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GSFS Complementary Courses

Fall 2025 - Winter 2026

The Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF) has consolidated the previous Women’s Studies and Sexual Diversity Studies programs into one, newly entitled program in Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies (GSFS). The Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies program recognizes social justice as a driving concept inherent to the study of gender, sexuality, and feminism. Social Justice frameworks incorporate critical race studies, disability studies, and Indigenous studies into the examination of gender, sexuality, and feminism. 

The courses below significantly engage with at least two of these issues and are offered by a range of faculties and disciplines. Clicking on the title of each course will reveal information from the McGill University e-calendar, including a short description, the term offered, and the name of the professor or lecturer. Please see the note at the bottom of the page for more information on complementary courses.

GSFS complementary course lists from previous years are available.


Updates are ongoing. Please check back regularly. Last Updated on May 22, 2025.


Anthropology

ANTH 227. Medical Anthropology.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description

Beliefs and practices concerning sickness and healing are examined in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. Special attention is given to cultural constructions of the body and to theories of disease causation and healing efficacy. Topics include international health, medical pluralism, transcultural psychiatry, and demography.
  • Fall

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ANTH 327. Anthropology of South Asia.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to anthropological research in India and greater South Asia. Topics include politics, caste, class, religion, gender and sexuality, development and globalization.
  • Fall
  • Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or permission of instructor

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ANTH 385. Sex, Science and Culture.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Interdisciplinary introduction to the study of human sexuality, scientific theories of sexuality and historical and cultural contexts of sexual acts, desires, relations and identities. Topics include: legacies of sexology, eugenics, sexuality and identity, sex in nature, gender and colonialism, sexual-economic exchange, marriage, monogamy.
  • Prerequisites: ANTH 202 or ANTH 227 or permission of the instructor
  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken ANTH 380 in either Fall 2020 or Winter 2022 term.

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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Sahar Sadjadi

ANTH 407. Anthropology of the Body.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

This course will survey theoretical approaches used over the past 100 years, and then focus on contemporary debates using case studies. The nature/culture mind/ body, subject/object, self/other dichotomies central to most work of the body will be problematized.
  • Winter
  • Prerequisites: ANTH 227 and (1) 300-level anthropology course, and Honours/Major/Minor status in Anthropology or Social Studies of Medicine, or permission of instructor.
  • Restriction: U3 status or permission of instructor

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ANTH 413. Gender in Archaeology.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Relationship between the structure of the archaeological discipline and construction of gender roles in past human societies; division of tasks between men and women in subsistence activities, organization of the household and kin groups; and creation of power and prestige in a larger community.
  • Restrictions: not open to students who have taken 151-403 in 1997-98 or 1998-99
  • Fall
  • Prerequisite: ANTH 201 or ANTH 331 or ANTH 345 or ANTH 347 or ANTH 348 or permission of instructor

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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Nicole Couture


Art History

ARTH 205. Introduction to Modern Art.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The course is an introduction to the modern period in art history which begins around 1750. It examines the development in both painting and sculpture and relates to changes in the social and political climate of the times.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ARTH 337 or ARTH 338

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Canadian Studies

CANS 415. Black Canada.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The significant presence of people of African descent in Canada that dates back to the 17th century. Migration and immigration will be situated as part of the renewal of Canadian identity while examining the intellectual, historical and political presence of people of African descent.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CANS 401 when topic was "Caribbean Canadians" or "Black Diaspora".

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Classical Studies

CLAS 308. Gender in the Ancient World.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An exploration of gender roles in the Ancient Mediterranean world.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CLAS 370.

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Communication Studies

COMS 310. Media and Feminist Studies.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Introduction to feminist studies of the media. Impact of feminist and queer theory on media studies; current issues about gender in the media. Emphasis will be placed on critical analysis of media representations of gender in relation to other social differences, such as race, class and sexuality.
  • Prerequisite: One of the following: COMS 200, COMS 210, COMS 230, SDST 250, GSFS 200, PHIL 242 or permission of the instructor.

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COMS 340. New Media.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Critical analysis of new media from cultural, philosophical, technological and institutional perspectives.
  • Prerequisite: One of the following: COMS 200, COMS 210, or COMS 230 or permission of the instructor.

