Maryna Romanets, Professor and Coordinator
Jacqueline Holler, Professor
Theresa Healy, Adjunct Professor
Dawn Hemingway, Adjunct Professor
Dr. Anita Shaw, Adjunct Professor
Website: www.unbc.ca/gender-studies
Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary field dedicated to studying the historical, cultural, literary, and societal role of women and gender. ÂÜÀòÉäÇø’s program has strengths in areas such as women’s and gender history; gender, literature, and literary theory; gender, colonialism, and postcolonialism; gender and globalization; feminism, justice, and ethics; gender and health; and gender and international studies.
The Women’s Studies program offers majors and minors in Women’s Studies and, in cooperation with other programs, four joint majors. At the graduate level, the program offers a Master’s degree in Gender Studies.
Major in Women's Studies (BA)
Joint Major in English and Women's Studies (BA)
Joint Major in First Nations Studies and Women's Studies (BA)
Joint Major in History and Women's Studies (BA)
Joint Major in Political Science and Women's Studies (BA)
Minor in Women's Studies
Major in Women's Studies
A major in Women’s Studies requires students to take 48 credit hours of Women’s Studies (16 courses), at least 36 credit hours of which must be upper-division courses either in Women’s Studies or from the gender-and/or women related offerings of other programs.
The minimum requirement for completion of a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Women’s Studies is 120 credit hours.
Program Requirements
Lower-Division Requirement
| Introduction to Women's Studies |
Three additional Women's Studies courses at the 100 or 200 level.
Upper-Division Requirement
| Women and the Contemporary World | |
| Qualitative Research Methods |
Three of the following:
| Indigenous Women: Perspectives | |
| History of Feminism | |
| An Introduction to the History of Gender | |
| Topics in Aboriginal Women's Studies | |
| Contemporary Women's Literature Special Topics in Contemporary Women's Literature |
Additional Requirement
Seven courses (21 credit hours) selected from the following:
| Anthropological Perspectives on Inequality | |
| Feminist Perspectives in Anthropology | |
| Women and the Economy | |
| Gender, Environment and Sustainability | |
| First Nations Perspectives on Race, Class, Gender and Power | |
| Women in Canada | |
| Topics in the History of Gender | |
| Topics in Women's History | |
| Gender and International Studies | |
| Women and Health | |
| Lesbian and Bisexual Lives | |
| Contemporary Feminist Theories | |
| Selected Topics in Women's Studies |
Alternative courses related to women and/or gender may be substituted with the written permission of the Program Coordinator.
Electives and Academic Breadth
Electives to ensure completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours, including any additional credits necessary to meet the Academic Breadth requirement of the University (see Academic Regulation on Academic Breadth).
Joint Major in English and Women's Studies (BA)
See Calendar entry under English.
Joint Major in First Nations Studies and Women's Studies (BA)
See Calendar entry under First Nations Studies.
Joint Major in History and Women's Studies (BA)
See Calendar entry under History.
Joint Major in Political Science and Women's Studies (BA)
See Calendar entry under Political Science.
Minor in Women's Studies
In conjunction with a major in another program, students may pursue a minor in Women’s Studies. A minor in Women’s Studies requires 18 credit hours of Women’s Studies courses, 12 of which must be upper-division courses. Courses used to fulfill program requirements for a major (or another minor) may not be used toward a minor in Women’s Studies.
Updated: December 5, 2024