Women's Studies

Director

Christine Daigle

Associate Professor

Ana Isla

Assistant Professors

Lynn Arner, Margot Francis

Participating Faculty

Sharon Abbey (Faculty of Education), Kate Bezanson (Sociology), May Bletz (Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures), Maureen Connolly (Physical Education and Kinesiology), Nancy Cook (Sociology), June Corman (Sociology), Tami Friedman (History), Carol Gaspari (Library), Allison Glazebrook (Classics), Ann Marie Guilmette (Recreation and Leisure Studies), Ingrid Makus (Political Science), Carol Merriam (Classics), Merijean Morrissey (Visual Arts), Catherine Jean Nash (Geography), Adela Nistor (Economics), Carmela Patrias (History), Hijin Park (Sociology), Cristina Santos (Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures), Ebru Ustundag (Geography), Michelle Webber (Sociology)

Co-operating Centres and Departments:

Applied Linguistics, Canadian Studies, Child and Youth Studies, Classics, Communication, Popular Culture and Film, Community Health Sciences, Economics, Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Education, English Language and Literature, Geography, History, Intercultural Studies, Labour Studies, Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Nursing, Philosophy, Physical Education and Kinesiology, Political Science, Psychology, Recreation and Leisure Studies, Sociology, Sport Management, Tourism and Environment, Visual Arts

General Information

Administrative Assistant

Elizabeth Wasylowich

905-688-5550, extension 4330

Mackenzie Chown D 411

Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary field of study distinguished by its focus on the experiences of a range of different women, - past and present - and analyses of gender. Women's Studies courses invite both male and female students to explore the interplay of gender and power, with careful attention to the intersections of race, class, sexuality, colonialism and imperialism.

Women's Studies students engage with women's texts and cultural artifacts, examine national and international gender politics and activism, experience innovative teaching, and develop skills in feminist theory and research methods. Students of Women's Studies are well equipped to bring a critical analysis to a range of careers including those in education, business and management, law, health, government and social services.

The Women's Studies program aims to provide a supportive and intellectually challenging environment to women in the university and it maintains active links to women's organizations in the community. The Centre for Women's Studies is dedicated to the memory of the fourteen women students whose deaths in 1989 at the École Polytechnique dramatized the need for a greater understanding of systemic and structural violence against women both locally and globally.

Social Service Worker-Sheridan College

The Social Service Worker Program involves courses offered through Brock University and Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology. This four-year program combines training in a variety of applied social service settings at Sheridan College with an Honours BA Women's Studies at Brock. Students can obtain both solid applied skills and a strong theoretical foundation in a variety of aspects of social services. The program leads to career opportunities in a wide variety of areas including youth worker, assistants for developmentally challenged individuals, counsellor in a variety of group home and mental health settings, and acting as an advocate or counsellor in crisis centres or centres for women. Obtaining both an Honours BA Women's Studies and a college diploma would ordinarily involve at least five years of study, but this Brock-Sheridan articulation agreement program combines the two in a single integrated package that can be completed in four years. Applicants must have a minimum 70 percent overall average to be considered for admission to the program. Volunteering experience and attainment of the Brock Leadership Skills Certificate programs are considered assets. Successful applicants must maintain a minimum 70 percent overall average during Year 2 and meet other program requirements to continue in the program. Enrolment in this program is limited. Admission to the program is not guaranteed by attainment of the minimum requirements. Application forms and further details concerning the Social Service Worker program are available from the Office of the Dean of Social Sciences.

Yukon College Exchange and Degree Completion Program

This program allows Yukon College students to attend Brock University upon completion of the first two years of their studies in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. This program also allows Brock students to attend Yukon College to complete the second year of their studies. Students completing their degree upon transfer to Brock University will complete a Science Context credit, six Women's Studies credits, and three elective credits (see curriculum outline for a list of specific courses that are required). These courses can be taken in any of the following terms, as long as all course requirements are met by the end of the spring term following Year Three. Yukon College students may also complete up to two credits on Letter of Permission from a recognized Canadian University. This curriculum can only be completed in fourteen months if students begin taking courses in the Spring Term after they have completed Year Two of their studies at Yukon College. Students can complete either an Honours BA or a Four Year BA with a Major in Women's Studies. Brock students attending Year Two at Yukon College will complete a combination of Women's Studies, and elective courses that are equivalent to the second-year program at Brock. Students will then return to Brock to complete the final two years of their studies. Students can complete an Honours BA with a major in Women's Studies upon their return to Brock University.