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COMS 411. Disability, Technology and Communication.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Explores communication, technology and culture from the perspective of disability. Topics may included identity, stigma, representation and art; design, access and accessibility; normalization and classification; contrasting models of disability; interfaces between bodies and technologies; the disabling dimensions of environments and technologies; disability policy and activism.
  • Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level course in Communication Studies (COMS 2xx for 3 credits) AND any 300-level course in Communication Studies (COMS 3xx for 3 credits), or by the permission of the instructor.
  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken COMS 492 in 201109 or 201209.

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COMS 491. Special Topics in Communications Studies.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Emergent themes and issues in cultural approaches to media and communication studies.
  • Prerequisites: One of the following 200-level courses: COMS 200, COMS 210, COMS 230 AND one of the following 300-level courses: COMS 300, COMS 310, COMS 320, COMS 330, COMS 340, COMS 350, COMS 354, COMS 361, COMS 362 or permission of the instructor.

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Winter 2026 | Instructor: Jennifer Burman

COMS 492. Power, Difference and Justice.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Media systems and their role in social relations of power and difference that are maintained and challenged through communication practices.
  • Prerequisites: One of the following 200-level courses: COMS 200, COMS 210, COMS 230 AND one of the following 300-level courses: COMS 300, COMS 310, COMS 320, COMS 330, COMS 340, COMS 350, COMS 354, COMS 361, COMS 362 or permission of the instructor.

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East Asian Studies

EAST 350. Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Literature.

Credits: 3
Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Gender and sexuality in modern and/or premodern Chinese literature with emphasis on representation of gender relations, notions of masculinity and femininity, morality and sexuality. Readings from fiction, drama, poetry, and/or other genres are approached from a variety of critical perspectives.
  • Prerequisite: EAST 211 or permission of instructor.
  • Note: Readings in English translation.

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Winter 2026 | Instructor: Guojan Wang & Gal Gvili

EAST 388. Asian Migrations and Diasporas.

Credits: 3
Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of Asian migrations and diasporas. Topics include colonialism and diaspora, transnationalism, globalization, citizenship, migration and the state, gender and migration, human trafficking, and forced migration.

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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Maria Cecilia Hwang

EAST 478. Topics: Korean Film and Media.

Credits: 3
Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Advanced seminar in the study of Korean film and media. Taught in English.
  • Prerequisite(s): EAST 213 or permission of instructor.

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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Kimberly Chung

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 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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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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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Ada L Sinacore

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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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Jessica Ruglis


English

ENGL 230. Introduction to Theatre Studies.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to dramatic literature, text analysis, textual and performance theory, and theatre history.
  • 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

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ENGL 275. Introduction to Cultural Studies.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A survey of cultural studies, its history and subject matter, presenting key interpretive and analytic concepts, the aesthetic and political issues involved in the construction of sign systems, definitions of culture and cultural values conceptualized both as a way of life and as a set of actual practices and products.
  • 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
  • Required of all U1 Cultural Studies students

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ENGL 279. Introduction to Film History.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to key historical moments, cinematic movements, formal styles, as well as historiographical and theoretical debates in the history of world cinema.
  • 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 319. Theory of English Studies 3.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Cultural theory now.
  • 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.
  • Winter
  • Restriction: Limited to students in English Major and Honours Programs

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ENGL 320. Postcolonial Literature.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of postcolonial literature.
  • 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.
  • Winter

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ENGL 353. Literature and Gender

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of issues relating to literature and gender. The role of gender in literary works has been examined by anumerous waves of feminist scholarship as well as newer forms of queer and trans theory. Focus is on specific works and exposes levels of meaning through application of a variety of gender-related analytical frameworks. Introduction to theoretical commentaries.
  • This is a slot course. Topic will vary from year to year or vary by semester as appropriate.

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ENGL 418. A Major Modernist Writer.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Intensive study of a writer important for Modernism, such as James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein.
  • 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

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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Allan Hepburn

ENGL 444. Studies in Women Authors.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Study of a particular topic related to literary, dramatic, or cultural productions by female-identified authors.
  • Fall
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date topics of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Topics vary year to year.

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Winter 2026 | Instructor: Carmen Faye Mathes

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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Winter 2026 | Instructor: Alanna Thain


Geography

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German Studies

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Hispanic Studies

HISP 358. Gender and Textualities.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Historical development and literary tendencies regarding gender and sexuality in Hispanic literature, film, and culture.
  • Fall
  • Prerequisite: Successful completion of any Survey of Literature (HISP 241, HISP 242, HISP 243, HISP 244) or permission of the instructor.
  • Note: Course taught in Spanish.

