GENDER, SEX, AND CULTURE
Vancouver, Canada
Course
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: The Gender, Sex, and Culture postgraduate program explores the complex relationships between gender, sexuality, and culture. This interdisciplinary course examines theories, methodologies, and social contexts that influence gender identities and expressions, allowing students to engage with contemporary issues and diverse perspectives.
Career Outcomes: Graduates may find career opportunities in various fields, including social research, education, community advocacy, and policy development. Roles could include gender equality consultant, cultural analyst, or public policy advisor focused on gender and sexuality issues.
The goal of this course is to help develop students’ critical thinking abilities with anthropological theory and methodology so they can ask and answer why/how certain gender roles develop in a particular culture and not another and how sexuality reflects a culture’s understanding and expression of a natural drive.
This course will introduce students to ethnographic examples to develop a historical and adaptive context for a culture’s understanding of gender and sexuality.