Program Overview

Women's, Gender, and Sexualities Studies

The Women's, Gender, and Sexualities Studies graduate program aims to create new knowledges, concepts, and theories related to diverse gendered and sexual identities and experiences. This is achieved through the study and application of critical feminist theory, masculinities studies, queer and sexualities studies, and cultural and transnational studies.

Program Overview

• The program integrates feminist interdisciplinary scholarship and new approaches to academic research and community engagement.
• Students are provided with research opportunities that cross academic fields, situating their work in critically informed local, national, and transnational frameworks.
• The program represents a creatively engaged response to present and future needs for leadership in schools, colleges, universities, non-governmental organizations, and the cultural, public, and private sectors.

Program Details

• Expected Length: 2 years
• Project and/or Thesis: No project or thesis required
• Course-Based: No

Research Supervisors

It is not necessary to find a potential supervisor before applying to this program. Supervisors will be assigned within the first year of the program, based on research interests.

Research Areas

• Mirela David: 20th Century China, China, Eugenics, One Child policy, birth control, culture, gender, gender history, hygiene, intellectual history, medical history, population, sex, venereal disease
• Marie Lovrod: Autobiography, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, Transnational Feminisms, Trauma and Resilience

Tuition and Funding

Funding

Graduate students at the University of Saskatchewan can receive funding from various sources to support their graduate education, including scholarships.

Tuition

• Thesis or Project-Based Master's Program: Graduate students pay tuition three times a year for as long as they are enrolled in their program.
  • Term: September 1 - December 31
  • Canadian students: $1,812.00 CAD
  • International students: $4,077.00 CAD
  • Total per academic year: $5,436.00 CAD for Canadian students, $12,231.00 CAD for international students
• Student Fees: In addition to tuition, students pay fees for programs like health and dental insurance, a bus pass, and other campus services.

Admission Requirements

Master of Arts (M.A.)

• Language Proficiency Requirements: Proof of English proficiency may be required for international applicants and for applicants whose first language is not English.
• Cumulative Weighted Average: At least 70% (USask grade system equivalent) in the last two years of study.
• Degree Requirement: A four-year honours degree, or equivalent, from a recognized college or university in an academic discipline relevant to the proposed field of study.

Application Process

• Submit an Online Application: The application takes about 30 minutes to complete and requires personal information, contact information of referees, and complete academic history.
• Application Fee: A non-refundable application fee of $125 for domestic students and $145 for international students.
• Required Documents:
  • Transcripts: Unofficial PDF copies of academic transcripts from each post-secondary institution attended.
  • Proof of English Language Proficiency (if required): A PDF copy of the language test score.
  • Additional Documents: Curriculum vitae, statement/letter of intent, and writing sample.

Areas of Specialization

• 20th Century China
• China
• Eugenics
• One Child policy
• Birth control
• Culture
• Gender
• Gender history
• Hygiene
• Intellectual history
• Medical history
• Population
• Sex
• Venereal disease
• Autobiography
• Feminist Theory
• Queer Theory
• Transnational Feminisms
• Trauma and Resilience

Research Interests

• Modern Chinese history
• Eugenics in praxis, particularly birth control praxis and venereal disease policies in 1930s China
• Medical history
• Gender history
• Chinese cinema
• #Me Too in China
• Transnational Feminisms
• Intergenerational trauma and resilience
• Feminist theory and methods
• Queer theory and methods
• Creative methodologies
• Autobiography/collective auto-ethnography