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Program Requirements

The graduate option in Gender and Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary program for students who meet the degree requirements in Geography who wish to earn 9 credits of approved coursework focusing on gender and women's studies, and issues in feminist research and methods. The student's doctoral thesis must be on a topic centrally relating to issues of gender and/or women's studies.

Thesis

Required Courses

• GEOG 631 Methods of Geographical Research (3 credits)

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Geography : General research seminar in human and physical geography.

  Terms: Winter 2012, Fall 2011

  Instructors: Coomes, Oliver T (Winter) Coomes, Oliver T (Fall)

• GEOG 700 Comprehensive Examination 1

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Geography

  Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Summer 2012

  Instructors: Wenzel, George (Fall)

• GEOG 701 Comprehensive Examination 2

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Geography

  Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Summer 2012

  Instructors: Wenzel, George (Fall)

• GEOG 702 Comprehensive Examination 3

  Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Geography

  Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Summer 2012

  Instructors: Wenzel, George (Fall)

• WMST 601 Feminist Theories and Methods (3 credits)

  Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Women's Studies : Examination of feminist theories and research methods from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

  Terms: Fall 2011

  Instructors: Sinacore, Ada L (Fall)

• WMST 602 Feminist Research Symposium (3 credits)

  Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Faculty of Arts)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Women's Studies : Discussion and development of participants' research in gender and women's studies.

  Terms: Winter 2012

  Instructors: Groeneveld, Elizabeth (Winter)

  • Prerequisite: WMST 601.

  • Restriction: Must be enrolled in the Option in Gender and Women's Studies.

Complementary Courses

Two substantive courses.

One of these two courses must be taken within the Department of Geography at the 500 level or above; one of the two courses must be on gender/women's issues at the 500, 600, or 700 level.