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The Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and the Department of History have complementary interests in gender, sexuality, and women's issues. This joint major is for those who share these interests. Students are encouraged to plan their program in consultation with advisors in both departments.
Program Requirements
Students complete 120 units, as specified below.
Lower Division History Requirements
Students complete 18 units in 100 and 200 division history courses.
Students must complete at least six lower division history units before enrolling in 300 division work and nine lower division history units before enrolling in 400 division work.
Lower Division Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Requirements
Students complete 18 lower division GSWS units including two of
GSWS 100 - Sex Talk: Introduction to Contemporary Issues in Sexuality Studies (3)
GSWS 101 - Gender Talk (3)
GSWS 102 - Feminist Action (3)
Upper Division History Requirements
Students complete 24 units of 300 and 400 level history courses, of which 12 must be in 400 level. Students must complete at least one course from each group shown below. Global/Comparative courses that are also included in another group may only be counted towards fulfilling the upper division course requirements for one group.
Group 1 - Africa, Asia, Middle East
Group 2 - The Americas
Group 3 - Europe
Group 4 - Global/Comparative
Students in history joint major programs have the option of taking concentrations to enhance their programs.
Concentration in British History and Irish History
Concentration in Early Modern World History
Concentration in Middle Eastern and Islamic History
Upper Division Gender, Sexuality, and Women鈥檚 Studies Requirements
Students complete 20 upper division GSWS units. Courses which have high GSWS content may be considered for credit towards this plan. With the approval of the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, students may use as substitution credit one upper division course offered by another department.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
January 2025
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby Campus,
8888 University Drive West,
BURNABY,
British Columbia (BC),
V5A 1S6, Canada
If you've completed, or are about to complete, your grade 12 or senior year in a Canadian, American, or international high school.
English Language minimum requirement:
International English Language Testing System (IELTS - Academic): Overall 6.5 with no part less than 6.0
Cambridge English Qualifications: Overall score 176 with no part less than 169
B2 First
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Test of English as a Foreign Language internet based test (TOEFL iBT): Overall score 88 with no part less than 20
Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL): Overall score of 70, with no part less than 60
Pearson Test of English (PTE): Overall score of 65, and a minimum score of 60 in the Communicative Skills, including: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing
Duolingo English Test (DET): Overall score of 125
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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