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Sexuality studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines sexed, gendered, and sexualized bodies, desires, pleasures, acts, behaviours, identities, subjectivities, communities, cultures, movements, and organizing. The field explores artistic, cultural, economic, geographic, historical, legal, literary, political, psychological, scientific, and social aspects of sexuality, while also investigating the sexual aspects of arts, cultures, economies, geographies, histories, laws, literatures, politics, psychologies, sciences, and societies.

York’s Sexuality Studies Program has three primary intellectual and political commitments. First, the program is committed to interdisciplinarity, encouraging its students and faculty to work within and across disciplinary boundaries and to work within and across the boundaries that structure the humanities, the social sciences, the fine arts, and various professional fields. Second, the program is committed to transnational methods and approaches. In this respect the program is concerned with sexualities in diverse Canadian contexts; it explores sexualities in African, Asian and Pacific, Caribbean, North and South American, European, and Oceanic contexts; and it examines sexual migrations, movements, and diasporas in transnational and transcontinental contexts. Third, the program is committed to intersectional teaching, learning, and research, which we understand to mean that sexualities are productively studied in relation to other categories of difference and power, including (dis)ability, age, class, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, health, nationality, race, and religion.

Sexualities are also productively studied in relation to diverse bodies and ever-changing embodiments. Committed to examining lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, transsexual, intersexed, heterosexual, and heteronormative people and phenomena, the program also studies alternative ways of organizing and conceptualizing sexualities and, indeed, alternatives to sexuality.

Note: for purposes of meeting program requirements, foundations courses will count as six credits towards the major or minor.

Note: normally students will not enrol in AP/GL/SXST 2600 6.00 and AP/GL/SXST 4600 6.00 in the same academic session.

Program Requirements

Specialized Honours BA

Students must complete at least 54 credits in sexuality studies, including:

Of the 42 credits earned in primary/secondary courses, a minimum of 30 must be earned in primary courses, and of the 42 credits earned in primary/secondary courses, a minimum of 30 must be earned at the 3000 or 4000 level, and a minimum of 12 must be earned at the 4000 level.

Specialized Honours iBA

Students must complete at least 54 credits in sexuality studies, including:

Of the 42 credits earned in primary/secondary courses, a minimum of 30 must be earned in primary courses, and of the 42 credits earned in primary/secondary courses, a minimum of 30 must be earned at the 3000 or 4000 level, and a minimum of 12 must be earned at the 4000 level.

In addition to the courses required for their major, students must also complete the following requirements:

  • at least 12 credits of internationally-oriented courses;
  • at least one full term abroad as a full-time student at an institution with which Glendon and/or York has a formal exchange agreement;
  • for the iBA bilingual, students must complete at least 18 credits in each official language (French and English) at Glendon from the following two categories:
    1. courses at the second-year level and above in French as a second language and/or in English as a second language;
    2. courses in any discipline which are designated as satisfying the bilingual requirement.
  • for the iBA trilingual, in addition to the above 18 credits in each official language (English and French), students must complete 18 credits in Hispanic studies (including: GL/SP 3000 6.00 (formerly GL/SP 2610 6.00) or six credits of an advanced-level course in Hispanic studies) or 18 credits in a modern language (including an advanced-level course) at York University.

Courses taken to fulfill the major requirements may also be used to fulfill the above iBA requirements.

Honours BA

Students must complete at least 42 credits in sexuality studies, including:

Of the 30 credits earned in primary/secondary courses, a minimum of 18 must be earned in primary courses, and of the 30 credits earned in primary/secondary courses, a minimum of 18 must be earned at the 3000 or 4000 level, and a minimum of six must be earned at the 4000 level.

Honours iBA

Students must complete at least 42 credits in sexuality studies, including:

Of the 30 credits earned in primary/secondary courses, a minimum of 18 must be earned in primary courses, and of the 30 credits earned in primary/secondary courses, a minimum of 18 must be earned at the 3000 or 4000 level, and a minimum of six must be earned at the 4000 level.

In addition to the courses required for their major, students must also complete the following requirements:

  • at least 12 credits of internationally-oriented courses;
  • at least one full term abroad as a full-time student at an institution with which Glendon and/or York has a formal exchange agreement;
  • for the iBA bilingual, students must complete at least 18 credits in each official language (French and English) at Glendon from the following two categories:
    1. courses at the second-year level and above in French as a second language and/or in English as a second language;
    2. courses in any discipline which are designated as satisfying the bilingual requirement.
  • for the iBA trilingual, in addition to the above 18 credits in each official language (English and French), students must complete 18 credits in Hispanic studies (including: GL/SP 3000 6.00 (formerly GL/SP 2610 6.00) or six credits of an advanced-level course in Hispanic studies) or 18 credits in a modern language (including an advanced-level course) at York University.

