Degree Requirements

See the current UPEI timetable for a list of courses offered this academic year. 

At UPEI, students can currently complete a Major or a Minor in Women's Studies. A Major consists of 42 credit hours, while a Minor requires 21.

Requirements for a Major in Women's Studies

Students pursuing a Major in Women’s Studies must complete 42 credit hours (14 courses) in the Women’s Studies Program. These credit hours must be composed of the 3 required core courses in Women’s Studies (101 or 102, 302, 403), and 11 additional courses from the list of Women’s Studies courses, with at least four courses (12 semesters hours) at the 300- or 400-level. Up to 4 courses may potentially be substituted for those on the list, only upon consultation with the Coordinator of Women’s Studies.

1) Required Courses

  • WS 101 Gender, Equality, Difference or
  • WS 102 Gender in Transnational Perspective
  • WS 302 Constructing Difference and Identity
  • WS 403 Theorizing Feminisms

2) Women's Studies and cross listed courses

  • WS 205 - Sex and Culture
  • WS 206 - Bad Girls and Transgressive Women
  • WS 211 - Selected Topics in Women’s Studies
  • WS 221 - Writings by Women (English 221)
  • WS 242 - Philosophies of Love and Sexuality (Philosophy 242)
  • WS 243 - Introduction to Feminist Ethics (Philosophy 243)
  • WS 261 - Sex, Gender and Society (Sociology/Anthropology 261)
  • WS 263 – Global Youth Cultures (Sociology/Anthropology 263)
  • WS 309 - Special Topics
  • WS 311 - Identity and Popular Culture
  • WS 343 - Topics in Feminist Philosophy (Philosophy 343)
  • WS 351 - Housing and Society (Family Science 352)
  • WS 352 - Kinship and Family (Anthropology 352)
  • WS 374 - Qualitative Research Methods (Psychology 374)
  • WS 381 - Women, Economics and the Economy (Economics 381)
  • WS 385 - Women in 19th Century Canada (History 385)
  • WS 386 - Women in 20th Century Canada (History 386)
  • WS 391 - Psychology of Women (Psychology 391)
  • WS 392 - Men’s Experiences (Psychology 392)
  • WS 401 – Medical Anthropology (Anthropology 401)
  • WS 402 – Cybercultures (Anthropology 403)
  • WS 405 - The Legacy of the Spanish Mystic (Spanish 405)
  • WS 409 - Special Topics
  • WS 412 - Theories of the Body
  • WS 435 - Gender and Sexuality (Psychology 435)
  • WS 436 - Media, Sex and Power (Psychology 436)
  • WS 451 - Women and Aging (Family Science 451)
  • WS 453 - Gender in European History (History 453)
  • WS 456 - Visual Culture (Sociology/Anthropology 456)
  • WS 466 - Advanced Topics in Gender and Sexuality (English 466)
  • WS 473 - 18th Century English Society and Culture (History 473)
  • WS 491 - Directed Studies

Requirements for a Minor in Women's Studies

A minor in Women's Studies will be recognized when a student has successfully completed twenty-one semester hours of courses in Women's Studies, including 101 or 102, 302, and either 302 or 403.  At least six-semester hours must be at the 300- or 400-level.