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Women's and Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary program employing a critical women‑ centered and gender analysis of social, cultural, economic, and political issues.

Drawing on a substantial body of scholarship that challenges many of the assumptions and methods of traditional academic disciplines, Women's and Gender Studies cultivates new perspectives on topics such as work, health, sexuality, violence, family, race, class and ethnicity.

The curriculum of the Minor includes core courses in Women's and Gender Studies and elective courses in the following departments or programs: Anthropology, Canadian Studies, Classics, Drama, English, Fine Arts, Geography and Environment, History, International Relations, Modern Languages and Literatures, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies and Sociology.

The core courses provide a valuable introduction to the principles of Women's and Gender Studies as well as a more advanced study of the diverse theoretical and methodological approaches of feminism. The elective courses approach women's and gender issues from specific disciplinary perspectives.