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Why study Gender and women's studies at Dalhousie?

Gender has operated as a fundamental category in the organization of knowledge, social systems, forms of representation, and modes of production and consumption. You'll investigate the ways that gender intersects with other variables such as race, class, and cultural difference. An alternative to the traditional curriculum, Gender and Women’s Studies provides you with the opportunity to examine history, social structures, the sciences, language, literature, and culture from critical and illuminating perspectives.

For students interested in a preparatory degree, gender and women’s studies programs provide preparation for professional schools and programs in the fields of education, social work, counselling, journalism, the health professions, and certain areas of law. They also provide suitable preparation for graduate programs in interdisciplinary studies, cultural studies, and educational studies, as well as in gender and women’s studies. Students interested in proceeding to graduate work should enter a four-year degree program.

Students may enter Dalhousie's Gender and Women’s Studies program in the first, second, or third year of study. In many cases, students in second or third years may already have acquired some Gender and Women’s Studies credits through taking classes in the traditional disciplines or in other interdisciplinary programs that are cross-listed with Gender and Women’s Studies core classes.

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) Double Major is a four-year, 120-credit hour program. Students can combine Gender & Women's Studies classes with classes either in a traditional discipline or with another interdisciplinary program such as International Development Studies, Canadian Studies, or Contemporary Studies.

Departmental Requirements:

• At least 60 and no more than 84 credits beyond the 1000-level in two allied subjects, one of which is Gender & Women's Studies, with no more than 48 and no fewer than 30 credit hours in either.
• At least 18 credit hours in each of the two subjects chosen shall be beyond the 2000-level.
• At least 3 different disciplines shall be represented in a student's selection of cross-listed Gender & Women's Studies classes.