Women's Studies - Atkinson

School of Women's Studies
Atkinson Coordinator: Ruby Newman

The School of Women's Studies offers a consolidated undergraduate program which brings together the women's studies programs from the Faculties of Arts, Atkinson and Glendon. This merged undergraduate program provides students with increased flexibility and access to a greater number and variety of women's studies courses. Courses offered through the School of Women's Studies will count as in-Faculty courses for Atkinson, Arts, and Glendon students, and will be offered during the day and evening on both the Keele campus and the Glendon campus. Please consult the School of Women's Studies mini-calendar for further information, available at the school's main office, 206 Founders College, 416-650-8144 (press 1).

The undergraduate women's studies curriculum is built around four different kinds of courses.

Required Courses

• AK/AS/GL/WMST 2500 6.00 or AK/AS/GL/WMST 2510 9.00: required for all women's studies majors;
• AK/AS/GL/WMST 4500 6.00: required for all women's studies majors in an Honours BA program.

Core Courses

The core courses are offered by the School of Women's Studies and, like the required courses, have the second digit five (5) in the course number, e.g. WMST 2500 6.00. Students are required to select between 12 and 24 credits of core courses depending on their degree program. Core courses cover themes deemed essential to women's studies and will explicitly aim to develop critical reading, writing and oral presentation skills, research skills and more advanced research and theoretical skills as appropriate to the course and year level. The required and core courses will:

• focus primarily on women;
• be taught from feminist perspectives;
• be interdisciplinary;
• address the intersections of race, ethnicity, disability, sexual identity and gender;
• acknowledge the different perspectives on women in a global context;
• explicitly identify the critical skills to be developed in the course.

Non-Core Courses

The School of Women's Studies will offer a small number of non-core courses designed to serve a narrower disciplinary focus than the core courses, meet a particular program need (e.g. independent study or special topics courses), or appeal to non-women's studies majors. These courses will have the second digit 8 in the course number, e.g. WMST 4802 3.00.

Courses Offered by Other Units

Courses offered by other teaching units may be accepted for program credit or cross-listed with the School of Women's Studies. These courses will count towards the major requirements in women's studies. Please consult the School of Women's Studies mini-calendar, available in the school's main office, 206 Founders College, 416-650-8144 (press 1).

Program Requirements

Note: All courses mounted by the School of Women's Studies with a five (5) as the second digit (e.g. AK/AS/GL/WMST 2501 3.00) are considered core courses.

BA: 90 credits

Major: 30 credits

WMST 2500 6.00 or WMST 2510 9.00 and WMST 4500 6.00, and at least 12 additional credits from the core course offerings.

At least 12 credits in the major must be at the 3000 level or above.

BA (Specialized Honours): 120 credits

Major: 54 credits

AK/AS/GL/WMST 2500 6.00 or AS/WMST 2510 9.00 and AK/AS/GL/WMST 4500 6.00; and at least 24 additional credits from the core women's studies course offerings.

At least 12 credits in women's studies at the 4000 level.

BA (Honours): 120 credits

Major: 42 credits

AK/AS/GL/WMST 2500 6.00 or AS/WMST 2510 9.00 and AK/AS/GL/WMST 4500 6.00; and at least 18 additional credits from the core women's studies course offerings.

At least 12 credits in the major must be at the 4000 level.

BA Honours Double Major:

The BA Honours Double Major in Women's Studies may be combined with any approved BA Honours Double Major program within Atkinson Faculty, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, Faculty of Health or Faculty of Science and Engineering that offers a double major option. Refer to Honours program for major requirements.Refer to Programs of Study.

Students must complete at least 42 credits in each major in conformity with the requirements of each Honours major. At least 12 credits in each major must be at the 4000 level.

BA Honours Major/Minor:

The BA Honours Major/Minor program in Women's Studies may be combined with any approved BA Honours Major/Minor program within Atkinson Faculty, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, Faculty of Health or Faculty of Science and Engineering that offers a major/minor option. Refer to Programs of Study.

Students must complete at least 42 credits in the major in conformity with the requirements of the Honours major and at least 30 credits in the minor in conformity with the requirements of the Honours minor. At least 12 credits in the major must be at the 4000 level and at least six credits in the minor must be at the 4000 level. Refer to Honours program for major requirements. For Honours Minor refer to requirements below.

BA Honours Minor:

The BA Honours Minor in Women's Studies may be combined with any approved BA Honours Major/Minor program within Atkinson Faculty, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, Faculty of Health or Faculty of Science and Engineering that offers a major/minor option. Refer to Programs of Study.

Minor: 30 credits

WMST 2500 6.00 or WMST 2510 9.00 and at least 12 additional credits from the core course offerings.

At least 12 credits in the minor must be at the 3000 level or above including at least six credits at the 4000 level.

Please refer to the following for information concerning the Certificate in Sexuality Studies, Certificate in Women's Studies and Certificate in Women's Studies: Theory and Practice.

• Rules and Regulations in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies
• Generic BA requirements
• Courses offered in Women's Studies