Denise Tierney

Course options, BA Major

Studies in Women and Gender (SWAG) BA Major Years 1 and 2 options

For full degree requirements, please see the Studies in Women and Gender page.

Possible selections

  • SWAG 100 - (Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies)
  • SWAG 101 - (Civil Discourse and Campus Life)
  • SWAG 102 - (Social Justice Issues and Children)
  • SWAG 103 - (Care of Self: Feminism and Wellbeing)
  • SWAG 200 - (Introduction to Feminisms)
  • SWAG 201 - (Introduction to Gender)
  • SWAG 210 - (Introduction to Indigenous Feminisms)
  • SWAG 211 - (Introduction to Indigenous Gender)

Approved courses from other departments

  • ANTH 245 - (Archeology in Popular Culture)
  • HIST 113 - (Canada Since 1945)
  • HIST 114 - (Canadian Women's History to 1920)
  • HIST 115 - (Canadian Women's History since 1920)
  • HIST 208 - (North American Popular Culture After World War II)
  • HIST 218 - (Gender and Sexuality in the Pre-Modern World)
  • HIST 228 - (Gender and Sexuality in the Modern World)
  • HIST 260 - (Sickness and Health from Antiquity to 1800)
  • HIST 261 - (Sickness and Health since 1800)
  • THEA 115 - (Participatory Drama I)
  • THEA 215 - (Participatory Drama II)
  • CRIM 213 - (Gender, Crime and Justice)
  • SOCI 209 - (Social Inequality)
  • SOCI 212 - (Race and Ethnicity in the Modern World)
  • SOCI 240 - (Social Control and Resistance)
  • SOCI 290 - Selected Topics in Sociology (Decolonization and Settler Colonialism)
  • POLI 336 - (Gender and Politics Across the Globe)

There are some instances where a department may offer a relevant course (e.g. special topics) that is not listed above. In these cases, please talk to the SWAG Chair about counting such a course toward SWAG credits.

Course options for Years 3 and 4

Possible selections

  • SWAG 300 (Studies in Masculinity)
  • SWAG 301 (Discourses of Gender)
  • SWAG 302 (Queer Theory)
  • SWAG 303 (Unruly Women: Mainstreaming Rebellion)
  • SWAG 305 (Foundations of Feminist Thought, the Body and Representation)
  • SWAG 306 (Foundations of Feminist Thought, Work and Society)
  • SWAG 307 (Women and Autobiography)
  • SWAG 310 (Unsettling Canada: Indigenous Women's Activism)
  • SWAG 311 (Healing Words: Indigenous Women's Storytelling)
  • SWAG 330 (Women and Gender in Digital Spaces)
  • SWAG 340 (Indigenous Feminisms and Indigenous Law)
  • SWAG 341 (Women and the Law)
  • SWAG 380 (Topics in Women and Gender)
  • SWAG 400 (Special Topics Feminist Theory)
  • SWAG 401 (Feminist Research Methodologies)
  • SWAG 490 (Directed Studies)

Approved courses from other departments

  • ENGL 328 (Gender and Sexuality in Literature)
  • HIST 300 (Women in the United States, 1600-1900)
  • HIST 301 (Women in the United States since 1900)
  • HIST 339 (Consumer Nation: Society and Business in Modern Canada)
  • HIST 340 (Work and Workers in Canadian History)
  • HIST 349 (Education and Childhood in Canada)
  • HIST 355 Topics in Canadian History (The Changing Face of Disability)
  • HIST 366 (Popular Culture of Early Modern Europe)
  • HIST 368 - Topics in European History (Women and the Law in the Middle Ages)
  • HIST 385 (Women in Medieval and Early Modern Europe)
  • HIST 386 (Saints and Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe)
  • HIST 387 (Criminals, Crime Scenes and Punishment in Medieval Britain)
  • HIST 471 (Modern North American Popular Culture to 1950)
  • HIST 472 (Modern North American Popular Culture from 1950)
  • HIST 473 (Gender and Europe and North America: The 19th Century)
  • HIST 474 (Gender in Europe and North America: The 20th Century)
  • HIST 478 (Gender Issues in Health Care)
  • HIST 483 (The Family in the Western World)
  • HIST 485 (Issues in the Social History of Nursing)
  • SOCI 304 (Identities and Society)
  • SOCI 306 (Sociology of Popular Culture)
  • SOCI 320 (Families in Today’s World)
  • SOCI 322Sociology of Gender Relations)
  • SOCI 325(Community and Social Action)
  • SOCI 330 (Social Relations Across the Life Course)
  • SOCI 335 (Social Problems and Solutions)
  • SOCI 345 (Social Movements and Social Change)
  • SOCI 430 (Social Movements and Social Change)
  • ANTH 335 (Ethnicity in Canada)
  • ANTH 331- (Studies in Ethnomusicology)
  • KIN 380 - (Women in Physical Activity and Sport)

There are some instances where a department may offer a relevant course, like a special topics course, that is not listed above. In these cases, please talk to the SWAG Chair about counting such a course toward SWAG credits.