Studies in Women and Gender (BA)
VIU International, Canada
First Year Course Fee
USD 13,572
Course Accredited By
NA
Are you interested in studying how gender functions as a marker of power in society? The Women and Gender Studies Program at VIU uses interdisciplinary approaches to looking critically at gender as it is constructed and maintained through cultural production, institutions and ideologies.
A Bachelor of Arts with a Major or Minor in Gender and Women’s Studies Studies builds strategic thinkers, social critiquers and necessary allies. The Women and Gender studies program is grounded in feminist theory and teaching/learning styles, and recognizes the value of a participatory classroom where diverse life experiences are included and recognized.
Studies in Women and Gender at VIU encourages students, using interdisciplinary approaches, to look critically at gender as it is constructed and maintained through cultural production, institutions, and ideologies. Gender functions as a marker of power alongside other categories of difference including race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, and disability/ability. Feminist understandings of intersectionality provide a lens for the exploration of gendered experience and tools for imagining resistance, activism, decolonization. The program is grounded in feminist theory and teaching/learning styles, and recognizes the value of a participatory classroom where diverse life experiences are included and recognized.
Enrollment Cycles
- September 2023
- January 2024
- Students must fulfill all the Institutional B.A. degree requirements, including Degree English Requirements.
Requirements for a Major
Years 1 and 2
Select up to four of the following:
- Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
- Civil Discourse and Campus Life
- Social Justice Issues and Children
- Care of Self: Feminism and Wellbeing
- Introduction to Feminisms
- Introduction to Gender
- Introduction to Indigenous Feminisms
- Introduction to Indigenous Gender
Students may take up to six credits from the following courses:
- Archeology in Popular Culture
- Canada Since 1945
- Canadian Women's History to 1920
- Canadian Women's History since 1920
- North American Popular Culture After World War II
- Gender and Sexuality in the Pre-Modern World
- Sickness and Health from Antiquity to 1800
- Sickness and Health since 1800
- The U.S. First Ladies from 1885: Gender, Power and Politics
- Participatory Drama
- Gender, Crime and Justice
- Race and Ethnicity in the Modern World
Years 3 and 4
Possible selections include:
- Studies in Masculinity
- Discourses of Gender
- Queer Theory
- Unruly Women: Mainstreaming Rebellion
- Foundations of Feminist Thought, the Body and Representation
- Foundations of Feminist Thought, Work and Society
- Women and Autobiography
- Unsettling Canada: Indigenous Women's Activism
- Healing Words: Indigenous Women's Storytelling
- Advanced Women and Leadership
- Women and Gender in Digital Spaces
- Indigenous Feminisms and Indigenous Law
- Women and the Law
- Topics in Women and Gender
- Special Topics Feminist Theory
- Feminist Research Methodologies
- Directed Studies
Approved courses from other departments:
- Gender and Sexuality in Literature
- Women in the United States, 1600-1900
- Women in the United States since 1900
- Consumer Nation: Society and Business in Modern Canada
- Popular Culture of Early Modern Europe
- Education and Childhood in Canada
- The European Witch Craze, c. 1300-1700
- Women in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
- Modern North American Popular Culture to 1950
- Modern North American Popular Culture from 1950
- Gender and Europe and North America: The 19th Century
- Gender in Europe and North America: The 20th Century
- Gender Issues in Health Care
- Issues in the Social History of Nursing
- Social Problems and Solutions
- Ethnicity in Canada
- Studies in Ethnomusicology
- Women in Physical Activity and Sport
- Requirements for a Minor
Years 1 and 2
Select two of the following, for a total of six credits:
- Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
- Civil Discourse and Campus Life
- Social Justice Issues and Children
- Care of Self: Feminism and Wellbeing
- Introduction to Feminisms
- Introduction to Gender
- Introduction to Indigenous Feminisms
- Introduction to Indigenous Gender
Students are encouraged to choose electives from the following courses:
- Archeology in Popular Culture
- Canada Since 1945
- Canadian Women's History to 1920
- Canadian Women's History since 1920
- North American Popular Culture After World War II
- Gender and Sexuality in Pre-Modern World
- Sickness and Health from Antiquity to 1800
- Sickness and Health since 1800
- The U.S. First Ladies from 1885: Gender, Power and Politics
- Participatory Drama I
- Gender, Crime and Justice
- Race and Ethnicity in the Modern World
Years 3 and 4
Possible selections include:
- Studies in Masculinity
- Discourses of Gender
- Queer Theory
- Unruly Women: Mainstreaming Rebellion
- Foundations of Feminist Thought, the Body and Representation
- Foundations of Feminist Thought, Work and Society
- Women and Autobiography
- Unsettling Canada: Indigenous Women's Activism
- Healing Words: Indigenous Women's Storytelling
- Advanced Women and Leadership
- Women and Gender in Digital Spaces
- Indigenous Feminisms and Indigenous Law
- Women and the Law
- Topics in Women and Gender
- Special Topics Feminist Theory
- Feminist Research Methodologies
- Directed Studies
Approved courses offered by other departments:
- Gender and Sexuality in Literature
- Women in the United States, 1600-1900
- Women in the United States since 1900
- Consumer Nation: Society and Business in Modern Canada
- Popular Culture of Early Modern Europe
- Education and Childhood in Canada
- The European Witch Craze, c. 1300-1700
- Women in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
- Modern North American Popular Culture to 1950
- Modern North American Popular Culture from 1950
- Gender and Europe and North America: The 19th Century
- Gender in Europe and North America: The 20th Century
- Gender Issues in Health Care
- Issues in the Social History of Nursing
- Social Problems and Solutions
- Ethnicity in Canada
- Studies in Ethnomusicology
- Women in Physical Activity and Sport
- Fees for One Year Amount Tuition (30 credits x $156.80 per credit) 4,704.00
- Student Activity fee (4% of tuition) 188.16
- Student Services fee (30 credits x $6.93 per credit) 207.90
- VIU Students' Union fee (8 months x $20.90 per month) 167.20
- Health and Dental Plan fee ($275.00 per year) 275.00
- Approximate cost for books and supplies for one year 1,500.00 Total 7,042.26