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HIST 365 Course website

Women's Studies (WMST) 365
Girls and Women in Urban Canada,
1880 to 1940 (Revision 1)

WMST 365 closed, replaced by WGST 365.

Delivery mode: Individualized study.

Credits: 3 - Humanities

Prerequisite: None.

Precluded course: WMST 365 is a cross-listed course—a course listed under two different disciplines—with HIST 365. WMST 365 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for HIST 325, HIST 364 or HIST 365.

Centre: Centre for Work and Community Studies

WMST 365 has a Challenge for Credit option.

Course website

Overview

WMST 365 introduces you to major themes in Canadian women's and gender history. This course will give you a familiarity with the leading scholarship in Canadian women's history. After completing this course, you will have a greater appreciation of women's experiences in urban Canada, of the social structures that affect female Canadians, and of women's contributions to Canadian life.

Outline

WMST 365 is organized into five units.

Unit 1: Introduction

Unit 2: Domestic Responsibilities

Unit 3: Racialization and Immigration

Unit 4: Paid Labour

Unit 5: Moral Regulation

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Evaluation

To receive credit for WMST 365, you must complete five (5) assessment activities: two telephone assignments, an essay assignment, a research paper proposal, and a major research paper assignment, and achieve a course composite grade of “D” (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:

Telephone Assign 1 Essay Assignment Research Paper Proposal Telephone Assign 2 Research Paper Assignment Total
5% 30% 10% 10% 45% 100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbook

Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual. 5th ed., 2009.

Other Materials

The course materials include a course manual, a study guide, and a reading file.

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