Studies in Women and Gender (BA) in Canada at VIU Canada

Program Overview for Studies in Women and Gender (BA) in Canada:

Studies in Women and Gender at VIU encourages students, using interdisciplinary approaches, to look critically at gender as it is constructed and maintained through cultural production, institutions, and ideologies. Gender functions as a marker of power alongside other categories of difference, including race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, and disability/ability.

Feminist understandings of intersectionality provide a lens for exploring gendered experience and tools for imagining resistance, activism, decolonization.

The program is grounded in feminist theory and teaching/learning styles and recognizes the value of a participatory classroom where diverse life experiences are included and recognized.

Studies in Women and Gender at VIU encourages students, using interdisciplinary approaches, to look critically at gender as it is constructed and maintained through cultural production, institutions, and ideologies.

Gender functions as a marker of power alongside other categories of difference, including race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, and disability/ability. Feminist understandings of intersectionality provide a lens for exploring gendered experience and tools for imagining resistance, activism, decolonization.

The program is grounded in feminist theory and teaching/learning styles and recognizes the value of a participatory classroom where diverse life experiences are included and recognized.

These are the international student eligibility for the Studies in Women and Gender (BA) in Canada

• Graduation from high school or equivalent.
• Proof of English language proficiency
• International students who are BC high school graduates must have a minimum grade of “C” in English 12 for direct entry into an academic program.
• Official transcript of grades from high school (and post-secondary institutions where applicable).
• A minimum "C+" grade in one of Principles of Mathematics 11, Applications of Mathematics 11, Foundations of Mathematics 11, Pre-calculus 11, or equivalent. A mathematics assessment and placement examination is available for applicants without this admission requirement.

These are the domestic student eligibility for the Studies in Women and Gender (BA)

Canadian citizens and those with permanent residence status in Canada are eligible for admission to University Academic programs if they meet one of the following conditions:

• graduation from a B.C. secondary school, or equivalent, with a minimum “C” grade in either English 12 or English 12 First Peoples;
• visiting student from a college or university (a “Letter of Permission” from the home institution is required);
• a transfer student from a college or university (at least 24 transferable university-level credits completed);
• English 12 with a minimum "C+" grade or equivalent.
• A minimum "C+" grade in one of Principles of Mathematics 11, Applications of Mathematics 11, Foundations of Mathematics 11, Pre-calculus 11, or equivalent. A mathematics assessment and placement examination is available for applicants without this admission requirement.

These are the test eligibilities for the Studies in Women and Gender (BA) to qualify.

The international student tuition fees and costs for Studies in Women and Gender (BA) in Canada.