University of Calgary : 4.7.1 BA and BA Honours in Women's Studies

4.7.1 BA and BA Honours in Women's Studies

Introduction

The Women's Studies Major program is designed to provide students with knowledge of the rapidly developing disciplinary and interdisciplinary literature in the field, while providing them with an understanding of the reasons for the development of a feminist scholarship. From its activist and academic perspective, the program will help prepare students for careers in government, social work, and business, while also providing them with a mode of analysis applicable to related fields, and to their own lives.

Contact Information

For further information visit the Faculty of Communication and Culture website, www.comcul.ucalgary.ca, or contact the Communication and Culture Faculty Office, 403.220.6343.

Admission

See 3.1 Admissions information under Faculty Regulations.

Program Requirements

The Faculty requires that students complete an approved program equivalent to 20 full courses with a minimum grade point average of 2.00. The grade in General Studies 300 must be at least "C-" and the grade point average for courses in the major field must also be at least 2.00. The program may not contain more than three full-course equivalents with "D" or "D+" grades and not more than one full-course equivalent of these may be in the courses constituting the Major Field. The program must include the following components:

1. At least eight full-course equivalents taken from the lists of courses constituting the Major Field.

2. Intercultural Requirement: the Intercultural Requirement can be satisfied in one of the following ways:

(a) Certificate of fluency in another language. Please consult with the Assistant Dean (Student Affairs).

(b) Term abroad program or international study either through approved individual study or a field school program. This option requires approval of the Assistant Dean (Student Affairs).

3. Breadth Requirement: four full-course equivalents from courses offered by the Faculties of Fine Arts, Humanities, Science, and Social Sciences. Of the required four full-course equivalents, students must take at least one full-course equivalent in at least two Faculties. Courses counted toward other requirements may also be counted toward the Breadth Requirement.

4. A maximum of eight full-course equivalents may be at the junior level.

5. Not more than ten of the required 20 full courses may be transferred from other institutions. A maximum of four full-course equivalents of the required courses may be transferred from other institutions.

6. A maximum of one full-course equivalent physical activity course (Dance Education Activity/Theory and Physical Education Activity/Theory) may be credited towards degree program requirements.

7. All prerequisites must be met with a "C-" or better.

Courses Constituting the Major Field

Required

General Studies 300 , 313 , 500

Women's Studies 201 , 303 , 307 , 311 , 405 , 591

Note: Students entering the program in their third or fourth year of study may apply to have the Women's Studies 201 requirement waived. For further information, contact the Assistant Dean (Student Affairs).

Note: Students may request that General Studies 507 (Collaborative Learning and Peer Mentoring) be counted as a Women's Studies option if they are mentoring in a Women's Studies course. Such requests should be addressed to the Assistant Dean (Student Affairs).

Options

Two and one-half full-course equivalents to be selected from the following list. Note: Some of the courses listed below have prerequisites. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that prerequisites are completed.

Any decimalized topics course, the central topic of which is women.

Anthropology 331 , 427

Archaeology 503

Canadian Studies 361 , 527

Development Studies 375

English 318 , 387 (when the topic is "Literature and Women"), 389 (when the topic is women)

Film 307

General Studies 407

Greek and Roman Studies 315

History 343 , 423 , 533

Law and Society 335

Philosophy 337