Women's and Gender Studies (WGST) 303

Overview

This course broadly explores women’s health issues. Rather than approaching the study of health from the perspective of specific medical conditions, diseases, or treatments, the course will focus on the political, social, cultural, and economic underpinnings contributing to women’s health and wellness. This course approaches the study of women’s health from both care and policy perspectives. Although specific medical concerns are addressed, these are introduced as exemplars to highlight the roles that critical theoretical analyses play in both defining and understanding women’s health issues, as well as their roles in finding solutions that will ensure women’s health and wellness.

Outline

• Unit 1: Thinking Women
• Unit 2: Health Care/Health Promotion with and for Women
• Unit 3: Power and Empowerment
• Unit 4: Women’s Health Issues—Tobacco and Alcohol
• Unit 5: Health Issues in the Community, the Workplace, and the Home
• Unit 6: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Postpartum Care
• Unit 7: Aging and Caregiving
• Unit 8: Obesity and Heart Disease
• Unit 9: Making It Better

Evaluation

To receive credit for WGST 303, you must complete five written assignments and write a final invigilated exam. Your final grade is determined by a weighted average of the grades you receive on these activities. To receive credit for this course, in addition to completing all five assignments and the final exam, you must achieve a minimum grade of D (50 percent) on the final exam and an overall grade of D (50 percent) or better for the entire course. The weightings for each assignment and the final assessment exercise are as follows:

The final examination for this course must be taken online with an AU-approved exam invigilator at an approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the Exam Invigilation Network.

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

Course Materials

Textbooks

Other Materials

All other materials are available online.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they 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 for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the WGST 303 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent) or greater on the research essay to be eligible to write the challenge examination. A cumulative average of 50 percent on both activities is required. Credit is awarded on a pass/fail basis only.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

• Challenge for Credit Form