Academic Calendar - 2025

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2025
Western Main Campus

Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies 2231F/G

BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT: PRINCIPLES, DEBATES, SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION


Focusing on ‘theory as liberatory practice,’ Black feminist thought has re-shaped knowledge production across numerous academic disciplines, intellectual traditions, and social justice movements. With an emphasis on intersectionality and visionary pragmatism, this course introduces students to the foundational principles, debates, and concepts in Black feminist thought in the African diaspora.

Pre-or Corequisite(s): GSWS 1030F/G and 0.50 course from GSWS 1021F/G, GSWS 1022F/G, GSWS 1023F/G, GSWS 1024F/G, or 0.50 of any first-year essay course in Arts and Humanities, Social Science, or Media, Information, and Technoculture.

Extra Information: 3 hours.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY B i   CATEGORY A i  
Subject Code: GSWS

This Course is Mentioned in the Following Calendar Pages:

Huron Honours Specialization  Huron University College | Centre for Global Studies - Faculty of Arts and Social Science | HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN GLOBAL RIGHTS STUDIES
Huron Specialization  Huron University College | Centre for Global Studies - Faculty of Arts and Social Science | SPECIALIZATION IN GLOBAL RIGHTS STUDIES
Western Main Campus Major  Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Inter-Faculty Program | MAJOR IN BLACK STUDIES
Western Main Campus Major  Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Inter-Faculty Program | MAJOR IN SEXUALITY STUDIES
Western Main Campus Minor  Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Inter-Faculty Program | MINOR IN BLACK STUDIES
Western Main Campus Minor  Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Inter-Faculty Program | MINOR IN FEMINIST, QUEER, AND CRITICAL RACE THEORY
Western Main Campus Minor  Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Inter-Faculty Program | MINOR IN SEXUALITY STUDIES
Western Main Campus Major  Faculty of Social Science | Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Inter-Faculty Program | MAJOR IN BLACK STUDIES
Western Main Campus Major  Faculty of Social Science | Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Inter-Faculty Program | MAJOR IN SEXUALITY STUDIES
Western Main Campus Minor  Faculty of Social Science | Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Inter-Faculty Program | MINOR IN BLACK STUDIES
Western Main Campus Minor  Faculty of Social Science | Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Inter-Faculty Program | MINOR IN FEMINIST, QUEER, AND CRITICAL RACE THEORY
Western Main Campus Minor  Faculty of Social Science | Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Inter-Faculty Program | MINOR IN SEXUALITY STUDIES