Courses taken to fulfill the major requirements may also be used to fulfill the above iBA requirements.

Honours Double Major BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any other Honours BA degree program offered at Glendon. For further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours BA programs.

Honours Double Major iBA

The Honours iBA program described above may be pursued jointly with any other Honours iBA degree program offered at Glendon. For further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours iBA programs.

Honours Major/Minor BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor BA program offered at Glendon. For further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours Minor programs.

Honours Major/Minor iBA

The Honours iBA program described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor BA program offered at Glendon. For further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours Minor programs.

Honours Minor BA

The Honours Minor must be pursued jointly with any approved Honours BA or iBA program which offers a major/minor option at Glendon. For  further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours BA and iBA programs.

The Honours Minor in sexuality studies comprises at least 30 credits, as follows:

Of the 18 credits earned in primary/secondary courses, a minimum of 12 must be earned in primary courses, and a minimum of six (primary or secondary) must be earned at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Bachelor of Arts

Students must complete at least 30 credits in sexuality studies, including:

Of the 18 credits earned in primary/secondary courses, a minimum of 12 must be earned in primary courses, and of the 18 credits earned in primary/secondary courses, a minimum of six must be earned at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Sexuality Studies Courses

Not all of the courses listed below will necessarily be offered in any given year.

With the approval of the program coordinator, and subject to course exclusion and in-Faculty regulations, students may complete other courses for program credit in sexuality studies.

Primary Courses

AP/ANTH 2170 6.00
AP/ANTH 3090 6.00
AP/ANTH 3240 6.00
AP/ANTH 4440 3.00
AP/EN 2010 6.00
AP/EN 4011 3.00
AP/EN 4192 6.00
AP/EN 4578 6.00
AP/HIST 3620 6.00
AP/HUMA 1950 9.00
AP/HUMA 3012 6.00
AP/HUMA 3104 6.00
AP/HUMA 3890 6.00
AP/HUMA 3950 6.00
AP/PHIL 2250 3.00
AP/PHIL 3519 3.00
AP/PHIL 4260 3.00
AP/POLS 3011 3.00
HH/PSYC 3670 3.00
AP/SOCI 4070 6.00
AP/SOCI 4075 3.00
AP/SOCI 4470 3.00
AP/SOCI 4490 3.00
AP/SOSC 1900 6.00
AP/SOSC 1920 6.00
AP/GL/SXST 3601 3.00
AP/GL/SXST 3602 3.00
AP/GL/SXST 3603 3.00
AP/GL/SXST 3901 3.00
AP/GL/SXST 3901 6.00
AP/GL/SXST 4901 3.00
AP/GL/SXST 4901 6.00
FA/VISA 4800E 3.00
AP/GL/WMST 1510 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 3511A 3.00
AP/GL/WMST 3511B 3.00
AP/GL/WMST 3525 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 3536 3.00
AP/GL/WMST 3542 3.00
AP/GL/WMST 3544 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 3548 3.00

Secondary Courses

AP/ANTH 3160 6.00
AP/ANTH 3230 6.00
AP/ANTH 3360 6.00
AP/EN 3150 6.00
AP/EN 4010 3.00
GL/EN 3260 6.00
FA/FILM 3810 3.00
AP/GEOG 4060 3.00
AP/GEOG 4090 3.00
AP/HIST 3233 6.00
AP/HIST 3234 6.00
AP/HIST 3533 6.00
AP/HIST 3645 3.00
AP/HIST 4752 6.00
AP/HUMA 2505 6.00
AP/HUMA 3821 3.00
AP/HUMA 3970 6.00
AP/HUMA 4421 6.00
AP/IT 3360 6.00
AP/IT 3361 6.00
HH/KINE 3360 3.00
HH/KINE 4350 3.00
HH/KINE 4360 3.00
AP/POLS 4125 3.00
HH/PSYC 3480 3.00
GL/SOCI 2680 3.00
AP/SOCI 3660 6.00
AP/SOCI 3690 6.00
AP/SOCI 4615 6.00
AP/SOCI 4685 6.00
AP/SOSC 1185 9.00
AP/SOSC 1210 9.00
AP/SOSC 1350 9.00
GL/SOSC 2680 3.00
AP/SOSC 4170 6.00
FA/VISA 3001C 3.00
FA/VISA 3001X 3.00
FA/VISA 3010 6.00
FA/VISA 3680M 3.00
FA/VISA 3820B 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 2500 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 2501 3.00
AP/GL/WMST 2510 9.00
AP/GL/WMST 3503 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 3504 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 3505 3.00
AP/GL/WMST 3507 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 3509 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 3521 3.00
AP/GL/WMST 3523 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 3546 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 3547 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 3555 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 4500 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 4502 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 4505 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 4508 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 4509 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 4515 3.00
AP/GL/WMST 4555 6.00

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