Sex, Gender, Space and Place
Women's and Gender Studies · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Fall and Winter Both, Every Year
WGS-2416 prerequisites
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- ENV 3-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE SYSTEMS)
- ENV 3-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
- ENV 4-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE SYSTEMS)
- ENV 4-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
- ENV HONOURS BA (SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE SYSTEMS)
- ENV HONOURS BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
- IDS 3-YEAR BA IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
- IDS 4-YEAR BA IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
- UIC 4-YEAR BA IN URBAN AND INNER-CITY STUDIES
- UIC HONOURS BA IN URBAN AND INNER-CITY STUDIES
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Description
This course examines, from interdisciplinary perspectives including those of Women's and Gender Studies, Geography and Environmental Studies, relationships among sex, gender, space and place in societies, cultures, environments and ecosystems. Selected relevant topics will be considered, such as ecofeminism, the cultural politics and political geography of sex and sexual identities, the gendering and sexing of city landscape and architecture, notions of public and private space, and space/place in the sociocultural construction of femininity and masculinity. We will consider how sex, gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality and other aspects of identity affect the transformation of space into place.
Requisite courses
GEOG-1105 or GEOG-1102 or GEOG-1103, or ENV-1600, or WGS-1232 or permission of the instructor or permission of the chair [prerequisite(s)].
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and ENV-2416 | GEOG-2416.
Cross-listed
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.