Master of Arts Program
Elective Courses
MA students must also complete twelve units of electives (usually four one-semester courses). Many courses are pre-approved for credit towards the MA, and some of these have seats reserved for GSJ students.
All graduate courses have restricted enrolment, which means that you need permission from the home department to register. For preferred electives, the home department will grant permission automatically as long as there are still seats available. For other electives, the home department might have additional conditions on whether you can enrol.
You probably want to try to balance your courses so that you have three in Fall semester and three in Winter semester.
Preferred Electives
The following courses have seats designated for GSJ students. Email the contact listed in the electives document linked on the program webpage to request to enrol. As long as there are seats available, the home department will grant permission to enrol.
Course Code |
Title |
| Gender Studies 708 | Creating and Embodying Theory |
| Gender Studies 721 | Social Justice Perspectives on Gender & Health |
| Gender Studies 722 | Stories, bodies, archives: un/Learning in Movements |
| Gender Studies 723 | Islam, Feminisms and Global Media |
| Gender Studies 725 | Social Justice Frameworks of Prison Abolition |
| Gender Studies 728 | Critical Hope in Times of Protracted Crises |
| English 780 | Engendering the (Queer, Trans, Non-Binary) Transnational Early Modern Stage: Then and Now |
Other Approved Electives
The following courses offered by other departments and programs have been pre-approved to count for credit towards the M.A. That said, these courses may or may not have space for GSJ students, and the instructor may require additional competencies so that they know you can succeed in the course. To request to enrol in one of these courses, contact the administrator listed in the the electives document linked on the program webpage, who can seek the permission for you.
Sample Email
Hello, I’m a student in the MA program in Gender & Social Justice. My student number is #####. I’m interested in taking COURSE CODE in your department in FALL/WINTER semester. Are there seats available? If so, may I have permission to register in Mosaic?
Course Code |
Title |
| ANTHROP 706 | Bodies, Politics, Data |
| ANTHROP 722 | Ethnographic Theory |
| CMST&MM 720 | Data Cultures |
| CMST&MM 721 | Alternative Media Forms in Africa |
| CMST&MM 722 | Beyoncé Studies: Creativity, Celebrity, and Activism |
| CMST&MM 726 | Media, Sustainability, and Climate Justice |
| ENGLISH 708 | Selfie/Culture |
| ENGLISH 717 | Global Sex |
| ENGLISH 781 | Public Mourning in Canada: What Makes a Life Grievable? |
| HISTORY 770 | Sex, Gender, and Health in the Colonial World |
| HISTORY 776 | History of Sexualities in the Western World, 1750 to the present |
| PHILOS 764 | Social & Political Philosophy |
| SOCSCI 708 | Critical Approaches to Community Based Research |
| SOC WORK 721 | Changing Communities: Tensions and Possibility for Citizenship and Social Justice |
| SOCIOL 758 | Sociology of Race and Ethnicity |
| SOCIOL 759 | Sociology of Gender and Sexuality |
| WILSON 700 | Studies in Leadership and Civic Engagement |
Other Electives
If you find a course not on the pre-approved list that you think is relevant to your studies, contact the Director to ask if the course can count as an elective. Electives should be relevant to the fields of Gender and Social Justice.
Other programs occasionally offer elective courses in the Spring/Summer term but these are rare!
