Course Options, BA Minor

Course options for Studies in Women and Gender (SWAG) BA Minor, Years 1 and 2

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

Possible selections include:

  • 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 offered by 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 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)

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 SWAG BA Minor, Years 3 and 4

Possible selections include:

  • 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 offered by other departments:

  • ANTH 331 - (Studies in Ethnomusicology)
  • ANTH 335 - (Ethnicity in Canada)
  • 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 366 - (Popular Culture of Early Modern Europe)
  • 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)
  • KIN 380 - (Women in Physical Activity and Sport)
  • SOCI 304 - (Identities and Society)
  • SOCI 306 - (Sociology of Popular Culture)
  • SOCI 320 - (Families in Today’s World)
  • SOCI 322 - (Sociology of Gender Relations)
  • SOCI 325 - (Community and Social Action)
  • SOCI 330 - (Social Relations Across the Life Course)
  • SOCI 335 - (Social Problems and Solutions)
  • SOCI 430 - (Social Movements and Social Change)

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.