Bachelor of Arts in Women and Gender Studies

St. Francis Xavier University

Canada,Nova Scotia

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48 Months

Duration

CAD 24,461/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 100

Application Fee

Sep 2025

Apply Date

Canada, Nova Scotia

Type: University

Location Type: Rural

Founded: 1853

Total Students: 4,500 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada

Bachelor of Arts in Women and Gender Studies

Program Overview

Women’s and Gender Studies at StFX is an interdisciplinary undergraduate program, which provides an academic and community context for scholarly inquiry focusing on gender. You will learn how to use gender as a category of analysis, including reflection on the manifestation of gender in your own life. Intersections of identities such as race, social class, gender, ability and sexuality are explored in the context of everyday life and in society. You will also explore the contributions, connections and insights of Women's and Gender Studies within the academy and beyond.

Why Study Women’s and Gender Studies at StFX?
A rich interdisciplinary academic environment supported by committed faculty is a program hallmark. Formal academic programs are integrated with community projects. More than a dozen faculty members are affiliated with the program from fields as diverse as sociology, religious studies and nursing.

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program regularly hosts symposia, lectures and workshops as well as several events in which notable feminist activists, scholars, and artists speak and present their work. A graduation prize is awarded annually to a Women’s and Gender Studies graduating student.