Women's Studies and Gender Relations (Associate of Arts)

Overview

The Associate of Arts Degree with a focus on Women's Studies and Gender Relations explores psychological, sociological, economic and other factors that contribute to gender roles in society. Students study historic and contemporary issues of gender, race, class and sexuality.

Program Requirements

Curriculum framework

This program will allow students to graduate with a provincially-recognized two-year Associate Degree and to specialize in the area of women's studies and gender relations. Students must fulfill all of the requirements of the Associate of Arts Degree, including taking both WSGR 1100 and WSGR 1101, as well as a minimum of six other courses listed below.

Required Courses

WSGR 1100	Introduction to Women's Studies: Silences, Voices and Experiences
WSGR 1101	Women and Feminism: Contemporary Issues
A minimum of six from the following list:
ANTH 2240	The Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality
CRIM 3356	The Female Offender
ENGL lit course*	Designated sections of ENGL literature courses
HIST 2260	Women, Gender and Sexuality in Canada, 1600 to 1920
HIST 2261	Women, Gender and Sexuality in Canada, 1920 to Present
PHIL 2360	Philosophy and Feminist Thought
PSYC 1110	Psychology of Women
PYSC 3120	Gender Relations
SOCI 2250	Families and Social Change
SOCI 2240	Women in Society

* For the relevant sections of English literature courses, please consult the English Department via email at english@douglascollege.ca .

Students are free to choose their remaining electives from any area but may want to consider that the following courses have some WSGR-related content:

GEOG 2213 Social Geography

HIST 2270 Canadian Aboriginal History

SOCI 2255 The Sociology of Popular Culture

SOCI 2230 Race and Ethnicity

HIST 2231 History of Childhood and the Family

The following is ONE example of how courses might be structured into an Associate Degree with a focus on Women's Studies and Gender Relations.

Semester I

ENGL 1130	Academic Writing
PHIL 1101	Critical Thinking
WSGR 1100	Intro. to Women's Studies: Silences, Voices and Experiences
PSYC 1110	Psychology of Women
SOCI 1125	Social Processes (prerequisite for SOCI 2240/ SOCI 2250)

Semester II

WSGR 1101	Women and Feminism: Contemporary Issues
*ENGL 1102	Reading Literature and Culture
PHIL 1151	Society and the Individual
PSYC 3120	Gender Relations
HIST 1100-level	(prerequisite for HIST 2260/ HIST 2261)

Semester III

SOCI 2240	Women in Society
HIST 2260	Women, Gender and Sexuality in Canada, 1600 to 1920
Science Requirements
Math/Statistics Requirements
Elective

Semester IV

SOCI 2250	Families and Social Change
HIST 2261	Women, Gender and Sexuality in Canada, 1920 to Present
ANTH 2240	The Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality
Laboratory Science requirement
Elective (must be second-year Arts)

Co-operative Education Option

Students enrolled in this program may be eligible for a Co-operative Education designation. Co-operative Education involves alternating full-time academic and work terms. For information see Co-operative Education, or contact the Co-operative Education Office at 604 527 5100.

Program Guidelines

Program Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this program and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the program, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

May 2015 (Current)

September 2012

May 2012

Career Pathways

In most cases, an Associate Degree will allow you to transfer to a university and enter the third year of a four-year bachelor's degree program. Many universities prefer candidates with an Associate Degree and will accept students at a lower grade point average than those without the degree.

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