Program Notes

Honours Program

Year 1

	WISE 1F90
	one Humanities context credit
	one Sciences context credit (BIOL 1F25 or SCIE 1P50 and 1P51 are recommended)
	two elective credits (see program note 4)

Year 2

	WISE 2P90 and 2P91
	WISE 2P94 or 2Q99
	WISE 2P96 or 2P99
	one WISE credit
	two elective credits

Year 3

	WISE 3F95, 3P90 and 3P91
	one WISE credit numbered 2(alpha)90 or above
	two elective credits

Year 4

	One and one-half WISE credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above
	one and one-half WISE credits numbered 3(alpha)90 or above
	two elective credits

Yukon College Exchange and Degree Completion Program

Honours

For Brock students attending Yukon College in Year Two

Year 1

(taken at Brock University)

	WISE 1F90
	one Humanities context credit
	one Sciences context credit (BIOL 1F25 or SCIE 1P50 and 1P51 are recommended)
	two elective credits (see program note 4)

Year 2

(taken at Yukon College)

	WMST 200 and 230
	two credits from WMST courses, CRIM 213, GSTD 120, HIST 120, HIST 121, HIST 135, HIST 136, PSYC 230
	one and one-half credits from ANTH 100, ANTH 222, CRIM 103, CRIM 104, ENGL 220, ENGL 230, ENV 100, HIST 221, HIST 240, HIST 241, PSYC 203, SW 289, SW 414, SW 421 (Human Growth and Behaviour)
	one-half elective credit

Year 3

(taken at Brock University)

	WISE 3F95, 3P90 and 3P91
	one WISE credit numbered 2(alpha)90 or above
	two elective credits (see program note 5)

Year 4

(taken at Brock University)

	One and one-half WISE credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above
	one and one-half WISE credits numbered 3(alpha)90 or above
	two elective credits

For Yukon College students attending Brock in Year 3

Years 1 and 2

(taken at Yukon College)

Spring/Summer Sessions:

(taken at Brock University)

	Two WISE or elective credits (see program note 5)
	one Sciences context credit

Year 3

(taken at Brock University)

	WISE 2P91, 3F95, 3P90 and 3P91
	WISE 2P94 or 2Q99
	one WISE credit numbered 3(alpha)90 or above
	one elective credit

Spring/Summer Sessions:

(taken at Brock University)

Two WISE or elective credits (not taken following Year 2 Spring/Summer Sessions; see program note 5)

Pass Program

Satisfactory completion of the first three years of the Honours program entitles a student to apply for a Pass degree.

Combined Major Program

Honours

Year 1

	WISE 1F90
	one credit from the co-major discipline
	one Sciences context credit (BIOL 1F25 or SCIE 1P50 and 1P51 are recommended)
	one Humanities context credit
	one elective credit (see program note 4)

Year 2

	WISE 2P90 and 2P91
	WISE 2P94 or 2Q99
	WISE 2P96 or 2P99
	two credits from the co-major discipline
	one elective credit

Year 3

	WISE 3P90 and 3P91
	one WISE credit
	two credits from the co-major discipline
	one elective credit

Year 4

	One and one-half WISE credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above
	one-half WISE credit numbered 3(alpha)90 or above
	two credits from the co-major discipline (see program note 5)
	one elective credit

Pass

Satisfactory completion of the first three years of the Honours program entitles a student to apply for a Pass degree.

Certificate Program

The Centre for Women's Studies also offers a Certificate in Women's Studies. It provides an overview for interested persons who already have a degree in a different field or who do not wish to proceed to a degree. It is of special interest to people working in a related field. The admission requirements are the same as for the degree program. Prospective students should consult with the Director before beginning the certificate program.

