISP 358 Gender and Textualities (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 201 Modern African History (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 323 History and Sexuality 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 343 Women in Post-Confederation Canada (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 344 The Chinese Family in History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 347 History and Sexuality 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 354 Women in Europe 1700-2000 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 380 The Medieval Mediterranean (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 382 History of South Africa (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 408 Selected Topics in Indigenous History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 412 Women and Gender in Modern Britain (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 420 Gender and Sexuality in Modern China (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 424 Gender, Sexuality and Medicine (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HIST 429 Topics: Gender/Feminist Histories (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 433 British Queer History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 525 Women, Work and Family in Global History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 526 Women and War (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HSEL 308 Issues in Women's Health (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • HSEL 309 Women's Reproductive Health (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • INDG 200 Introduction to Indigenous Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • INDG 401 Interdisciplinary Seminar in Indigenous Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ISLA 310 Women in Islam (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ISLA 375 Sufi Women (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ISLA 585 Arab Women's Literature (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ITAL 375 Cinema and Society in Modern Italy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ITAL 383 Women's Writing since 1880 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ITAL 477 Italian Cinema and Video (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MUHL 250 Women Making Music (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MUHL 299 Music and Queer Identity (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHIL 242 Introduction to Feminist Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHIL 327 Philosophy of Race (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHIL 442 Topics in Feminist Theory (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHIL 446 Current Issues in Political Philosophy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 348 Gender and Canadian Politics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 366 Topics in Political Theory 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 422 Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 423 Politics of Ethno-Nationalism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 432 Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 444 Topics in International Politics 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PSYC 436 Human Sexuality and Its Problems (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • RELG 271 Religion and Sexuality (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • RELG 336 Contemporary Theological Issues (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • RELG 338 Women and the Christian Tradition (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • RELG 372 Hindu Goddesses (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • RELG 399 Christian Spirituality (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • SOCI 247 Family and Modern Society (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 270 Sociology of Gender (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Winter
  • SOCI 321 Gender and Work (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • SOCI 370 Sociology: Gender and Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 386 Contemporary Social Movements (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • SOCI 489 Gender, Deviance and Social Control (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • SOCI 519 Gender and Globalization (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 530 Sex and Gender (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • SOCI 535 Sociology of the Family (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

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