Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (Joint Major) at Simon Fraser University

Programme overview

Joint major bachelor of arts combining anthropology with gender, sexuality, and women's studies, for students interested in gender, sexuality and women's issues. The program totals 120 units.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | Department: Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies / Department of Sociology and Anthropology | Study mode: full-time | Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Anthropology courses include SA 101, SA 201W, SA 301W Contemporary Ethnography and SA 356 Ethnography and Qualitative Methods. GSWS study includes 18 lower division units with two of GSWS 100 Sex Talk, GSWS 101 Gender Talk and GSWS 102 Feminist Action, plus upper division GSWS courses.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Students may declare the GSWS portion of this Plan upon successful completion of one GSWS course and upon application to the Undergraduate Advisor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Fall (September), Spring (January) and Summer (May) terms; most students start in the fall term.

Fall 2027: high school applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 January 2027; other post-secondary transfer applications open 1 March 2027 and close 15 April 2027. Summer 2027: all applications open 1 December 2026 and close 15 January 2027. Spring 2027: all applications opened 1 July 2026 and close 15 September 2026.

The non-refundable application fee is 86 CAD for domestic students and 130 CAD for international students, payable online by credit card. Applications are submitted through EducationPlannerBC.

Apply through the official page: https://www.sfu.ca/students/admission.html

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