Fall 2012
Anthropology
ANTH 555
Advanced Topics in Ethnology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology: Examination and discussion of topics of current theoretical or methodological interest in ethnology. Topics will be announced at the beginning of term.
Offered by: Anthropology
- Winter
- Restriction: Honours students at the U3 level in the Anthropology Department or with permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
*Topic: Gender and Islam
ANTH 652
Anthropology and Gender
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Anthropology
Offered by: Anthropology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Communication Studies
COMS 655
Media and the Senses
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Communication Studies: Media as interfaces between human senses and the surrounding world, including the relationship of media and sensory experience from cultural, technological, political and philosophical perspectives.
Offered by: Art History & Communication St
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology)
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
- Prerequisites: EDPE 208, EDPE 300 or a course in developmental psychology
- Offered through Continuing Education.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Geography
GEOG 507
Advanced Social Geography
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Geography: Current theories and themes in social geography, such as relations between society and space, social and spatial relations of inequality, difference and diversity, situated and embodied identities, social issues and problems, connections between society and nature, all within a spatial framework.
Offered by: Geography
- Prerequisite: GEOG 331 or equivalent, and permission of instructor.
*Topic: Sex, Race and Space
Philosophy
PHIL 542
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: Any 400-level, 3 credit course in political philosophy, or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Social Work
SWRK 628
Violence against Women
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Social Work: Discussion of the psychological, social and political factors which create and maintain a society where male violence against the women they love occurs. A feminist theoretical perspective will be developed and analyzed. Treatment approaches will be considered focussing on interventive strategies to help both the battered and the batterers.
Offered by: Social Work
Sociology
SOCI 530
Sex and Gender
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): This seminar critically reviews theoretical perspectives and research on sex and gender in various domains of social life. It gives special emphasis to work which considers the meaning of gender and how it differs across time and place.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open to Honours Sociology students and to Sociology Majors with the permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 535
Sociology of the Family
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): This seminar reviews literature on major research areas in family. The course examines families in the past, the study of family using a life course approach, and considers selective areas which may have had significant influences on contemporary family such as work and family, family violence, and cultural variation in families.
Offered by: Sociology
- Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Winter 2013
Education
EDER 643
Women, Education&Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: This course will trace the major theoretical developments in women and development and relate them to educational issues in the formal, non-formal and informal settings. There will be an emphasis on the significance and policy implications of women's education for sustainable developments in the countries of the South.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Islamic Studies
ISLA 585
Arab Women's Literature
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Islamic Studies: Explorations of writings by Arab women. Issues include: translation/reception, gender and genre, categories of knowledge about Arab women, feminist and post-colonial theories/methodologies.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Prerequisite: ISLA 392 or permission of instructor.
- Note: Readings in English translation.
ISLA 613
Women in Contemp Middle East
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Islamic Studies: Advanced examination of research issues related to the experiences of women in the contemporary Middle East. Topics will include patriarchy, women and Islam, women and the state, nationalism and anti-colonialism struggles; labour, public space and theoretical issues.
Offered by: Islamic Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
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
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Sociology
SOCI 535
Sociology of the Family
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): This seminar reviews literature on major research areas in family. The course examines families in the past, the study of family using a life course approach, and considers selective areas which may have had significant influences on contemporary family such as work and family, family violence, and cultural variation in families.
Offered by: Sociology
- Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Women's Studies
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.
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 2012-2013 calendar years. Where relevant, the topic is specified.
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 samantha [dot] thrift [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Administrative and Student Affairs Coordinator) for approval.