(Students who declared their major/minor prior to the Fal 2011 semester will go by the requirements at the time they declared thier program unless otherwise agreed to with the undergraduate advisor. Questions? Please contact Roberta at gswsmgr@sfu.ca or
778-782-3593.
Students complete 12 units including two of:
Students complete 32 units, including 4 units at the 4th year level. Students may substitute up to 8 units of upper division credit offered by other departments and approved by the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies.
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Students complete nine units including two of
Students complete 16 units. Students should normally fulfil lower division requirements before enrolling in 400 division courses, except with permission of the department.
Additional courses in various departments are designated for inclusion in the minor. Other courses which may have high GSWS content will be considered for credit toward the minor upon application. Only five units of designated courses will count toward the minor. Candidates for a history honours or major may count GSWS 201 toward the required 18 lower division history units.
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Students complete 12 units, including two of
Students complete 16 upper division units in GSWS. Those pursuing a minor normally fulfill lower division requirements before enrolling in 400 division courses, except with the permission of the department. Additional courses in various departments are designated for inclusion in the minor. A list is available from the department. Other courses which may have high Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies content will be considered for credit toward the minor upon application. Only five units of designated courses will count toward the minor. Candidates for a history honors or major may count WS 201 toward the 18 lower division history units that are required.
Co-operative education combines work experience with academic studies. The student spends alternate terms on campus and in study-related jobs. This program is for qualified students to gain practical experience in women’s studies.
For admission, students are required to have completed 30 units with a 3.0 cumulative grade point average (CGPA),
including two of
and two 200 division GSWS courses.
Transfer students are required to have completed at least 15 Simon Fraser University units.
Work term arrangements are made through the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences co-op co-ordinator, who should be consulted at least one term in advance.
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The Departments of Sociology and Anthropology, and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies have common interests in gender, sexuality, and women’s issues and social sciences teaching and research. This joint major is for those who share these interests.
Students complete a total of 15 units, including at least two of:
and
Students complete a total of 20 units, including all of
and two additional 200 division courses in anthropology and/or sociology
Students complete 20 upper division gender, sexuality, and women’s studies units. With department permission, one course designated as GSWS credit offered by another department may be substituted for one GSWS course.
Students complete a total of 20 units, including both of
and 12 additional upper division units chosen from anthropology (A) , or sociology or anthropology (S or A) courses when they are designated as anthropology
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Interested students should contact advisors in both the School of Criminology and the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies.
To be admitted, students must satisfy admission requirements for both departments. The School of Criminology must approve the student’s admission before the student will be approved by women’s studies.
To continue in this program, students must maintain a cumulative 2.25 GPA and cannot enroll in upper division CRIM courses with a CGPA of less than that. However, a student whose CGPA is between 2.00 and 2.25 may be eligible to apply for admission to the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies major program.
Students complete 15 lower division units in women’s studies courses including two of:
All criminology lower division requirements must be completed with a cumulative GPA of not less than 2.25 before applying to the school for program acceptance, and before admittance is granted to undertake the upper division criminology courses. A C- grade or better is required in all required courses.
Students complete a minimum 60 units including all of
and one of
and one of
and one of
Students complete a minimum of 20 upper division units in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s studies, including
The remaining units are chosen from 300 and 400 division GSWS courses, at the student’s discretion.
The special topics course GSWS 303-4 is recommended when offered as Women and the Law.
With the permission of the department, one course of designated gender, sexuality, and women’s studies credit offered by another department may be substituted for one course.
Students complete a minimum of 25 upper division units in criminology with a minimum CGPA of 2.25 including all of
Students in this joint major program are not permitted to complete CRIM 301, CRIM 369 nor 462.
The remaining required units may be selected at the student’s discretion. The following courses are recommended:
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences breadth requirements must be completed so general electives should be considered for that purpose.
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This inter-departmental program explores various relationships between English literature and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s studies. Interested students must plan their program in consultation with both department advisors, and should consult Guidelines for Course Selection which is available from each department.
Students complete a total of 15 units, including two of
Students complete a total of 30 units, including two of
*any one, but not more than one of these courses may be replaced by any three unspecified transfer units in English or in ENGL-Writing and one of
and one of
and any two of
**any one, but not more than one of these courses may be replaced by any three unspecified 200 division transfer units in English
†recommended
Students with 18 lower division English transfer units have met the lower division requirements for a major provided those units include any one of ENGL 101W, 102W, 103W, 104W, 105W, or 199W; one of ENGL 201 or 203; one of ENGL 205 or 206; and six additional 200 division units in English.
Students wishing to major in English are strongly advised to submit a formal declaration to this effect to the undergraduate advisor upon completing all lower division requirements.
Students complete a total of 20 units, including
The remaining units are chosen from 300 and 400 division GSWS courses, at the student’s discretion.
