Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

• 04 - Social and behavioural sciences and law
• 05. - Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies
• 05.02 - Ethnic, cultural minority, gender, and group studies

05.0207 - Women's studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of women, and the development of modern feminism in relation to the roles played by women in different periods and locations in North America and the world. Programs may focus on literature, philosophy, and the arts as much as on social studies and policy.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • feminist studies
  • women's and gender studies
  • women's studies

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • gender studies(05.0299)
  • political history(30.4601)