Collaborative Programs
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Sexual Diversity Studies
Lead Faculty
Arts and Science
Participating Degree Programs
Anthropology—MA, MSc, PhD
Cinema Studies—MA
Classics—MA, PhD
Counselling and Clinical Psychology—MA, PhD
Counselling Psychology—MEd, EdD
Criminology—MA, PhD
Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development—MA,
MEd, PhD
Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies—MA, PhD
East Asian Studies—MA, PhD
Educational Leadership and Policy—MA, MEd, EdD,
PhD
English—MA, PhD
Exercise Sciences—MSc, PhD
French Language and Literature—MA, PhD
Geography—MA, PhD
Higher Education—MA, MEd, EdD, PhD
History—MA, PhD
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology—
MA, PhD
History of Art—MA, PhD
Information—MI
Information Studies—PhD
Italian Studies—MA, PhD
Law—LLM, MSL, SJD
Linguistics—MA, PhD
Medieval Studies—MA, PhD
Museum Studies—MMSt
Music—MA, PhD
Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations—MA, PhD
Philosophy—MA, PhD
Political Science—MA, PhD
Psychology—MA, PhD
Public Health Sciences—MPH, MSc, PhD
Public Policy—MPP
Religion—MA, PhD
Social Justice Education—MA, MEd, EdD, PhD
Social Work—MSW, PhD
Sociology—MA, PhD
Visual Studies—MVS
Women and Gender Studies—MA, PhD
Supporting Unit
Jewish Studies Collaborative Program
Overview
The Collaborative Program in Sexual Diversity Studies,
offered by the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual
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Diversity Studies, is a rigorously interdisciplinary program
recognizing sexual diversity studies as an interdisciplinary
field of inquiry. While it has emerged as an autonomous
scholarly area, many of those who work within it engage
questions of gender, ethnicity, race, Aboriginal status,
(dis)ability, and class, to highlight the importance of
exploring their interaction with sexual differences.
The graduate degree programs listed above participate in
the collaborative program. From their home departments,
students may take up questions from their own disciplinary
or programmatic perspective, but explore it through the
theoretical and methodological lens of sexuality studies.
Upon successful completion of the degree requirements of
the participating home department and the collaborative
program, students receive the notation “Completed
Collaborative Program in Sexual Diversity Studies” on
their transcript and parchment.
Contact and Address
Web: www.uc.utoronto.ca/sexualdiversity
Email: sexual.diversity@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-6276 for general inquiries
Fax: (416) 971-2027
Director
Sexual Diversity Studies Collaborative Program
Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies
University of Toronto
Room 251, University College
15 King's College Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H7
Canada
Programs
Master's Level
Admission Requirements
 Each graduate student in the program shall be enrolled
in a participating degree program in the graduate unit
where the research is conducted, which is known as the
home graduate unit. The student shall meet the
admission requirements of both the home graduate unit
and the collaborative program.
Program Requirements
 Students must meet all respective degree requirements
of the School of Graduate Studies and the participating
graduate unit, and meet the requirements of the
collaborative program as follows:
o 0.5 full-course equivalent (FCE) core course in Sexual
Diversity Studies (SDS 1000H)
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o 0.5 FCE in other courses with substantial treatment of
sexual diversity
o thesis or major research paper (if applicable) must be
on a sexual diversity studies topic
 Courses may be counted towards the 0.5 FCE beyond
the core course if a significant portion of the course
addresses questions related to sexuality, or if most of
the session work completed in association with it
explores such questions.
 All course selection for the additional 0.5 FCE must be
approved by the Collaborative Program Director.
Doctoral Level
Admission Requirements
 Each graduate student in the program shall be enrolled
in a participating degree program in the graduate unit
where the research is conducted, which is known as the
home graduate unit. The student shall meet the
admission requirements of both the home graduate unit
and the collaborative program.
Program Requirements
 Students must meet all respective degree requirements
of the School of Graduate Studies and the participating
graduate unit; and meet the requirements of the
collaborative program as follows:
o 0.5 FCE core course in Sexual Diversity Studies (SDS
1000H)
o 0.5 FCE in other courses with substantial treatment of
sexual diversity
o thesis or major research paper (if applicable) must be
on a sexual diversity studies topic.
 Doctoral students in the program who have completed
the collaborative program at the master's level will not be
required to repeat SDS 1000H. All course selection for
the additional 0.5 FCE must be approved by the
Collaborative Program Director.
 The doctoral thesis committee should include at least
one faculty member associated with SDS. In most
cases, the supervisor would be associated with SDS,
though in some cases, the student's particular analytical
perspective will suggest another faculty member in her
or his discipline.
 The student's course of study and overall progress will
be reviewed annually by the Collaborative Program
Director, though ultimate responsibility for the student's
progress will remain with the Graduate Chair of the
home program.
SDS 1999H
Special Topics in Sexual Diversity
Studies
Program Executive Committee
The full Graduate Committee includes one representative
of each partner program. That committee has approved
the creation of a Graduate Program Executive Committee,
composed as follows:
Criminology and Sociolegal Studies
Valverde, Mariana - BA, MA, PhD, FRSC
Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies
Johnson, Stephen - BA, MA, PhD
English
Ruti, Marjut - BA, MA, PhD
Law
Cossman, Brenda - LLB, LLM (Director)
Social Justice Education
Walcott, Rinaldo - BA, MA, PhD
Women and Gender Studies
Georgis, Dina - PhD
Two graduate students (committee members for other
than admission decisions)
Course List
SDS 1000H
Theoretical and Methodological Issues in
Sexual Diversity Studies
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