WGST Spring and Summer Course Offerings

Spring and Summer Classes

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Whether you're looking to get ahead in your degree program or just want to check out what women's and gender studies is all about, there are many Women's and Gender Studies courses to choose from in Spring and Summer sessions: 

WGST 112: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies: This introductory course provides students with an overview of the field and examines gendered positions and representations across regional, national, and international perspectives with particular emphasis on gender inequities in a Canadian context.  

Offered as face-to-face class or online 

WGST 201: Images of Gender and Sexuality in Popular Culture: This course introduces students to the ways that gender, sexuality and identity are represented and produced in popular culture, mainstream media and populist feminist culture. 

Offered as face-to-face class or online

WGST 204: Gender and Popular Music: This course focuses on the relationship between gender, sexuality and music. Four main themes will be explored: rock culture, masculinities and music, femininities and music, and image and identity in music. 

Offered as a face-to-face class only

WGST 250: Performing Masculinities: This course introduces students to core theorists in masculinity studies and examines how "masculinities" are represented. The ideological underpinnings of the category "masculinity" will be addressed in its shifting and contested meanings. 

Offered as a face-to-face class only

WGST 210: Gendered Perspectives on Current Events: Students will examine current events related to gender, race, sexuality, ethnicity, ability and class. Special attention will be paid to how recent/ongoing wars, ecological crises, terrorism, economic recession, etc. impact the lives of women, children, and subaltern men, and how such events are represented in mainstream and alternative media. 

Offered as a face-to-face class only. 

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