Sexual Diversity Studies

M.A., M.Ed., Ph.D., Ed.D.

Participating Degree Programs:

Anthropology
Classics
Counselling Psychology
Criminology
Drama
East Asian Studies
English
Information Studies
Law
Linguistics
Medieval Studies
Museum Studies
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Public Policy
Religion
Sociology
Sociology and Equity Studies in Education
Visual Studies
Women & Gender Studies

Program Executive Committee:

The full Graduate Committee includes one representative of each partner program. The Committee has approved the creation of a Graduate Program Executive Committee, composed as follows:

David Rayside, Political Science
Stephen Johnson, Drama
Mariana Valverde, Criminology
Marjut Ruti, English
Brenda Cossman, Law
Rinaldo Walcott, Sociology & Equity Studies in Education
Ashwini Tambe, Women & Gender Studies, History

Counselling Psychology representative: J. Roy Gillis

Associated Websites:

Sexual Diversity Studies
School of Graduate Studies Calendar

Nature of Collaborative Program:

The Counselling Psychology program in the Department of Adult Education and Counselling Psychology participates in the University's Graduate Collaborative Program in Sexual Diversity Studies (SDS). The program is a rigorously interdisciplinary program recognizing sexual diversity studies as an interdisciplinary field of inquiry. While it has emerged as an autonomous scholarly area, many of those who work within it engage in questions of gender, ethnicity, race, Aboriginal studies, (dis)ability, and class, to highlight the importance of exploring their own interdisciplinary or programmatic perspective, but explore it through the theoretical and methodological lens of sexuality studies.

Application Procedures:

Consult the Sexual Diversity Studies website on how to apply.

Program Requirements:

Master's:

-0.5 full-course equivalent (FCE) core course in Sexual Diversity Studies (SDS 1000H)
-0.5 FCE in other courses with substantial treatments of sexual diversity
-Thesis or major research paper (if applicable) must be on a sexual diversity studies topic
-See website for more details

Doctoral:

-0.5 full-course equivalent (FCE) core course in Sexual Diversity Studies (SDS 1000H)
-0.5 FCE in other courses with substantial treatments of sexual diversity
-Thesis or major research paper (if applicable) must be on a sexual diversity studies topic
-The doctoral thesis committee should include at least one faculty member associated with SDS. In most cases, the supervisor would be associated with SDS
-The student's course of study and overall program will be reviewed annually by the Collaborative program director
 

Core Courses:
SDS 1000H - Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Sexual Diversity Studies

Elective Courses:
SDS 1999H - Special Topics in Sexual Diversity Studies

Students who successfully complete the program will have noted on their transcripts completion of the "Collaborative Program in Sexual Diversity Studies."

Further information is available from:

Collaborative Program Contact:
Wendy Coslow
sexual.diversity@utoronto.ca
Telephone: 416-978-6276
Fax: 416-971-2027