Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies

You’ll examine how social constructions of gender shape the consciousness and lives of women and men of various races, ethnicities, classes and sexualities. You’ll explore diverse women’s histories, intellectual contributions and perspectives.

Employing methodological tools from a wide range of disciplines, you’ll scrutinize gender in relation to institutions, ideologies, histories, cultural artifacts, social interactions, science, bodies and cultures.

Our focus is on the transnational feminist exploration of the ways gender intersects with different variables to produce the complexity of women’s and men’s lived experience. Our courses are open to all students at Brock University, allowing them to explore the ways gendered experience is produced as a culturally variable and historically contingent category.

Senior Secondary school credential appropriate for entry to university in your home country
Academically rigorous grade 12 year
Minimum B- average (higher for some programs)
Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
Minimum six Grade 12 4U or 4M-level credits, including program specific prerequisites
A minimum admission average of 70% (many programs require a higher average)
IELTS - Academic (overall 6.5, no band below 6.0)
TOEFL - overall 88, no band below 21
Duolingo - minimum score of 110
CAEL - overall 70, no band below 60
PTE - 58
IELP - Level 5 Successful completion of Level 5 of the Brock Intensive English Language program
CAE (A1 Advanced) -176 minimum score
CPE (C2 Proficiency) -176 minimum score
IB - Completion of the International Baccalaureate diploma with English A