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Program Requirements
Note: University regulations apply to all students at Laurier. If there is any discrepancy between the program or progression requirements outlined on this page and those in the university's academic calendars, the academic calendars are the official sources of information. The information below is from the latest calendar, and you may be following progression requirements from an earlier calendar. Students are responsible for checking the appropriate calendar. Contact your program coordinator should you notice any discrepancies.
Academic Advising
Arts Advising
Students who:
- wish to transfer or change programs
- are in first year
- are undeclared or in the general Arts (no major) programs
Women and Gender Studies Advising
For academic advising about specific program-level information, please contact Dr. Jenna Hennebry, program coordinator of Women and Gender Studies. Many questions can be answered by looking up the degree requirements below.
For general questions about Women and Gender Studies, please contact wgsadvising@wlu.ca.
Program Requirements
You can earn a combined Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Women and Gender Studies in combination with another Honours BA program.
Grade Point Average (GPA) Requirements
To progress in the Honours BA in Women and Gender Studies program, you must:
- Maintain a minimum GPA of 5.0 in your Women and Gender Studies (and Women and Gender Studies approved) courses.
- Maintain a minimum GPA of 5.0 overall (all courses).
To graduate with an Honours BA, you must achieve a minimum GPA of 7.0 in your Women and Gender Studies (and Women and Gender Studies approved) courses. If a GPA of 7.0 is not met, see the academic calendar for regulations around graduating with a general degree without designation versus a general degree with a field of specialization (i.e. all requirements below must be met for the latter).
Program Requirements
The combined Honours Women and Gender Studies program consists of 20.0 credits, of which at least 14.0 must be at the senior level. The program includes a minimum of 7.0 credits in Women and Gender Studies as follows:
Required WS courses:
- WS100
- WS303
- 0.5 WS credit at the 300 level from: WS301, WS304, WS305, WS306, WS307, WS308, WS310, WS390
- 1.0 credit in senior WS courses
- WS400 or WS490, or approved honours seminar from another program
- 4.0 additional credits from WS core courses, or Women and Gender Studies approved courses (below).
Degree program electives:
- An additional 13.0 credits toward the degree total of 20.0 credits, which includes the second honours BA major.
Note: The Women and Gender Studies fourth-year seminar is the capstone course of the whole degree. You should make every effort to take this crucial course as the culmination of your Women and Gender Studies degree. It is the only course that cannot double count for both your majors (e.g. If you are combining Women and Gender Studies with Sociology, you need to take a fourth-year Women and Gender Studies seminar plus 1.0 fourth-year credits in Sociology. One of the fourth-year Sociology courses cannot count for your Women and Gender Studies seminar requirement).
Women and Gender Studies Approved Courses
- AN326: Culture as Performance
- AN343: Culture and Society in Latin America
- AN341: Kinship, Marriage and Gender
- CS322: Gender, Communication and Culture
- EN225: Contemporary Women’s Writing
- EN324: Canadian Women's Writing
- FS346: Film Theory and Gender
- GG273: Geographies of Health and Disease
- GG373: Landscapes and Identities
- GS231: War, Culture and Conflict
- GS325: Religion, Culture and Society
- HI271: Survey of European Women's/Gender History
- HI284: The History of Sexuality in Western Civilization
- HI301: Performing Gender in Ancient Greece
- HI372: Sex, Class and Agency: U.S. Women’s History, 1607-1877
- HI375: Seeking Justice: The Family and Law in Canada, 1867-1969
- HI390: Family Law in Greece and Rome
- ID207: Gender and Indigenous Communities
- MU274: Women and Music
- PP219: Feminist Philosophy
- PP249: Philosophy and Gender
- PO320: Women, Gender and Politics
- PS287: Psychology of Gender
- RE224: Gendering the Divine
- RE285: Religion and Culture of the African Diaspora
- RE372: Women's Lives and Religious Values
- RE374: Religion and Sexuality
- RE377: Gender and Islam
- RE380: Religion and Social Change
- SY201: Sociology of Families
- SY210: Social Inequality
- SY334: Sociology of Gender
- SY338: Women and Development
Resources
Download the combined BA in Women and Gender Studies worksheet.
You can now complete the minor in Women and Gender Studies entirely online, through classroom courses, or through a combination of both.
A minor can be declared at the end of your degree, when you complete your "Application to Graduate" form. Verify requirements well before this point.
Note: A minor is not available to students in general BA, CT or BSc programs without designation.
Requirements
- A minimum cumulative GPA of 4.5 in all Women and Gender Studies courses.
- 3.0 credits in Women and Gender Studies courses or approved Women and Gender Studies courses, as follows:
- WS100
- 1.0 credits in senior Women and Gender Studies courses (i.e. 200 level an up)
- 1.5 additional credits from Women and Gender Studies courses or approved Women and Gender Studies courses.