Karin Beeler, Professor and Coordinator
Jacqueline Holler, Professor
Maryna Romanets, Professor
Theresa Healy, Adjunct Professor
Dawn Hemingway, Adjunct Professor
Website: www.unbc.ca/gender-studies
Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary field dedicated to studying the historical, cultural, literary, and societal role of women and gender. UNBC’s program has strengths in areas such as women’s and gender history; gender, literature, and literary theory; gender, colonialism, and postcolonialism; gender and globalization; feminism, justice, and ethics; gender and health; and gender and international studies.
The Women’s Studies program offers majors and minors in Women’s Studies and, in cooperation with other programs, four joint majors. At the graduate level, the program offers a Master’s degree in Gender Studies.
Major in Women's Studies (BA)
Joint Major in English and Women's Studies (BA)
Joint Major in First Nations Studies and Women's Studies (BA)
Joint Major in History and Women's Studies (BA)
Joint Major in Political Science and Women's Studies (BA)
Minor in Women's Studies
Major in Women's Studies
A major in Women’s Studies requires students to take 48 credit hours of Women’s Studies (16 courses), at least 36 credit hours of which must be upper-division courses either in Women’s Studies or from the gender-and/or women related offerings of other programs.
The minimum requirement for completion of a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Women’s Studies is 120 credit hours.
Program Requirements
Lower-Division Requirement
| WMST 100-3 | Introduction to Women's Studies | |
| Three additional Women's Studies courses at the 100 or 200 level. | ||
Upper-Division Requirement
| WMST 302-3 | Women and the Contemporary World | |
| WMST 307-3 | Qualitative Research Methods | |
| Three of the following: | ||
| WMST 306-3/FNST 306-3 | Indigenous Women: Perspectives | |
| WMST 311-3/HIST 311-3 | History of Feminism | |
| WMST 312-3/HIST 312-3 | An Introduction to the History of Gender | |
| WMST 413 (3-6)/FNST 413 (3-6) | Topics in Aboriginal Women's Studies | |
| WMST 420-3/ENGL 410-3 | Contemporary Women's Literature | |
Additional Requirement
Seven courses (21 credit hours) selected from the following:
| ANTH 401-3 | Anthropological Perspectives on Inequality | |
| ANTH 406-3 | Feminist Perspectives in Anthropology | |
| ECON 301-3 | Women and the Economy | |
| ENVS 309-3 | Gender, Environment and Sustainability | |
| FNST 407-3 | First Nations Perspectives on Race, Class, Gender and Power | |
| HIST 309-3 | Women in Canada | |
| HIST 453-(3-6) | Topics in the History of Gender | |
| HIST 454-(3-6) | Topics in Women's History | |
| INTS 308-3 | Gender and International Studies | |
| NURS 412-3 | Women and Health | |
| WMST 303-3 | Lesbian and Bisexual Lives | |
| WMST 411-3 | Contemporary Feminist Theories | |
| WMST 498-(3-6) | Selected Topics in Women's Studies |
Alternative courses related to women and/or gender may be substituted with the written permission of the Program Coordinator.
Elective and Academic Breadth
Electives to ensure completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours, including any additional credits necessary to meet the Academic Breadth requirement of the University (see Academic Regulation on Academic Breadth).
Joint Major in English and Women's Studies (BA)
See Calendar entry under English.
Joint Major in First Nations Studies and Women's Studies (BA)
See Calendar entry under First Nations Studies.
Joint Major in History and Women's Studies (BA)
See Calendar entry under History.
Joint Major in Political Science and Women's Studies (BA)
See Calendar entry under Political Science.
Minor in Women's Studies
In conjunction with a major in another program, students may pursue a minor in Women’s Studies. A minor in Women’s Studies requires 18 credit hours of Women’s Studies courses, 12 of which must be upper-division courses. Courses used to fulfill program requirements for a major (or another minor) may not be used toward a minor in Women’s Studies.
Updated: July 12, 2023