WOMEN'S STUDIES
Mailing Address: c/o Faculty of Arts,
University of New Brunswick,
P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, N. B.,
Canada, E3B 5A3
Phone:
(506)-458-7445
Email:
wjr@unb.ca
Website:
http://www.unbf.ca/arts/ws/index.htm
FACULTY
Co-ordinator: Dr. Wendy J. Robbins (English)
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Anne Brown, PhD, French
Christa Canitz, PhD, English
Wendy Churchill, PhD, History
Gail Campbell, PhD, History
Lynda Eyre, PhD, Education
Anna Hamling, PhD, Culture and Language Studies
Deborah Harrison, PhD, Sociology
Jennie Hornosty, PhD, Sociology
Linda Kealey, PhD, History
Randall Martin, PhD, English
Koumari Mitra, PhD, Anthropology
James Murray, PhD, Classics
Nancy Nason-Clark, PhD, Sociology
Carmen Poulin, PhD, Psychology
Mary Rimmer, PhD, English
Wendy J. Robbins, PhD, English
Charlene Shannon, PhD, Kinesiology
Edith Snook, PhD, English
Melanie Wiber, PhD, Anthropology
Thom Workman, PhD, Political Science
Joanne Wright, PhD, Political Science
General Information
The Interdisciplinary Women's Studies Program, established in 1986, offers students the opportunity
to study the experiences and achievements of women, with a view to gaining a more complete and
balanced understanding of women's and men's lives, both historically and in contemporary society.
Eligibility
Admission to the Women's Studies Program is open to students in any faculty who have successfully
completed 60 ch towards a degree. With the permission of the Co-ordinator of Women's Studies,
students may count for credit courses taken before they entered the program.
Students have the option of taking a Minor, Double Major or Joint Honours degree in Women's
Studies.
Programs of Study
Minor
A Minor consists of 24 ch of course work, selected in consultation with the Coordinator of Women's
Studies. These include WS 2003 :Introduction to Women’s Studies, WS 4004 :Seminar in Women’s
Studies, and an additional 15 ch at the upper level. At least 12 ch will be chosen from the list of core
courses. The remaining 6 ch will be chosen from the list of core courses or a list of designated
supplementary courses.
Double Major
A Double Major consists of 30 ch of course work, selected in consultation with the Coordinator of
Women's Studies. These include WS 2003 : Introduction to Women’s Studies, WS 4004 : Seminar in
Women’s Studies and an additional 21 ch at the upper level. At least 18 ch will be chosen from the list
of core courses. The remaining 6 ch will be chosen from the list of core courses or a list of designated
supplementary courses.
Joint Honours
Joint Honours consists of 36 ch of course work, selected in consultation with the Coordinator of
Women's Studies. These include WS 2003 : Introduction to Women’s Studies, WS 4004 : Seminar in
Women’s Studies, and WS 4900 : Honours Thesis in Women’s Studies, and an additional 21 ch at the
upper level. At least 18 ch will be chosen from the list of core courses. The remaining 6 ch will be
chosen from the list of core courses or a list of designated supplementary courses.
Students enrolled in a Joint Honours program must maintain an overall G.P.A. of 2.5 and a G.P.A. of
3.0 in the courses taken to fulfill the Women's Studies degree requirements.
Core Courses
ANTH 3114 Anthropology of Gender
ANTH 3704 South Asia
ANTH 4502 Issues in Medical Anthropology
ANTH 4702 Gender and Health
ANTH 5051 Gender Relations
CLAS 3903 Women in Ancient Greece: Portrayals and Realities
ED 5181
Feminist Theory and Education
ED 6156
Women and Education
ENGL 3883 Women's Writing in English
HIST 1021 Women in History
HIST 3003 European Women 1450-1800
HIST 3255 Women's Voices in the Western World
HIST 3325 A History of Sexualities
HIST 3606 Women in Modern Asia
HIST 3737 History of Women Artists
HIST 4001 Heretic and Witches in Europe (1350-1650)
HIST 4003 Women in the Early Modern Atlantic World
HIST 4242 Victorian Britain
HIST 4313 History of Women in Canadian Society
HIST 4323 The Family in North America
PHIL 3202 Philosophical Foundations of Feminism
POLS 2503 Women and Politics
POLS 3441 Women Political Thinkers
POLS 3443 Feminist Issues in Political Thought
POLS 3613 Gender and International Relations
PSYC 3263 Psychology of Women
PSYC 3383 Women and Mental Health
PSYC 4223 Sex and Gender: Difference and Similarities
RSS 4242
Gender, Sport and Leisure
RUSS 4003 Russian Women Writers
SOCI 1543 Men and Women: Then and Now
SOCI 2303 Sociology of the Family
SOCI 2313 Sociology of Women (1)
SOCI 3335 Religion, Gender and Society
SOCI 3543 Sociology of Gender Relations
SOCI 3634 Violence Against Women
SOCI 4005 Feminist Theory
SOCI 4116 Feminist Social Research Methods
SOCI 4336 Families, Law & Social Policy
SOCI 4337 Legal Responses to Family Violence
SOCI 4345 Sociology of Women (2)
SOCI 4555 Gender and Organization
SPAN 3062 Love and Religion
WLCS 4062 Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Women Artists
WLCS 4063 20th Century Women Writers
Some departments offer honours seminars that may be pertinent. Please consult the relevant
department for more details. Please consult the Co-ordinator of Women's Studies for the most recent
lists of core and supplementary courses. Because Minors are subject to University-wide regulations,
courses on women offered in other Faculties, such as ED 5181 Feminist Theory and Education
and NURS 4274 Iconography of the Nurse, may be counted as core courses for the Women's Studies
Minor, although they may not be eligible for Arts Faculty credit. Arts students seeking credit for
Women's Studies courses outside their Faculty must ensure that they have Arts Faculty approval
before they register for such courses.