The certificate is awarded upon completion of the following courses with an overall average of 60 percent:

	Two credits from WISE 1F90, 2P00, 2P90 and 2P91
	WISE 2P94 or 2Q99
	WISE 2P96 or 2P99
	two WISE credits (see program note 3)

Minor Program

Students in other disciplines can obtain a minor in Women's Studies within their degree program by completing the following courses with a minimum 60 percent overall average:

	WISE 1F90
	three WISE credits

Brock/Colleges Articulation Agreement

Social Service Worker-Sheridan College

Year 1

	WISE 1F90
	PSYC 1F90
	one Humanities Context credit
	one Sciences context credit
	one elective credit (SOCI 1F90 recommended)

Year 2

	WISE 2P90, 2P91and 2P94
	WISE 2P96 or 2P99
	one WISE credit numbered 2(alpha)00 to 2(alpha)99 (WISE 2Q95 recommended)
	one-half WISE credit numbered 2(alpha)90 or above
	PSYC 2P30
	SOCI 1P80
	one-half elective credit (WRIT 1P93 or PSYC 2P31 recommended)

Year 3

taken at Sheridan College

Year 4

	WISE 3P90, 3P91 and 3P95
	one WISE credit numbered 2(alpha)90 to 3(alpha)99
	two WISE credits numbered 3(alpha)90 to 4(alpha)99
	one-half elective credit

Description of Courses

Note that not all courses are offered in every session. Refer to the applicable term timetable for details.

# Indicates a cross listed course

* Indicates a primary offering of a cross listed course

Prerequisites and Restrictions

Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met.

WISE 1F90

Introduction to Women's Studies

Overview of sociocultural, political, institutional and theoretical approaches to, and historical, philosophical and literary foundations of the study of women's lives.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

WISE 2P00

Classic and Contemporary Discourses in Women's Studies

Issues-based approach to the gender-intersected character of society and culture from women's perspectives within a variety of feminist theoretical frameworks.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

#WISE 2P20

Sexualities and Society

(also offered as SOCI 2P20)

Topics may include the structuring of sexual identities, sexuality and inequality, legal and social regulation of sexuality, social justice issues.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 1F90, 2P00, SOCI 1F90.

#WISE 2P21

Sociology of Families

(also offered as SOCI 2P21)

Family patterns including gender roles and the dynamics of family change and development. Topics include marriage and family issues, gender role socialization and change, dual careers, alternative lifestyles, gender roles in cross-cultural perspective, and marital and family relationships past, present and future.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90, 2P00 or SOCI 1F90.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 3P38.

#WISE 2P45

Sociology of African Canadians

(also offered as SOCI 2P45)

Sociological perspectives and issues in the lives of African Canadians. Topics may include contemporary and historical immigration patterns, slavery, criminal justice, family, gender analysis, racism, sexual identity, labour, the civil rights movement, desegregation, Diasporan debates, and contributions in arts and science. Addresses men's and women's issues equally.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90 or SOCI 1F90.

#WISE 2P56

Gender in Modern European History

(also offered as HIST 2P56)

Men's and women's roles and experiences, and changing notions of femininity and masculinity, from the French Revolution to the present day. Intersection of gender with citizenship, nationalism, imperialism, class, work, education and war.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to HIST (single or combined), HIST (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), WISE (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide.

#WISE 2P61

Women in the Ancient World

(also offered as CLAS 2P61)

Women's social roles, environment and legal rights including conceptions of the female and ideals of women. Consideration given to women from other parts of the Mediterranean such as Etruria, Egypt and the Near East, focusing on women in Greek and Roman society. Emphasis on the nature and limitations of the various types of evidence.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

*WISE 2P86

Women in the Economy

(also offered as CANA 2P86, ECON 2P86, LABR 2P86 and SOCI 2P86)

Women in the Canadian labour market. Topics include allocation of time between the household and labour market, gender segregation in the work place, how earnings are determined, causes of occupational and earning difference by gender, role of investment in education and discrimination, recent developments in the labour market and their impact on women and men, and selected policy issues.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 4.0 overall credits.

