Overview
Women's and Gender Studies 401: Contemporary Feminist Theory is intended to offer both an overview of feminist theories and women's movements in Canada and elsewhere in the world and a critical discussion of varieties of feminism as they pertain to issues such as gender violence, reproduction, work, families, and sexuality. The course and the readings in the course attempt to recognize the differences among women according to factors such as class, race, sexual orientation, citizenship, and physical ability. It is hoped that the course indicates the tremendous changes that have come about with respect to issues in feminist theory in the last 50 years or so.
Evaluation
To receive credit for WGST 401, you must complete four assignments and achieve a minimum grade of D (50 percent) or better on each assignment.
The weighting for each assignment are as follows:
| Activity | Weight |
| Review Quiz | 10% |
| First Short-essay Assignment | 30% |
| Second Short-essay Assignment | 30% |
| Research Essay | 30% |
| Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
This course either does not have a course package or the textbooks are open-source material and available to students at no cost. This course has a Course Administration and Technology Fee, but students are not charged the Course Materials Fee.
All course materials are accessed online. They include scholarly articles, commentary by course authors Dr. Cathy Bray and Dr. Asma Sayed, study questions, and other materials.
Challenge for credit
Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.
Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
To receive credit for the WGST 401 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least B (75 percent) on the examination.
Challenge for credit course registration form