Study the past and present role of women from a historical, societal, cultural, economic, and literary perspective. Examine the role of gender in determining the course of individual lives and in structuring societies.

You will explore how class, ethnicity, education, and sexual orientation impact the lives of women around the world—and how gender influences all people's lives on a daily basis.

Develop solid writing and analytical skills that can lead to careers in social work, communications, education, and successful post-graduate study. 

You will apply a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of women’s and gender issues with subjects including anthropology, First Nations studies, history, and environmental studies. 

This program emphasizes two core themes:

• Appreciation and production of knowledge by, for, and about women
• Role of gender in our own society, in other cultures, and in the past

UNBC’s program has strengths in areas such as:

 women’s and gender history; gender, literature, and literary theory; gender, colonialism, and post-colonialism; gender and globalization; feminism, justice, and ethics; gender and health; and gender and international studies.

Women’s Studies courses examine all aspects of the human past, present, and future through the lens of gender. 

As a result, the Women’s Studies program offers courses that are relevant both globally and at the most profound personal level. 

A Women’s Studies degree prepares the student to think critically about cross-cultural and trans-historical constructs of gender and, thus, what it means to be human. 

• Official Transcripts
• English language proficiency test scores
• Passport

Overall average of 65% minimum in the following:

• English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12
• Three Approved Academic Grade 12 Course
• Additional Grade 12 Course (Elective or Academic)

China:

• 会考 HUIKAO - Senior Secondary School Certificate or 高考GAOKAO - National College Entrance Examination: Minimum overall average grade 70% (B)
• or a pass in English plus three academic subjects and an elective.

India:

• Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)/Standard 12/Indian School Certificate/All India School Certificate Examination. Minimum average grade 50% or higher in English 12, three academic subjects and an elective for general entry.
• Three-year diploma issued by a state board of technical education: Minimum average grade of 50% or higher for general entry.
• GCE Edexcel or Cambridge International Examinations: Minimum of two Advanced (A) level subjects and three Ordinary (O) level subjects must be completed with an overall grade point average of C or higher in order to be considered for admission.

All A-level subjects presented for admission must have a grade of at least C. Students may substitute two Advanced-Subsidiary (AS) level subjects for one A-level. This is for general entry. 

Iran:

• From 2019: High School Diploma (Theoretical Stream): Minimum average grade of 12 in 5 academic courses for general entry.
• Prior to 2019: High School Diploma and pre-University Certificate. A minimum average grade of 12 or higher in pre-university courses for general entry.