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Sociology and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Joint Major Program

Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women鈥檚 Studies | Department of Sociology and Anthropology | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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The Departments of Sociology and Anthropology, and Gender, Sexuality, and Women鈥檚 Studies have common interests in gender, sexuality, and women鈥檚 issues and social sciences teaching and research. This joint major is for those who share these interests.

Program Requirements

Students complete 120 units, as specified below.

Lower Division Sociology Requirements

Students complete a total of 15 units, including all of

  • SA 101-4 Introduction to Anthropology (A)
  • SA 150-4 Introduction to Sociology (S)
  • SA 250-4 Introduction to Sociological Theory (S)
  • SA 255-4 Introduction to Social Research (S or A)
  • STAT 203-3 Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences

*SA 231 is highly recommended

Lower Division Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Requirements

Students complete a total of 15 units including two of

  • GSWS 100-3 Sex Talk: Introduction to Contemporary Issues in Sexuality Studies
  • GSWS 101-3 Gender Talk
  • GSWS 102-3 Feminist Action

and

  • GSWS 200-3 Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective

and additional lower division GSWS units for a total of 15 units.

Upper Division Sociology Requirements

Students complete a total of 20 units, including all of

  • SA 350-4 Classical Sociological Thought (S)
  • SA 355-4 Quantitative Methods (S or A)

Students must also complete an additional 12 units of upper division SA credit.

Upper Division Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Requirements

Students complete 20 upper division gender, sexuality, and women's studies units. Exceptionally and only with department permission, one course designated as GSWS credit offered by another department may be substituted for one GSWS course.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Program Requirements

For all bachelor of arts (BA) programs (except the honours program), students complete 120 units, which includes

  • at least 60 units that must be completed at 丁香园AV
  • at least 45 upper division units, of which at least 30 upper division units must be completed at 丁香园AV
  • at least 65 units (including 21 upper division units) in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences courses
  • satisfaction of the writing, quantitative, and breadth requirements
  • an overall cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and upper division CGPA of at least 2.0, and a program (major, joint major, extended minor, minor) CGPA and upper division CGPA of at least 2.0

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to 丁香园AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements
A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit.
Requirement
Units
 Notes
W - Writing
6
 Must include at least one upper division course, taken at 丁香园AV within the student鈥檚 major subject
Q - Quantitative
6
 Q courses may be lower or upper division
B - Breadth
18
 Designated Breadth Must be outside the student鈥檚 major subject, and may be lower or upper division
6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc
6 units Humanities: B-Hum
6 units Sciences: B-Sci
6
 Additional Breadth

6 units outside the student鈥檚 major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements)
Additional breadth units must be from outside the student's major and may be B-designated (B-Hum, B-Soc, B-Sci courses). Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honours, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

The University鈥檚 residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 units as upper division work.

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses listed above, students should consult an academic advisor to plan the remaining required elective courses.

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