Exceptionally and only with department permission, a maximum of one course of designated gender, sexuality, and women’s studies credit offered by another department may substitute for one GSWS course.
Students complete a total of 20 units, including one of
and one of
Plus 12 units of upper division English, 4 of which must be at the 400 level, excluding directed studies courses (ENGL 441, 442, 443 and 444).
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This inter-department program explores the relationship between history and gender, sexuality, and women’s studies. Interested students must plan their program in consultation with the advisors in each department.
Students complete 15 lower division units in gender, sexuality and women’s studies including two of:
and
Students complete 18 units in 100 and 200 division history courses, including at least six units in 100 division history courses.
Students complete 20 upper division GSWS units.
Students complete 24 units of 300 and 400 division history courses, of which 12 units must be in 400 division courses. Students complete at least one from each group (see below).
Group 1 – Europe
Group 2 – The Americas
Group 3 – Africa, Middle East, Asia
Group 4 – Global/Comparative
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This inter-department program explores relationships between humanities and gender, sexuality, and women’s studies. Students plan their program with advisors in each department.
Students complete a total of 15 units, including two of:
Students complete a total of 15 units, including
and one of
and one of
and two further lower division humanities courses.
Students complete 20 upper division units in gender, sexuality, and women’s studies courses.
With permission of the department, one course of designated gender, sexuality, and women’s studies credit offered by another department may be substituted for one course.
Students complete a total of 20 units in upper division humanities courses
and the following are recommended.
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This program explores the political dimensions and context of women’s experience, and the impact of gender, sexuality and feminist theory on the practice and study of politics. Consult advisors in both departments.
Students complete a total of 15 units, including two of:
Students complete a total of 21-22 units, including one of
and one of
and an additional nine units chosen from three of the five fields of study, for a total of 15 lower division units.
*recommended
Students complete 20 upper division GSWS units.
Students complete 24 units chosen from at least three political science fields of study. It is strongly recommended that POL 416 be included.
POL courses are divided into five fields (except POL 498-4 Directed Readings in Political Science and POL 499-5 Honours Essay. The introductory course is POL 100-3.
Field A Political Theory
Field B Canadian Government and Politics
Field C Comparative Government and Politics
Field D International Relations
Field E Public Policy/Administration and Local Government
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This inter-departmental program explores relationships between psychology and gender, sexuality, and women’s studies. Joint major students (or prospective students) are encouraged to consult advisors from both departments.
Students should complete PSYC 100, 102 and 201 as soon as possible to gain better access to upper division PSYC courses. Students who plan to major in psychology should also complete PSYC 210 and 300W as soon as possible.
The department strongly recommends that students do not leave any of these required courses to the end of their degree. If a student is unable to obtain the required grade in these courses, he or she will not be able to graduate with a major in psychology.
To enrol in psychology courses, students are required to meet the prerequisites or special instructions that may be stipulated for each. The listed prerequisites indicate the minimal background expected by instructors. See PSYC courses for details.
The department reserves one hundred per cent of all 300 and 400 division PSYC courses for approved psychology major, minor or honours students. Those who are not approved cannot enrol in these upper division courses until the open enrolment date.
Students must obtain a final course grade of C (2.0) or better in each of the following. This requirement applies to courses transferred from other institutions as well as to courses completed at Simon Fraser University.
Students complete a total of 15 units, including two of
Students complete two of
Students complete 20 upper division units in gender, sexuality, and women’s studies courses. With the permission of the department, one course of designated gender, sexuality, and women’s studies credit offered by another department may be substituted for one course.
Students complete 20 upper division units in psychology courses.
No more than three of these units may be in directed studies.
At least 11 upper division psychology units must be completed at Simon Fraser University.
PSYC 493, 494, and 495 are directed studies courses. Enrolment enables an individual or small group to work with a faculty member on a reading or research project of mutual interest. Common reasons for a student requesting such a course are
The minimum requirement is a B (3.0) average, at least 60 units and department permission. Directed studies students complete an application form (available at http://www.psyc.sfu.ca/ugrad) with the intended instructor.
See Courses at Other Institutions/Letters of Permission for information. The department does not normally approve letters of permission for enrolled Simon Fraser University students to complete PSYC 201, 210 and 301 at a different institution. Such permission may be granted for other courses. Enquire of the psychology undergraduate advisor.
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The Departments of Sociology and Anthropology, and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies have common interests in gender, sexuality and women’s issues and social sciences teaching and research. This joint major is for those who share these interests.
Students complete a total of 15 units, including two of:
and
and, additional lower division GSWS units for a total of 15 units.
Students complete a total of 15 units, including all of
* SA 231 is highly recommended.
Students complete 20 upper division gender, sexuality, and women’s studies units. With department permission, one course designated as GSWS credit offered by another department may be substituted for one GSWS course.
Students complete a total of 20 units, including all of
Students must also complete an additional 12 units of upper division SA credit.
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