Women's & Gender Studies - Undergraduate Study

Qualifications Available

Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSocSc) | Degree Planner (pdf)
Certificate (Cert(SocSc))
Diploma (Dip(SocSc))

Women's and Gender Studies can be taken as a first major, second major or supporting subject for the BSocSc degree, a second major or supporting subject for the BA degree, or as elective papers toward any qualification at the University of Waikato (assuming any required pre-requisites have been met).

Subject Regulations

To complete a major in Women's and Gender Studies, students must gain at least 120 points above 100 level in the Women's and Gender Studies subject, including at least 60 points above 200 level. These must include the compulsory papers listed below.

Compulsory papers:
     WGST209 Re-Thinking Women, Sex and Gender
     WGST211 Gender at Work
     WGST303 Gender, State and Public Policy
     and at least 40 further points above 200 level

Strongly recommended in programme of study:
     SOCY101 Introduction to Sociology
     WGST101 Women in Society: Representations and Realities

To complete a supporting subject in Women's and Gender Studies, students must gain 70 points in Women's and Gender Studies subject, of which at least 40 points must be above 100 level. These must include the compulsory papers listed.

Compulsory papers:
     WGST101 Women in Society: Representations and Realities
     and at least 35 selected from:
     SOCY101 Introduction to Sociology
     WGST209 Re-Thinking Women, Sex and Gender
     WGST211 Gender at Work
     WGST303 Gender, State and Public Policy
     and 20 further points from papers listed for Women's and Gender Studies

Papers

Undergraduate Women's and Gender Studies Papers (Catalogue of Papers)