*WISE 2P90

Women's Issues: Sexuality, Class, Ethnicity

(also offered as SOCI 2P90)

Diverse theoretical perspectives on the intersecting locations of women in terms of sexuality, class, ethnicity and other expressions of social inequality. Classic feminist perspectives as applied to these issues and related social policies.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90, SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.

WISE 2P91

Historical Perspectives on Women

Western history of debates about women and ideologies of gender from the late Middle Ages to the Second Wave. Topics may include witchcraft, bodies, la querelle des femmes, shrews, education, hysteria, intellectual capacities, sexuality and the exchange of women between men.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90 or permission of the instructor.

*WISE 2P94

Feminist Philosophy

(also offered as PHIL 2P94)

The views of various feminist philosophers focusing on important debates from the analytic and continental traditions.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 1F90, PHIL 1F90, 1F91, 1F93, 1F94.

*WISE 2P96

Women and Development

(also offered as INTC 2P96, LABR 2P96 and SOCI 2P96)

Examination of the major social consequences of the theoretical paradigms of development (economic development, sustainable development and women/gender in development), theoretical material, practical knowledge and debates on diverse experiences of women living in the non-industrial world using feminist perspectives.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 1F90, INTC (INTL) 1F90, LABR 1F90 (1P91 and 1P92), SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in INTL 2P96.

*WISE 2P99

Canadian Women in a Global Context

(also offered as INTC 2P99 and SOCI 2P99)

Social, political, economic and cultural issues. Topics may include rights of Aboriginal women, reproductive rights and ethics, marginalization of immigrant women, activist movements, and the impact and inadequacy of government policy.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 2P90 or permission of the instructor.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in INTL 2P99.

*WISE 2Q90

Mothering and Motherhood: Images, Issues and Patterns

(also offered as SOCI 2Q90)

Motherhood as it is theorized/analyzed in interdisciplinary feminist scholarship and portrayed in women's fictional or autobiographical writings and art forms. The historical, socio-cultural, psychological, political and racial differences of mothering and motherhood roles.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 1F90, INTC (INTL) 1F90, SOCI 1F90.

#WISE 2Q93

Women in North America to 1865

(also offered as HIST 2Q93)

Major themes in the history of women in Canada and the United States: native and European women in New France and British North America; women in the American Revolution; the lives of enslaved women; women and industrialization; women in the west; and social reform.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), HIST (single or combined), HIST (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in HIST (WISE) 2Q95.

#WISE 2Q94

Women in North America, 1865 to the Present

(also offered as HIST 2Q94)

Major themes in the history of women in Canada and the United States: emancipation; industrialization and immigration; suffrage and social movements; gender, race and ethnicity; women and the two world wars; and feminism in the 1960s and 1970s.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), HIST (single or combined), HIST (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE (HIST) 2Q95.

#WISE 2Q96

Women in the Pre-Modern World

(also offered as HIST 2Q96)

Women's lives before 1800; how women's experience of historical phenomena differed from that of men; special problems in studying "women's history."

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), HIST (single or combined), HIST (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide.

*WISE 2Q99

Women and Literature

(also offered as ENGL 2Q99 and INTC 2Q99)

Feminist perspectives on representations of women and their writings, focusing on Western and/or World Literature.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 1F90, one ENGL credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 INTC (INTL) 1F90.

#WISE 2V20-2V29

Studies in Writing by Women

(also offered as ENGL 2V20-2V29)

Selected topics in women's writing.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90, two ENGL credits numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.

WISE 2V90-2V99

Selected Topics in Women's Studies

Topics selected on the basis of faculty expertise.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90 or 2P00.

#WISE 3F01

Women in Art

(also offered as VISA 3F01)

Contributions of women artists to the history of Western Art.

Lectures, seminar, 6 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90, VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99 or permission of the instructor.

Note: gallery visits and artists' presentations.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE (VISA) 3M01.

WISE 3F95

Practicum

Theoretically grounded engagement with practical work relevant to feminism, activism and research.

