Honours Specialization in Global Gender Studies

Note: the Honours Specialization in Global Gender Studies is jointly offered by the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the Faculty of Social Science) and the Centre for Global Studies at Huron University College. 

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Admission Requirements

Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses:

1.0 course from    GSWS 1023F/G,  GSWS 1030F/G;
plus
2.0 additional courses, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%. Anthropology, Centre for Global Studies, English, Geography, History, Indigenous Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Social Justice and Peace Studies, and Sociology are recommended as first year courses

Note: Students beginning this module after first year may substitute  in place of  and take it concurrently with their second-year courses. Students should note the Diversality Requirement for graduation in this module when selecting first year courses.

Module/Program Information

Module
9.0 courses:

1.5 courses: ; .
1.0 course from:   .
0.5 course from:  .
1.5 courses from:    GSWS 2260,      ;

with special permission:                   .

1.0 course:  .
0.5 course from:   ; with special permission: CGS 3990–3999.
1.0 course from: GSWS 2200 and above.
1.0 course from: CGS 3000 and above.
1.0 course from: 0.5 course from GSWS 4000-level (permission required for course selection); and 0.5 course from CGS 4000-level (permission required for course selection) or from:  (pending availability of supervisor),  (pending availability of supervisor).

Diversality Requirement

Students must include within or with their undergraduate program identifiable forms of academic study and/or experiences that enhance their abilities to appreciate, affirm, and gain practice in acknowledging the richly diverse ways in which persons and communities in the world know and orient themselves to one another and the cycles of life that sustain their communities.

The Diversality Requirement may be fulfilled by students in any one or combination of the following manners (not exceeding 2.0 courses, when combining course–based options), as approved by the Centre for Global Studies:

  • demonstration of working knowledge in a language other than English, either through: verifiable existing knowledge; significant studies in a language other than English prior to or external to their undergraduate program; or completing up to 2.0 university courses in one or two languages other than English;
  • up to 2.0 of CGS 3200-level courses or community-based learning courses offered by other academic units in which students engage with diversity in knowing and community experiences, as approved by the Centre for Global Studies;
  • substantial non-academic community-based experiences (such as placements with community groups or internships), either prior to or during their undergraduate studies, in which students engage with diversity in knowing and community experiences, as approved by the Centre for Global Studies.

Where a student is fulfilling their Diversality Requirements with language courses, CGS 3200-level courses, or other community–based university courses, these courses may be either those already serving as credit within the course requirements of the student's degree module or taken outside of the requirements for their module.