Challenge assumptions about feminism, gender, and human inequality while developing your own perspectives on equity and social change. Through community-focused courses, workshops and hands-on learning, you’ll build critical thinking, communication, and social awareness skills sought after by employers.
- Learn alongside leading researchers and advocates, including the Canada Research Chair in Feminist and Gender Studies.
- Explore timely, challenging topics including gender and popular culture, decolonizing feminisms, sexuality and the law, gender and the environment, and human rights advocacy.
- Put your learning into practice through community-based research projects, workshops, and hands-on experiences with organizations working toward social change.
- Prepare for a range of career paths where critical thinking, communication and social awareness matter, including social work, education, human resources, politics, and business.
Explore how gender and systems of power shape our world through this unique interdisciplinary program, drawing on perspectives from across the arts, sciences, and social sciences to examine how gender, race, class, disability and sexuality intersect.
Gain valuable career experience while earning academic credit.
Requirements
If you are coming straight from high school in Ontario or are a recent grad, the general admission requirements are:
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
- A minimum of six Grade 12 4U or 4M courses, including program-specific prerequisites
- ENG4U with a minimum of 60%
| Admission Requirements | Recommended Admission Requirements | Estimated Admission Average | Co-op Admission Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENG4U | 70-75% | 80-85% |
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Students from across Canada can use their grades from their home province to apply to Trent.
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International students from outside Canada can apply based on the curriculum of their home country.
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Mature students can apply to Trent based on previous education and professional or volunteer experience.
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With many transfer agreements and flexible pathway options, Trent University makes it easy for students to make the most of the credits you have already earned.
- Professor Marg Hobbs Prize
- Sally Stavro Bursary
- Gender and Women's Studies Bursary
- Iris Hobbs-Smith Bursary
Whether you're graduating from an Ontario high school, looking to study in Canada, or training for a second career, Trent has clear pathways for students to apply and be admitted to study at either of our campuses.
- Graduate with paid work experience completing three 12–16-week work terms in the summer of years two and three, and the fall of year four, all as part of your four-year degree.
- Work with community organizations, social services, government agencies, schools, or businesses. One Trent student collaborated with the Ministry of Natural Resources' Indigenous Relations Support Services to organize an educational forum while developing skills in community engagement and event planning.
- Put research into action through community-based projects, earning academic credit while working with local organizations such as the Elizabeth Fry Society or Ontario Public Interest Research Group on real-world research and social justice issues.
- Build your research skills in courses such as Theories and Resistance: Doing Feminist Research, learning alongside faculty researchers and activists, including Canada Research Chairs.
- Turn ideas into action through creative workshops and community-focused courses, working with award-winning authors, filmmakers, artists and 2SLGBTQIA+ activists to explore advocacy, justice and powerful ways to communicate.
- Take your Trent education global. Spend a semester or year studying at one of Trent’s 50+ international partner universities, participate in a summer field course, or gain international experience through a placement or internship.
- With opportunities in more than 35 countries, you can broaden your academic perspective, experience new cultures, and build skills that prepare you for a global career
- Gain professional workplace experience by working within a business or organization on a paid internship, building career-ready skills, making industry connections, and exploring potential career paths.
- Work with organizations such as the Feminist Majority Foundation, Women's Initiative to Nurture Growth and Success, Women in Communications and Technology, Ontario Women's Directorate, federal and provincial governments, and non-profits.