Lectures, 6 hours alternating weeks; community placements.

Note: placements with non-profit community groups supplemented with in-class readings and research.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 3P95.

WISE 3M00-3M10

Special Topics in Women's Studies

Topics selected on the basis of faculty expertise.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 2P90 or permission of the instructor.

*WISE 3P03

Beauty, Bodies and Cultures

(also offered as SOCI 3P03)

Intersectional examination of the social constructions of beauty and the regulation of bodies in historical and contemporary periods, as well as in regional, national and global contexts. Topics may include plastic surgery, genital surgeries, cosmetic, fitness and fashion industries, the veil, beauty pageants and eating disorders.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 1F90, 2P00, SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.

*WISE 3P20

Queer Communities and Popular Culture

(also offered as SOCI 3P20)

Growth of queer communities and their influence on popular print, audio and visual media. Topics include gay, lesbian, bisexual, two-spirited and transgendered (glbtt) influence on contributions to a wide range of culture including film, fashion, sport, theatre and cyberspace.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90 or SOCI 1F90.

#WISE 3P30

Sociology of Women, Work and Family

(also offered as LABR 3P30 and SOCI 3P30)

Examination of the transformation of women's paid labour force involvement and evaluation of personal and public strategies to address the paid labour force work/family conflict.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), LABR, SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 1F90, 2P00, LABR 1F90, SOCI 1F90.

WISE 3P41

Directed Studies I

Guided reading on a topic not covered in regular course offerings.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits and permission of the Director.

Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial. A faculty supervisor must be confirmed prior to registration.

WISE 3P42

Directed Studies II

Guided reading on a topic not covered in regular course offerings.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits and permission of the Director.

Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial. A faculty supervisor must be confirmed prior to registration.

#WISE 3P43

Gender, Leisure and Families

(also offered as RECL 3P43)

Reciprocal relationships between leisure and gender, gender roles, and family structures. Issues of resistance and reconstruction of gender roles within families and leisure.

Lectures, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: students must hold a minimum of 7.0 overall credits.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90, RECL 2P11 or permission of the instructor.

#WISE 3P44

Gender and Sexuality in Childhood and Youth

(also offered as CHYS 3P44 and SOCI 3P44)

Historical, cross-cultural, and sociological approaches to the development of gender identities and sexuality amongst children and adolescents. Topics include the role of families, schools, peers and state policies.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), and SOCI (single or combined) majors, SOCI and WISE minors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the Department.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 2P90, 2P91, CHYS 2P38, SOCI 2P11 and 2P13.

#WISE 3P49

Gender and Environment

(also offered as TREN 3P49)

Theoretical perspectives on feminism and ecophilosophies such as ecofeminism, deep ecology and social ecology. Implications for local, national and global policy.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), TREN majors, minors and certificate students with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the instructor.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 2P90, 2P91,TREN 1F90 or permission of the instructor.

#WISE 3P51

Gender and Society

(also offered as SOCI 3P51)

Gender as an organizing principle in society. The social construction of masculinity and femininity from historical and cross-cultural perspectives. Gender in principal institutions of Canadian society: economy, state, family, education and military. Issues include men and women in non-traditional occupations, women in the military, gender and power.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), SOCI (single or combined) majors, WISE, CRMR and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 1F90, 2P00, SOCI 1F90.

WISE 3P57

Psychology and Women

Social, personal and political implications of gender. Topics include theoretical perspectives on the study of gender differences, stereotypes, sexuality, biological influences, and issues related to achievement, intimacy, mental and physical health, power and justice.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90 or PSYC 1F90.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in PSYC 3P57.

#WISE 3P58

Women and Aging

(also offered as SOCI 3P58)

Examination of women's socially constructed experience of aging. Topics may include older women and poverty, aging women and the labour market, ageism and women, violence against older women, older women and disability.

Lectures, seminars 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined) and SOCI (single or combined) majors or minors until date specified in Registration guide.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 1F90, 2P00, SOCI 1F90.

Note: SOCI 2P57 is recommended.

