Why Gender Studies @ Memorial?

The Master of Gender Studies degree allows students to critically examine – at an advanced level – how gender shapes our identities, our social interactions and our world. Students will study frameworks for thinking about power relations and the ways those relations are shaped and challenged by intersecting constructions of gender, race, class, sexuality, age, ability and nationality.

We offer three degree completion options: thesis, project, internship. We also offer a graduate diploma, which is not a degree.

Faculty members in the Department of Gender Studies have research interests and expertise on a range of topics, including: human rights; corporeal feminism; reproductive justice; auto/biography and life writing; queer theory; decolonial, postcolonial and transnational feminisms; and Indigenous Feminisms.

Description of program

• Graduate diploma - Disciplinary graduate diplomas provide an opportunity to acquire additional academic credentials at the graduate level without committing to a full master’s program. These programs allow students to expand on their knowledge of a particular discipline and may also be used for professional development within their careers.
  
  
• MGS – The Master of Gender Studies addresses the need for a deeper understanding of women and gender in society in the interests of social justice. The master's degree can be completed by full- or part-time study and by thesis (traditional or portfolio paper) or internship.

Minimum admission requirements

• For Graduate Diploma: Bachelor's degree in Gender Studies or a closely related discipline and a strong academic record; applicants may be required to completed one or more undergraduate course(s), including Gender Studies 4000

• For MGS (thesis and internship): Bachelor's degree in Gender Studies or a closely related discipline and a strong academic record; applicants may be required to complete one or more undergraduate course(s), including Gender Studies 4000

Potential career options and outcomes

Our graduates have launched careers in public, private, and non-profit sectors as:

• Knowledge Engagement Specialist
• Policy Officer
• Executive Director
• Mental Health and Addictions Counsellor
• Union Organizer
• Community Project Coordinator
• Lawyer
• University Lecturer
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consultant

And beyond!

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