Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Bachelor
4 years
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.
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
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, Undergraduate Research Awards and other 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.
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