Academic Calendar - 2026

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Honours Specialization HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN GLOBAL GENDER STUDIES
Faculty of Social Science - Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Inter-Faculty Program



Note: the Honours Specialization in Global Gender Studies is jointly offered by the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the Faculty of Social Science) and the Centre for Global Social Innovation at Huron University College. 

Admission Requirements

Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses:

1.0 course from GSWS 1020E, GSWS 1021F/G, GSWS 1022F/G, GSWS 1023F/G, GSWS 1024F/G, GSWS 1030F/G;
plus
2.0 additional courses, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%. Anthropology, Centre for Global Social Innovation, English, Geography and Environment, History, Indigenous Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Social Justice and Peace Studies, and Sociology are recommended as first year courses

Note: Students beginning this module after first year may substitute GSWS 2240F/G in place of GSWS 1020E and take it concurrently with their second-year courses. Students should note the Diversality Requirement for graduation in this module when selecting first year courses.

Module/Program Information

Module
9.0 courses:

1.5 courses: GSWS 2220E; GSWS 3320F/G.
1.0 course from: GSI 2002F/G, GSI 2003F/G, GSI 2004F/G.
0.5 course from: GSI 3001F/G, GSI 3005F/G.
1.5 courses from: GSWS 2205F/G, GSWS 2212F/G, GSWS 2244, GSWS 2260, GSWS 2263F/G, GSWS 2270A/B, GSWS 3305F/G, GSWS 3312F/G, GSWS 3324F/G, GSWS 3350F/G;

with special permission: GSWS 2251F/G, GSWS 2252F/G, GSWS 2254E, GSWS 2259F/G, GSWS 2263F/G, GSWS 2264F/G, GSWS 2265F/G, GSWS 3325F/G, GSWS 3326F/G, GSWS 3330F/G, GSWS 3331F/G, GSWS 3345F/G, GSWS 3355E, GSWS 3356F/G, GSWS 3357F/G, GSWS 3358F/G, GSWS 3359F/G, GSWS 3363F/G, GSWS 3373F/G.

1.0 course: GSI 3515F/G, GSI 3519F/G.
0.5 course from: GSI 3514F/G, GSI 3529F/G, GSI 4014F/G; with special permission: GSI 3990–3999.
1.0 course from: GSWS 2200 and above.
1.0 course from: GSI 3000 and above.
1.0 course from: 0.5 course from GSWS 4000-level (permission required for course selection); and 0.5 course from GSI 4000-level (permission required for course selection) or from: GSWS 4455E (pending availability of supervisor), GSI 4500E (pending availability of supervisor).


Diversality Requirement

Students must include within or with their undergraduate program identifiable forms of academic study and/or experiences that enhance their abilities to appreciate, affirm, and gain practice in acknowledging the richly diverse ways in which persons and communities in the world know and orient themselves to one another and the cycles of life that sustain their communities.

The Diversality Requirement may be fulfilled by students in any one or combination of the following manners (not exceeding 2.0 courses, when combining course–based options), as approved by the Centre for Global Social Innovation:

  • demonstration of working knowledge in a language other than English, either through: verifiable existing knowledge; significant studies in a language other than English prior to or external to their undergraduate program; or completing up to 2.0 university courses in one or two languages other than English;
  • up to 2.0 of GSI 3200-level courses or community-based learning courses offered by other academic units in which students engage with diversity in knowing and community experiences, as approved by the Centre for Global Social Innovation;
  • substantial non-academic community-based experiences (such as placements with community groups or internships), either prior to or during their undergraduate studies, in which students engage with diversity in knowing and community experiences, as approved by the Centre for Global Social Innovation.

Where a student is fulfilling their Diversality Requirements with language courses, GSI 3200-level courses, or other community–based university courses, these courses may be either those already serving as credit within the course requirements of the student's degree module or taken outside of the requirements for their module.