Barrie Campus - Course Offerings Fall10 and Winter11
WOMN1006 Introduction to Women’s Studies (3 Credits)
This course introduces students to the critical study of gender and how it has increased our understanding of women, men, and their changing roles. Recognizing the diversity of women’s experiences, the course examines the historical and contemporary contexts of social injustices facing women in Canada and globally. Students may not retain credit for both WOMN1005 and WOMN1006 and WOMN1007.
WOMN1007 Introduction to Women’s Studies (3 Credits)
The course will focus on feminist perspectives applied to critiques of gender, race, class, sexuality, disability and poverty. Emphasis will be placed on women’s experiences of work, family, violence, sexuality, religion, aging, health and education. Students may not retain credit for both WOMN1005 and WOMN1006 WOMN1007.
WOMN2036 Gender, Work & Families (3 Credits)
The focus of this course is on understanding “women’s work” and “men’s work” as gendered practices. Economies of paid and unpaid work at various scales of production and reproduction including the family and the nation state are examined. Students may not retain credit for both WOMN2036 and WOMN3035 or WOMN2035.
WOMN2046 Gender, Race & Racism (3 Credits)
This course examines a number of different forms of violence against women and its emergence as a social problem. Students will become familiar with different theoretical approaches that shape the way men's violence against women is understood, studied and debated, including suggested causes and solutions. Students may not retain credit for both WOMN2406 and WOMN3405 or WOMN2405.
WOMN2357 Women & Aging (3 Credits)
In this course, students will be encouraged to approach issues of women and aging from an inclusive and critical perspective. Topics to be covered include: older women and the myths of aging; women’s experiences of aging; health and disability; body image and sexuality; the gendered economics of aging; loss and grief; elder abuse; and empowerment.