*WISE 3P60

Gender Issues in Teaching and Learning

(also offered as EDUC 3P60)

Theoretical and practical aspects of feminist engagement with pedagogic processes within/against both traditional and alternative educational contexts; examination of levels and components of education from a variety of feminist theoretical perspectives; pedagogic and political consequences of ideology critique and alternative practices.

Lectures, seminar 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 6.0 overall credits.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90, 2P00 or permission of the instructor.

#WISE 3P61

Gender and Society in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures

(also offered as CLAS 3P61 and HIST 3P61)

Ancient constructions of femininity and masculinity and their relationships to the social, political and legal systems of the Greco-Roman world. Topics include the body, sexuality, male and female identities.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 1F90, 2P61, CLAS 1P91, 1P92 or permission of the instructor.

#WISE 3P62

The Ancient Household

(also offered as CLAS 3P62)

Social structure, gender and class roles, religious rituals; Mediterranean domestic space and community relationships, urban infrastructure and social networks.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week

Prerequisite(s): one credit from WISE 1F90, CLAS 1P91, 1P92, 2P61.

#WISE 3P63

Contemporary Feminist Philosophy

(also offered as PHIL 3P63)

Feminist thinkers and the philosophical debates which inform contemporary feminist theory including, but not limited to, questions of race, class, gender/sex, power and post-colonialism. Thinkers may include Alcoff, Butler, de Beauvoir, Code, Chodorow, Fraser, Gilligan, Harding, Hartsock, Irigaray, Kristeva, MacKinnon and Spivak.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 1F90, 2P94, PHIL 1F90, 1F91, 1F93, 1F94 or permission of the instructor.

*WISE 3P65

Health Issues for Women and Girls

(also offered as CHSC 3P65)

Feminist analysis of definitions and dimensions of health, socio-cultural influences on perceptions of health, and sites of cognitive and social control regarding health.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 6.0 overall credits.

WISE 3P67

Feminist Cultural Theory

Relation between culture and the lives of diverse women. Intersections between a wide array of cultural forms, artifacts and practices and the ways in which gender is experienced and lived. Issues include the production of subjectivity, knowledge and power, the production of identities, institutional constructions of gender, resistance and agency.

Seminar 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): one-half WISE credit numbered 2(alpha)00 to 2(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.

#WISE 3P71

Gender and Politics

(also offered as POLI 3P71)

Theoretical and practical issues in the relationships among gender, sex and politics, such as sexual equality, and its nature and implications for public and private life.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90, one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.

#WISE 3P72

Women in Politics

(also offered as POLI 3P72)

Women's participation and influence in the political institutions, processes and policies of modern states emphasizing contemporary Canada.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90, one one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.

#WISE 3P74

Geography and Gender

(also offered as GEOG 3P74)

Work of feminist geographers. Relationships between gender and space across scales, including scale of the body, domestic space, public spaces, the city, nation and globally.

Lectures, seminar, 4 hours per week.

Restriction: open to GEOG (single or combined), GEOG (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and WISE (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide.

Prerequisite(s): one of GEOG 2P02, 2P03, 2P06, WISE 2P90, 2P91 or permission of the instructor.

#WISE 3P80

Environmental Justice

(also offered as SOCI 3P80)

Historical review of relationships between environment and human societies from various theoretical perspectives. Inequalities and social justice struggles. Topics may include sustainability, biodiversity, eco-tourism, population, consumerism, and environmental management.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90 or SOCI 1F90.

#WISE 3P82

Women and Crime

(also offered as SOCI 3P82)

Feminist criminological theory and selected topics on crime, prisons and the Canadian criminal justice system as they pertain to women. Topics may include female crime rates, violence by and against women, prostitution, drug use, girl gangs, women's prisons, women police officers, women in the security sector, women and terrorism, and Domestic Violence Courts.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), SOCI (single or combined) majors, WISE, CRMR and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide.

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90.

