Overview
Women’s and Gender Studies 499 is the last core course in the University Certificate in Counselling Women program. It has been designed to allow you to thoroughly investigate a topic related to the issues raised in the program and to help you integrate the knowledge and skills you have gained throughout your course of study.
Evaluation
The final project assignment for this course will revolve around a specific topic that you will select. This topic will form the basis of a major written research paper and oral presentation.
The topic you select should conform to the following criteria:
- the topic is one that is relevant to you and/or to the work you are currently involved in (if your work pertains to feminist counselling, advocacy, or activism); and
- the topic is informed by your prior studies in the University Certificate in Counselling Women (UCCW) program and is relevant to the overall aims of the program.
There are four (4) components to this final project assignment and they must be completed in the order given below. Try to allow sufficient time between assignment submissions so that you are able to obtain and incorporate the feedback you receive from your course tutor in subsequent submissions. The weightings for each activity are as follows:
| Activity | Weight |
| Topic Selection—includes Personal Reflection and Informal Interview with your Tutor | 10% |
| Research Paper Proposal with Annotated Bibliography | 30% |
| Major Research Paper | 50% |
| Oral Presentation (PowerPoint presentation) | 10% |
| Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
To achieve a passing grade and receive credit for WGST 499, you must complete and submit all four assignment components and achieve an overall weighted grade of a D (50 percent) or higher.
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 the information and resources you will need to complete WGST 499 are provided online and in the online resources links given on the course homepage. There are no other materials.