Fall 2025 - Winter 2026
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Anthropology
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Architecture
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Art History
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Communication Studies
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East Asian Studies
EAST 525. Critical Area Studies in Asia.
Credits: 3
Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The course introduces students to foundational concepts, key debates, recent research areas, theoretical methods, and critical approached in area studies.
- Prerequisite(s): At least one EAST 400- or 500-level seminar course, or permission of the instructor.
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Education
EDPC 503. Intersectional Relationships and Sexualities.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych (Faculty of Education)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Section 002 (03-May-2011/16-Jun-2011)
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EDPE 515. Gender Identity Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych (Faculty of Education)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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 through Continuing Education.
- Offered through Continuing Education.
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EDPC 540. Social Responsibility and Relationships in Digital Age.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych (Faculty of Education)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
The complex way in which living in a digital age affects social relationships and its influences across generations in everyday lives.
- Offered through Continuing Education.
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English
ENGL 586. Cultural Studies: Other Media.
Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Advanced study of a specific topic in a medium or media other than film, such as television, advertising, radio, or the internet.
- 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.
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ENGL 710. Renaissance Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A seminar in REnaissance studies. Topica varies by year.
- 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.
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Geography
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History
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Islamic Studies
ISLA 585. Arab Women's Literature.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- Prerequisite: ISLA 392 or permission of instructor.
- Note: Readings in English translation.
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ISLA 613. Women in Middle Eastern/Islamic Society.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Advanced examination of research issues related to the experiences and histories of women in the Middle East and the Islamic world. Topics will include patriarchy, women and Islam, women and the state, nationalism and anti-colonialism struggles; labour, public space and theoretical issues.
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Music
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Philosophy
PHIL 642. Seminar: Feminist Theory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
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.
- 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.
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Political Science
POLI 615. Gender and Politics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examines a variety of key feminist thinkers, the debates they spark, and the concepts they create. While some time will be devoted to outlining the historical evolution and context of ideas, the bulk of the course will focus on understanding and evaluating the concepts, conclusions, and assumptions of various feminist political thinkers. Particular focus on Canadian thinkers and politics.
- Note: The fields are Canadian Politics and Political Theory
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Sociology
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Women's Studies
WMST 601. Feminist Theories and Methods.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examination of feminist theories and research methods from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
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WMST 602. Feminist Research Symposium.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Discussion and development of participants' research in gender and women's studies.
- Prerequisite: WMST 601.
- Restriction: Must be enrolled in the Option in Gender and Women's Studies.
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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 2025-2026 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.