The Diversity and Social Justice Studies program at the University of Prince Edward Island explores scholarship and theories about identity categories (gender, sexuality, race, etc) and their relationship to power and knowledge. Through core and cross-listed courses students examine identity as a category of analysis, investigate the construction of social differences, and explore the impact that these considerations have on social structures and practices and knowledge production. Diversity and Social Justice Studies recognizes that questions of social identity make a difference to people's lives; it researches how taking identities into account changes what we know and can know about social formations; it explores the importance of "differences" between people, recognizing that "difference" is often about (unequal) power relations; it investigates how identity markers such as gender, race, sexuality, (dis) abilities, national identity, etc. make a difference to people’s positioning in the world and thus also to what a more just world can look like; and it creates new scholarship that acknowledges the difference that considerations of identity make to how we know and can act in the world. Show less

Students pursuing a Major in Diversity and Social Justice Studies must complete 42 credit hours (14 courses) in the DSJS program. These credit hours must be composed of both of the following required courses: either DSJS 1120, DSJS 1130, or DSJS 1140, and either DSJS 4040 or DSJS 4070, in addition to 12 other courses from the list of DSJS courses, with at least four courses (12 semester hours) at the 3000 and 4000-level. Students must take a minimum of 2 courses from each of the 3 thematic areas.

DSJS is comprised largely of courses cross-listed from other departments. As such, in addition to doing a standalone major in DSJS, it's easy to get a double major or a minor. And some cross-listed courses can count towards two different majors. See the coordinator for more details.

NOTE: As per Academic Regulation 1h, all undergraduate degree programs require successful completion of IKE-1040; one of UPEI-1010, UPEI-1020, or UPEI-1030, and a Writing Intensive Course.

Core Courses
One of:
DSJS 1120 - Identities and Place
DSJS 1130 - Bodies and Power
or
DSJS 1140 - Love and Labour
and one of
DSJS 4040 - Theorizing Social Justice
DSJS 4070 - Social Change, Social Justice

DSJS and cross-listed courses
THEMATIC CLUSTERS

Gender and Sexuality
DSJS 2050 - Sex and Culture
DSJS 2420 - Philosophies of Love and Sexuality (Philosophy 2420)
DSJS 2610 - Sex, Gender and Society (Sociology/Anthropology 2610)
DSJS 3140 - Masculinities
DSJS 3850 - Women in 19th Century Canada (History 3850)
DSJS 3860 - Women, the Law, and Civil Rights in 20th-Century Canada (History 3860)
DSJS 3910 - Psychology of Women (Psychology 3910)
DSJS 3950 - Gender and Violence (Psychology 3950)
DSJS 4060 - Queer Theory
DSJS 4350 - Gender and Sexuality (Psychology 4350)
DSJS 4660 - Advanced Topics in Gender and Sexuality (English 4660)

Identities and Social Structures
DSJS 2630 - Global Youth Cultures (Sociology/Anthropology 2630)
DSJS 2750 - Social Inequality (Sociology/Anthropology 2750)
DSJS 2920 - Work and Society (Sociology 2920)
DSJS 3120 - Race and Whiteness
DSJS 3130 - Disability Studies
DSJS 3520 - Kinship and Family (Anthropology 3520)
DSJS 3550 - Globalization (Sociology/Anthropology 3550)
DSJS 3710 - Community Based Ethical Inquiry (Philosophy 3710)
DSJS 3810 - Women, Economics and the Economy (Economics 3810)
DSJS 3840 - Cultural Psychology (Psychology 3850)
DSJS 4010 - Medical Anthropology (Anthropology 4010)
DSJS 4130 - Psychology of Social Class (Psychology 4130)
DSJS 4310 - Minority/Ethnic Groups and Canadian Multiculturalism (Sociology/Anthropology 4310)

Cultural Representation and Analysis
DSJS 2120 - Food and Cultural Studies
DSJS 2130 - Monsters, Freaks, Zombies, and Cyborgs
DSJS 2210 - Writings by Women (English 2210)
DSJS 3320 - Knowledge and Culture (Anthropology 3320)
DSJS 4020 - Cybercultures (Anthropology 4030)
DSJS 4560 - Visual Culture (Sociology/Anthropology 4560)
DSJS 4740 - Britain in the 20th Century (History 4720)

Minor

A minor in DSJS will be recognized when a student has successfully completed twenty-one (21) semester hours of courses in DSJS, including either 4040 or 4070 and six additional courses from anywhere on the list of DSJS courses. At least six semester hours must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

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