Women's and Gender Studies

The Women's and Gender Studies program at Athabasca is designed to develop or expand your knowledge of the established field of women's studies and the emerging field of gender studies. You will have the opportunity to engage with a range of feminist theories, concepts, history, methodologies, research, and activism and discover how they inform the diverse lives and experiences of women across cultures.As a result of completing this program, students should be able to: demonstrate a broad understanding of the diversity of women's experience; exhibit familiarity with the breadth of feminist research methods and approaches and how and why these methods have changed over time; show familiarity with integrating women's studies methods and approaches with other disciplines and also show familiarity with the influences of other disciplines on women's studies; demonstrate familiarity with basic concepts, terminology, controversies and theories in women's studies.

Field of study: Women's Studies

Course based: yes