Minimum Admission Requirements

• Each graduate student in the collaborative specialization shall be enrolled in a participating degree program in the graduate unit where the research is conducted, which is known as the home graduate unit. The student shall meet the admission requirements of both the home graduate unit and the collaborative specialization.

Completion Requirements

• Students must meet all respective degree requirements of the School of Graduate Studies and the participating graduate unit, and meet the requirements of the collaborative specialization as follows:

  • 0.5 full-course equivalent (FCE) core course in Sexual Diversity Studies (SDS1000H)

  • 0.5 FCE in other courses with substantial treatment of sexual diversity

  • thesis or major research paper (if applicable) must be on a sexual diversity studies topic.

• Courses may be counted towards the 0.5 FCE beyond the core course if a significant portion of the course addresses questions related to sexuality, or if most of the session work completed in association with it explores such questions.

• All course selection for the additional 0.5 FCE must be approved by the collaborative specialization director.