Women's, Gender, and Sexualities Studies (MA)

The goal of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexualities Studies graduate program is to create new knowledges, concepts and theories as they relate to diverse gender and sexual identities and experiences, through the study and application of critical feminist theory, masculinity studies, queer and sexualities studies, and cultural and transnational studies.

The program integrates feminist interdisciplinary scholarship and new approaches to academic research and community engagement. Students are provided with research opportunities that cross academic fields, and situate their work in critically informed local, national, and transnational frameworks.

Careers

This interdisciplinary program responds directly to present and future needs in our society. With a Master's degree in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, you gain the skills to engage with and contribute to critical conversations surrounding social justice, equality, and diversity.

Graduates become skilled employees and researchers trained in the theories, methodologies and applications of feminist and related theories, tools which are increasingly in demand across local, regional, national and international contexts. Equipped with understandings of the intersections between gender, race, sexuality, and class, your graduate degree could prepare you for careers in:

  • academia, conducting research and teaching at the university level.
  • non-profit organizations, advocacy groups, or governmental agencies, where you might contribute to policy development, program management, and community outreach initiatives aimed at promoting inclusivity and dismantling systemic inequalities.
  • corporate settings, fostering diversity and inclusion, or working in human resources to create more equitable workplace environments.

The versatility of a WGST Master's offers a chance to effect meaningful change across various sectors by fostering a more inclusive and just society.

Faculty Supervisors & Research Areas

It is not necessary to find a potential supervisor before you apply to this program. Supervisors will be assigned within the first year of the program, based on your research interests.

Name Research areas
Rachel Loewen Walker Queer Theory, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Feminist Theory; Queer Temporalities and Feminist Philosophies of Time; New Feminist Materialisms; Deleuze and Guattari; Human Rights; Social Justice and Social Movements; Social and Political Feminist Theory; Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Mirela David 20th Century China; China; Eugenics; One Child policy; birth control; culture; gender; gender history; hygiene; intellectual history; medical history; population; sex; venereal disease
Marie Lovrod Autobiography; Feminist Theory; Queer Theory; Transnational Feminisms; Trauma and Resilience

Admission Requirements

Candidates must have a bachelor of arts degree, or its equivalent, with acceptable standing upon entrance to the program. Please review the Admissions Requirements found on the College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (CGPS) https://grad.usask.ca/programs/womens-gender-sexualities-studies.php

Program Requirements

 A minimum of 15 credit units, including the following:

  • 6 credit units of elective coursework, at the 800 level or senior undergraduate level, with approval of the Graduate Chair
  • WGST 800.3 Feminist Theories
  • WGST 990.0 Research Development Seminar
  • WGST 994.0 Research – Thesis

Area of Specialization: at least 3 credit units from the following:

  • WGST 810.3 Gender Representation and Cultural Studies
  • WGST 811.3 Queer and Sexualities Studies
  • WGST 812.3 Indigenous Transnational International Gender Justice

Methods: at least 3 credit units from the following:

  • ANTH 802.3 Community-Based Research Ethnography and Engagement
  • ENG 801.3 Introduction to Textual Scholarship
  • HIST 881.3 Historiography
  • PSY 805.3 Statistics I Univariate General Linear Models
  • PSY 810.3 Methods of Applied Social Research
  • SOC 841.6 Advanced Methodology
  • POLS 815.3 Research Design and Methods in Political Science
  • WGST 804.3 (U of R intensive)
  • or suitable research methods class germane to student project, approved on a case-by-case basis

Contact

Arts 283C
9 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A5
Phone: (306)966-1666
Email: wgst.program@usask.ca

 

Graduate Chair
Dr. Marie Lovrod
Email: marie.lovrod@usask.ca

Program Admin Support
Angelou Biscocho
Email: wgst.program@usask.ca