Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies Honours (B.A.)

57 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (18 credits)

  • 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 495D1 Honours/Joint Honours Colloquium (1.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GSFS 495D2 Honours/Joint Honours Colloquium (1.5 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GSFS 496D1 Honours Thesis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GSFS 496D2 Honours Thesis (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Courses (39 credits)

9 credits selected from the GSFS Course List, 3 credits of which must be at the 400 or 500 level.

9 credits selected from the GSFS , 3 credits of which must be at the 400 or 500 level. 30 credits selected from the Complementary . Nine credits minimum must be at the 400 or 500 level and 12 credits maximum may be at the 200 level. Interdisciplinary 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 12 transfer credits may be accepted by approved exchange programs, subject to University approval.

Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies (GSFS)

9 credits from the following: (9 credits)

9 credits 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

30 credits from the following: (30 credits)

30 credits from the following:

  • 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 320 Media and Empire (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • 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 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 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 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 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 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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