WISE 3P90

Contemporary Feminist Thought

Intersections of contemporary and feminist theories as applied to the critical analysis of such issues as pornography, sexuality, humour, work, social inequities, intimacy and identity politics. Controversies and debates among feminists around the world.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 2P90 or permission of the instructor.

WISE 3P91

Contemporary Feminist Research Methods

Influence of various feminist and contemporary theoretical orientations on methodologies of cultural, political and rhetorical analysis, and critique. Relationships between theory and research methods, and intersections of feminist theories with traditional practices in the process of developing potential research projects.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: permission of the instructor.

*WISE 3P92

Advanced Seminar in Eco-Feminism

(also offered as SOCI 3P92)

Local, national, and/or global processes relating to struggles for equality and environmental crises from a social science perspective.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined) and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to Year 4 (honours).

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 1F90, 2P00, SOCI 1F90.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE(SOCI) 3V98.

#WISE 3P93

Gender and Language

(also offered as LING 3P93)

Role of language in the construction and maintenance of contemporary masculinities and femininities.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

WISE 3P94

Gender and the Humanities

Key issues scrutinized by Women's Studies scholars in the Humanities, including the gendering of knowledge-production, debates around identity politics and the effects of the current crises in the Humanities on female students and female professors.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): one WISE credit numbered 2(alpha)00 to 2(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.

*WISE 3P96

Women, Men and the Body

(also offered as PEKN 3P96)

Critical and reflective examination of historical, philosophical, socio-cultural and religious influences on the body from a variety of feminist perspectives.

Lectures, tutorial, lab, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90 or PEKN 1P93 or permission of the instructor.

Note: experiential work (somatic, movement, expressive) is part of the course experience.

#WISE 3P97

Gender, Race and Class in Cinema to the 1960s

(also offered as COMM 3P97, FILM 3P97 and PCUL 3P97)

Representation of gender, sexuality, race, and class, and implications of spectatorship and ideology.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week, plus weekly film lab.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 2P91, FILM 2F90, FILM 2P20 and 2P21 or permission of the instructor.

#WISE 3P98

Gender, Race and Class in Contemporary Cinema

(also offered as COMM 3P98, FILM 3P98 and PCUL 3P98)

Representation of gender and sexuality, race and class via ideology, feminism, queer theory, and spectator ship in film and video texts since the 1960s.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week, plus weekly film lab.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 2P91, FILM 2F90, PCUL 2P20 and 2P21 or permission of the instructor.

WISE 3P99

Ethical Questions in Feminism

Debates on bioethics, technology, sexual consent and the law from a variety of feminist philosophical perspectives.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 2P90, 2P91 or the permission of the instructor.

#WISE 3Q95

Sex Work and Sex Workers

(also offered as LABR 3Q95, POLI 3Q95 and SOCI 3Q95)

Examination of sex work, various theoretical perspectives on sex work, and their social policy implications for sex workers. Topics may include prostitution, pornography, the political economy of sex work and sex worker union organizing.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): one of WISE 1F90, LABR 1F90, POLI 1F90, SOCI 1F90.

#WISE 3V20-3V29

Advanced Studies in Writing by Women

(also offered as ENGL 3V20-3V29)

Selected topics in women's writing at an advanced theoretical and methodological level.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90 and one-half credit from WISE 2V90-2V99, two ENGL credits numbered 2(alpha)00 to 2(alpha)99 or above or permission of the instructor.

WISE 3V90-3V99

Special Topics in Women's Studies

Topics selected on the basis of faculty expertise.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 2P90.

#WISE 4F50

Structuring of Gender Privilege

(also offered as SOCI 4F50)

Selected issues related to the restructuring of gender privilege.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and WISE (single or combined) majors until date specified in the Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 2P90 or 3P51.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE (SOCI) 4P51.

#WISE 4P01

Latin American Women's Perspectives

(also offered as IBLA 4P01)

Cultural production of Latin American women and their impact on society; wide selection of media including testimonial writing, oral history, narrative, drama, poetry, visual arts, music. Innovations in popular and literary culture allowing women to rearticulate relationships of power.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90 or IBLA (SPAN) 2P20; IBLA (SPAN) 2P19 (2P21) or permission of the instructor.

