Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Learn about the world and our place in it through a deeper understanding of sexuality, femininity, embodiment and social justice.

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Degree

Bachelor

Length

4 years

Faculty/School

Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Why study Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at UBC Okanagan?

This dynamic program allows students to develop integrative and finely-tuned perspectives on how gender and sexuality are central components of everyday life.

Subjects of exploration include experiences of embodiment and social recognition; histories of modernity and domination; global, social, and economic processes; cultural production and systems of representation; and social justice movements.

Gender, women and sexuality studies draws from across the humanities, social sciences, and cultural studies.

Degree Options

At UBC Okanagan, you can complete a Bachelor of Arts (BA) with a major or minor in gender, women and sexuality studies.

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Sample Courses

These are examples of courses you can enrol in during your studies. To plan your academic journey, please visit undergraduate academic planning.

GWST 100 - Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Power I: An Introduction
GWST 110 - Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Power II: Everyday Life

GWST 215 - Gender and Popular Culture
GWST 216 - Critical Foundations: Feminism and Difference
GWST 223 - Critical Sexuality Studies
ANTH 205 - Gender, Sexuality, and the Body
SOCI 217 - Introduction to Sociology of Gender

GWST 323 - Feminist Epistemologies: Gender, Science, and Knowledge
GWST 334 - Feminist Research Methodologies
GWST 335 - Feminist Theory in the Humanities
PHIL 373 - Feminist Philosophy

GWST 419 - Gender, Dress, and Fashion: Histories and Theories
GWST 423 - Trans-(Gender) Feminisms
GWST 425 - Feminist Geographies of (Un)Belonging
GWST 429 - Sexuality and Space
GWST 430 - Femininities

Plan your academic journey by exploring the undergraduate academic planning guide designed for Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences students.

Explore customized Program Plans designed to support your journey to graduation and beyond.

Careers and Outcomes

UBC degrees are respected by employers around the globe. Program graduates will have the skills to pursue a career in a variety of fields like,

  • Advocate
  • Arts administrator
  • Campaign organizer
  • Civil servant
  • Communications officer
  • Community service worker
  • Constituency assistant
  • Consumer researcher
  • Editor
  • Equity policy analyst
  • Equity educator
  • Event coordinator
  • Filmmaker
  • First Nations Band project coordinator
  • Fundraiser/development officer
  • Gender development specialist
  • Gender & women’s health researcher
  • Gender & women’s services coordinator
  • Government relations advisor
  • Grant writer
  • Hotline operator
  • Housing or poverty analyst
  • Human resources professional
  • Impact assessment officer
  • Investigative journalist
  • Job coach/retention worker
  • LBGTQ centre worker
  • Law enforcement
  • Legislative assistant
  • Lobbyist/organizer
  • Multiculturalism educator
  • Non-profit worker
  • Policy analyst
  • Project manager
  • Public administrator
  • Public outreach coordinator
  • Public relations advisor
  • Publishing assistant
  • Reproductive health support worker
  • Settlement worker
  • Strategic planner
  • Women’s shelter worker

Admission, Fees, Applying

You could soon be studying at one of the world’s top universities. Be sure to review the content below to prepare for attending UBC Okanagan.

Experiential Learning

Expand your horizons while studying abroad, conducting meaningful research, or working in the community with your UBC colleagues.

Learn more about Co-op, Go Global and Undergraduate Research Awards opportunities at Experiential Education.

Complete directed studies, where you will conduct independent research and readings, culminating in a major term paper.

The UBC Okanagan Arts Career Apprenticeship Program (UBCO ACAP) connects upcoming arts, humanities and social sciences graduates from the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies with Okanagan-based employers for one-year, paid, early career opportunities.

Global and Close-Knit

At UBC Okanagan, you gain all the benefits of attending a globally ranked, top 5% university while studying in a close-knit learning community. 50% of graduates, from all across the globe, choose to stay in the region.

Discover the Okanagan

A diverse natural region with sandy beaches, beautiful farms, vineyards, orchards and snow-capped mountains, the Okanagan is an inspirational landscape perfect for those seeking leisure or outdoor adventure.

UBC's Okanagan campus borders the dynamic city of Kelowna, a hub of economic development with a population of more than 150,000 people— the fourth fastest-growing population in Canada.