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Winter 2026 | Instructor: Cristina Carnemolla


History and Classical Studies

HIST 354. Women in Europe 1700-2000.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An overview of the history of women in modern continental Europe, focusing on women's changing roles in the family and society at large, in the context of work, family life, education, and culture, and the changing notions of citizenship, femininity, and masculinity.
  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken HIST 355D1/D2
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 214, HIST 215 or HIST 226 recommended.

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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Judith Szapor

HIST 420. Gender and Sexuality in Modern China.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The history of gender and sexuality in modern China. Topics include Chinese femininities and Chinese masculinities, theories of sexuality, and changing conceptions of gender identity under Confucianism, Western Imperialism, and socialism.
  • Prerequisite: A 300-level course in the History of China or Gender/Sexuality or permission of instructor.

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Winter 2026 | Instructor: Jeremy Tai

HIST 429. Topics: Gender/Feminist Histories.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An intensive study of selected aspects related to the history of gender, feminism, and sexuality.
  • Topic for 2004-05: Families and the welfare state
  • Prerequisite(s): A 200-level course in History or permission of instructor.

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HIST 433. British Queer History.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An investigation of the changing historical construction of "deviant" and "normal" sexualities in Britain since 1700, and how queer women and men discovered ways of surviving and perhaps even flourishing in the face of persecution and hostility from the state, the churches and the medical profession.
  • Prerequisites: HIST 215 or a course in British History or permission of instructor.
  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken HIST 426 in 200209.

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Winter 2026 | Instructor: Brian Lewis


Health Science Electives (Nursing)

HSEL 308. Issues in Women's Health.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing (Ingram School of Nursing)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Exploration of a wide range of topics on the health of women. Topics include use of health care system, poverty, roles, immigration, body image, lesbian health, and violence against women. Additional topics vary by year. A Health Science elective open to students in the Faculties of Arts, Science, and Medicine.
  • Fall
  • Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology or Sociology or permission of the instructor
  • Complementary course for the Women's Studies Concentration

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Indigenous Studies

INDG 200. Introduction to Indigenous Studies.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The focus is on Indigenous experience in Canada, but encourages comparative approaches. Introduction to the social, political, economic and cultural dimensions of Indigenous life in Canada.

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Jewish Studies

JWST 382. Jews, Judaism and Social Justice.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of North American Jewish activists, thinkers and organizations whose social justice work is deeply rooted in Jewish text and in the lessons of Jewish historical experience.

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Winter 2026 | Instructor: Eric Caplan


Islamic Studies (Institute of Islamic Studies)

ISLA 210. Muslim Societies.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to the different, often disparate, ways in which Muslims live and think in the modern world (19th-21st centuries). Muslim social contexts across the globe and cyberspace.
  • Winter

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Winter 2026 | Instructor: Setrag Manoukian

ISLA 300. Special Topics 7.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Subject matter will vary year to year, according to the instructor. Topic will be made available in Minerva.
  • Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

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Winter 2026 | Instructor: Sara Ahmed Abdel-Latif

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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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Michelle Laura Hartman


Italian Studies

ITAL 363. Gender, Literature and Society.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Questions of gender identity and literary representation as they emerge from women's texts or from comparisons of women's and men's texts, in relation to specific social and historical conditions. May focus on any time period in Italian history, from medieval to contemporary.
  • Topic for 2004-05: Reconstructions of Gender Roles in Post-War Italian Literature and Film. This course examines the way in which Italian identity was shaped in the decades following the end of WWII and the establishment of the Italian Republic. We will study 4 novels and 4 films that will help us reflect on how traditional views of the family and sexuality gradually evolved in response to the political and economic development of the 50's and 60's which revolutionized Italian culture and society.
  • Winter
  • Given in English
  • Course for the Women's Studies Concentrations

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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Cristina Carnemolla


Music Research

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Music History and Literature

MUHL 314. Women in Music: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Music Research (Schulich School of Music)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A cross-cultural exploration of women's musical achievements in various historical periods. Develops understanding of both music and the social, political, and cultural forces shaping it. Music includes: sacred, love songs, opera, contemporary instrumental composition, and improvised genres with study organized around topics like authorship, genius/virtuosity, voice, body, power and technology.
  • 3 hours
  • Prerequisites: MUHL 286
  • Corequisites: MUTH 250 or MUCO 241, AND MUSP 241 or MUJZ 214

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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Althea Wair SullyCole


Philosophy

PHIL 242. Introduction to Feminist Theory.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to feminist theory as political theory. Emphasis is placed on the plurality of analyses and proposals that constitute contemporary feminist thought. Some of the following are considered: liberal feminism, marxist and socialist feminism, radical feminism, postmodern feminism, francophone feminism, and the contributions to feminist theory by women of colour and lesbians.
  • Note: Since this course is being taught abroad, the Victoria Day statutory holiday will not be taken into consideration. Therefore, students are expected to attend their lecture on Monday, May 19, 2014.