Note: given in English.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SPAN 4P01.

#WISE 4P22

Education and Equity

(also offered as SOCI 4P22)

Selected issues in education in Canada and globally. Topics may include access, representation, experience, and careers of students, teachers and faculty; student cultures; student supervision; efforts to alter pedagogy and curriculum; and implications of globalization.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined) and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).

Note: SOCI 2P22 recommended.

#WISE 4P31

Women, Work and Unions

(also offered as LABR 4P31 and SOCI 4P31)

Theoretical and research developments concerning women's paid and unpaid work. Topics may also include union activism, collective bargaining priorities and related government policies.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), LABR and WISE (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).

Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, LABR 1F90, WISE 1F90.

#WISE 4P32

Sociology of Work

(also offered as LABR 4P32 and SOCI 4P32)

Theoretical and research developments in the sociology of work. Topics may include the impact of technological innovation on the labour process, reconceptualizations of work and leisure, changes in the gendered nature of work, role of the contemporary labour movement, and international perspectives on labour and the labour force.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), LABR and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).

Prerequisite(s): two LABR or SOCI credits or permission of the Department Administrator.

Note: SOCI 2P32 recommended.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit earned in SOCI (LABR) 4F30.

#WISE 4P35

Gendered Patterns of Resistance and Survival

(also offered as LABR 4P35 and SOCI 4P35)

Examination of the ways in which women and men, separately and together, seek to resist and survive the social and economic turmoil of the early 21 century. Focus on the individuals, the families, communities and resistance in the context of global economic reorganization. Content may include case studies in the Niagara Peninsula.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), LABR and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).

WISE 4P41

Directed Studies III

Guided reading on a topic not covered in the regular course offerings.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 12.0 overall credits and permission of the Director.

Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial. A faculty supervisor must be confirmed prior to registration.

WISE 4P42

Directed Studies IV

Guided reading on a topic not covered in the regular course offerings.

Restriction: students must have a minimum of 12.0 overall credits and permission of the Director.

Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial. A faculty supervisor must be confirmed prior to registration.

#WISE 4P51

Gender and Society

(also offered as SOCI 4P51)

Selected issues in gender and society. Topics may include feminist theories, work, family, state, popular culture, race, militarism and violence.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined) and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).

Prerequisite(s): two WISE or SOCI credits or permission of the Department Administrator.

Note: WISE 3P51 recommended.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit earned in WISE (SOCI) 4F50.

#WISE 4P53

Masculinities, Culture and Economy

(also offered as LABR 4P53 and SOCI 4P53)

Theoretical and empirical issues in the study of relationships between masculinities and cultural and economic processes and structures. These may include ethnicity, racialization, sexuality, nationalism, popular culture, leisure, changes in work and the labour market, class formation, and the regional identity.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), LABR and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).

Prerequisite(s): two SOCI credits or permission of the Department Administrator.

#WISE 4P60

Women in Hispanic Literature: Witches, Vampires and Virgins

(also offered as IBLA 4P60)

Depiction of women as monstrous or deviant. Authors include Carmen Boullosa, Alejandra Pizarnick and Rosario Ferré. Feminist literary theory of alterity (otherness).

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90, IBLA (SPAN) 2P19 (2P21) and 2P20 or permission of instructor.

Note: given in English.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SPAN 4V60.

#WISE 4P95

Gender and Sport

(also offered as PEKN 4P95)

Historical and current issues informed by gender studies, theories and politics. The shaping of experiences through the practices of sport and gender.

Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined), BKin, BPhEd, BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), BPhEd (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) and BSc (Kin) and majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 13.0 overall credits.

#WISE 4Q41

Social Policy

(also offered as SOCI 4Q41)

Canadian and international social policy issues. Topics may include aboriginal peoples, women and public policy, labour relations, health care delivery, multiculturalism, Canadian federalism, family policy.

Seminar, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to WISE (single or combined) and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).

Prerequisite(s): WISE 1F90, SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.

#WISE 4V50-4V69

Special Topics in Women's Studies