Hons in Global Gender Studies

The Honours Specialization in Global Gender Studies is offered jointly by the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, spanning Western University's Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Faculty of Social Science, in partnership with the Centre for Global Social Innovation at Huron University College. Students apply to the module after completing first-year requirements and complete a 9.0-course specialization taken across the second, third, and fourth years of an Honours Bachelor's degree. The module builds on Western's Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies (GSWS) course series, with one required GSWS foundation course plus additional courses selected to broaden disciplinary context within the specialization. Admission into the module after first year requires an average of at least 70% across three designated principal courses, drawn from the GSWS 1020E-1030F/G group, with no individual grade below 60% in those courses. Graduates who complete the module fulfil the requirements for an Honours Bachelor's degree at Western University.