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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Marguerite Deslauriers

PHIL 327. Philosophy of Race.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to issues in the philosophy of race, for example: the metaphysical status of race; the biology of racial categories; the social construction of race; the relationship between race and racism; the phenomenology of racialized subjectivity; or, intersections of race, gender, and other identity categories.

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PHIL 427. Topics in Critical Philosophy of Race.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An advanced discussion of topics in the critical philosophy of race.
  • PHIL 327 or permission of the instructor.
  • Topics vary from year to year.

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Winter 2026 | Instructor: Eric Lewis

PHIL 442. Topics in Feminist Theory.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Advanced discussion of topical and central themes in feminist theory.
  • Prerequisite: PHIL 242 and one intermediate course in philosophy

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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Alia Al-Saji


Political Science

POLI 448. Gender and International Relations.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The course will help students deepen their understanding of international relations by introducing them to gender analysis of global politics and feminist approaches to international relations. Part one examines gender-sensitive and feminist theories in international relations research. The second part then applies these approaches to a range of substantive issues including security, violence, peacebuilding, international law and political economy.
  • Note: The field is International Politics.
  • Prerequisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.

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Winter 2026 | Instructor: Megan Bradley


Psychology

PSYC 411. Discrimination & Wellbeing in Marginalized Communities.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Examination of research on the associations between discrimination and health, with emphases on how (1) various types of discrimination (e.g., interpersonal, microaggression, online, institutional) impact health and wellbeing and (2) various factors – rooted in individual’s cultural values and beliefs – help provide resilience against the effects of discrimination.
  • Corequisites: PSYC 337
  • Restrictions: Open to U2 students or above

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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Noah Keita Christophe


Religious Studies

RELG 271. Religion and Sexuality.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Exploration of intersections between religion, gender and sexuality in diverse cultural, historical and contemporary contexts.
  • Winter

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Winter 2026 | Instructor: Aalekhya Malladi

RELG 372. Hindu Goddesses.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The mythology, theology, soteriology, history, ritual, and texts of the goddess-centred (Sakta) branches of Hinduism.
  • Summer - Section 001 (04-JUN-2009/07-JUL-2009)

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Fall 2025 | Instructor: Aalekhya Malladi


Russian Studies

RUSS 398. Soviet Women Filmmakers.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Dedicated to the study of under-represented female directors in Soviet cinema, particularly the films of Kira Muratova and Larisa Shepitko. The work of these two directors is nothing short of stunning; in many ways, it surpasses that of their most well-known contemporary - Andrei Tarkovsky. Explores the ways in which these films represent gender, sexuality, and women's issues in the Soviet Union.
  • Prerequisite: One of the following RUSS 213, ENGL 277, FILM 279 or equivalent
  • Readings in English, films with English subtitles.

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Winter 2026 | Instructor: Daniel Webster Pratt


Sociology

SOCI 270. Sociology of Gender.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

This course focuses on social changes in gender relations, gender inequalities and the social construction of gender. Using sociological theories of gender, different social institutions and spheres of society will be analyzed. Topics such as gender socialization, gender relations in work, family, education, and media will be covered.

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SOCI 321. Gender and Work.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Focus on men's and women's work in North American societies, historically and contemporarily, in order to understand the dynamisms of gender (in)equality in and outside of the home. Topics explored include: housework; the relationship(s) between gender, organizations and bureaucracy; emotional labour; occupational segregation and stratification; sexual harassment; and work-family policy.
  • Course for the Women's Studies Concentrations
  • Course for the Women's Studies Concentrations

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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 GSFS program for the 2025-2026 calendar year. Where relevant, the topic is specified. Please contact at our Administrative and Student Affairs Coordinator, si.yu.li [at] mcgill.ca (Si Yu Li), for more information.

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