Fall 2024 - Winter 2025
Updates are ongoing. Please check back regularly. Updated on July 22, 2024.
Anthropology
N/A
Architecture
N/A
Art History
N/A
Communication Studies
COMS 683
Special Topics:Media& Politics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Communication Studies: Emergent themes in media and politics, and their application to current issues in communication studies.
Offered by: Art History & Communications
- Terms
- Instructors
- Darin Barney
- Roberto Benedicto
Winter 2025 | Instructor: Roberto Benedicto
East Asian Studies
EAST 525
Critical Area Studies in Asia
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Asian Language & Literature: The course introduces students to foundational concepts, key debates, recent research areas, theoretical methods, and critical approached in area studies.
Offered by: East Asian Studies
- Prerequisite(s): At least one EAST 400- or 500-level seminar course, or permission of the instructor.
Winter 2025 | Instructor: Maria Cecilia Hwang |
MA Only
Education
EDPC 503
Inter. Relationships&Sexuality
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Counselling): Situated in sexuality studies and education this course explores intra and interpersonal relationships through examining the intersections of sexuality with a diversity of identities, expressions and communities. The course addresses the ways in which current and emerging technologies influence and inform understandings of sexuality and the resulting effect on how people negotiate sexual relationships.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
Fall 2024 | Instructor: Ada L Sinacore |
MA Only
EDPE 515
Gender Identity Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology): Theoretical models and empirical findings relevant to the development of gender identity. Special attention is given to the influence of peers in school settings. Psychological, physiological, parental, peer and cultural influences on gender identity.
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych
- Offered through Continuing Education.
Fall 2024 | Instructor: Jessica Ruglis
| MA Only
English
ENGL 545
Topics in Literature & Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): A seminar on literature and society. Topic varies by year.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Fall
Fall 2024 | Instructor: Carmen Faye Mathes | Topic: Write, Protest, Resist: Women’s Work in the Revolution Age
ENGL 670
Topics in Cultural Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
English (Arts): This seminar covers specific topics in theories of culture, media studies, cinema studies. The focus may fall on a particular theory or theorist, a filmmaker, or genre.
Offered by: English
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
- Enrolment maximum: 15
Winter 2025 | Instructor: Alanna Thain
Geography
N/A
History
HIST 525
Women,Work&Family/Global Hist.
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: The shifting historical context of female labour and family in selected western and non-western countries; the interaction between labour and gender relations with special focus on women's experiences on the shop floor and in the family.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: A 300 or 400-level course in women's history or labour history or permission of instructor
- Restriction: Restricted to students in History and Women's Studies
Winter 2025 | Instructor: Malek Abisaab |
MA Only
Islamic Studies
N/A
Music
N/A
Philosophy
PHIL 642
Seminar: Feminist Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An advanced course devoted to a specific topic in feminist theory: e.g., a major figure; or theme, such as sex/gender, embodiment, race, subjectivity, agency, representation, politics, nature/culture, discourse and power; or a feminist approach to the history of philosophy, ethics, social/political philosophy, epistemology, philosophy of science, phenomenology, or metaphysics.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Prerequisite(s): Any 400-level, 3-credit course in political philosophy, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken PHIL 542.
Fall 2024 | Instructor: Marguerite Delauriers
PHIL 627
Seminar: Critical Phil of Race
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Philosophy: An advanced course examining a question, theme, or thinker in the critical philosophy of race.
Offered by: Philosophy
- Permission of the instructor.
- Topic varies by year depending on the instructor. Approaches range from the historical to the contemporary, from the thematic to a focus on the works of particular thinkers.
Winter 2025 | Instructor: Alia Al-Saji | Topic: Black Aesthetics
Political Science
POLI 643
Politics of Identity
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Theoretical approaches to the politics of identity with reference to experiences in different world regions. The politics of nationalism, ethnicity, religion, race and gender, and the relationship of such forms of identity politics to democracy, tolerance, pluralism, violence, socio-economic change and equality.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
Winter 2025 | Instructor: Narendra Subramanian
Sociology
SOCI 519
Gender and Globalization
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Focus on the diverse forces of globalization that impact the lives of men and women. Critical analysis of key theories and concepts implicated in the intersection of globalization processes with gender dynamisms.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 270 or permission of instructor.
Winter 2025 | Instructor: Elaine Susan Weiner |
MA Only
Women's Studies
WMST 601
Feminist Theories and Methods
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Women's Studies: Examination of feminist theories and research methods from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St
Fall 2024 | Instructor: Alexandra Ketchum
WMST 602
Feminist Research Symposium
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Women's Studies: Discussion and development of participants' research in gender and women's studies.
Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St
- Prerequisite: WMST 601.
- Restriction: Must be enrolled in the Option in Gender and Women's Studies.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Winter 2025 | Instructor: TBD
Please Note:
The courses listed on this page are the ones that are offered and approved as Complementary Courses for the Graduate Option in Gender and Women's Studies for the 2022-2023 calendar years. Where relevant, the topic is specified. Additional courses are currently under consideration and will be posted above, if approved.
Courses may only be applied towards the Graduate Option in Gender and Women's Studies when the topic significantly engages issues of gender and/or women and/or feminism.
Special or current topics courses are marked with an asterisk (*). Topics courses may be applied towards the Graduate Option in Gender and Women's Studies ONLY when the topic significantly engages issues of gender and/or women and/or feminism in a given year and with documentation on file for that year.
If you find a course which is not listed and that you think could count as a Complementary Course towards the Graduate Option in Gender and Women's Studies please contact the Administrative and Student Affairs Coordinator for approval.