Major Thesis - Gender Studies

Subject 131-512 (2009)

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Credit Points:
Level: Research Higher Degree
Dates & Locations: This is a time-based subject, taught on campus at .
Time Commitment: Total Time Commitment: Total of 10 hours per week.
Prerequisites: Admission to MA in Gender Studies.
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Coordinator

Dr Maree Pardy

Contact

Dr Maree Pardy

mpardy@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview: The thesis should demonstrate a critical application of specialist knowledge and make an independent contribution to existing scholarship in the area of research.
Objectives: Students who successfuly complete this project should:
  • demonstrate a capacity for articulating research questions relating to gender relations and the appropriate methodologies for investigating them;
  • exhibit a familiarity with relevant literature and an ability to locate one's research within that literature;
  • identify relevant research materials and show a capacity for sustained and discerning research within them;
  • express research findings in lucid effective prose that uses appropriate conventions of documentation.
Assessment: Examination of the thesis by two external examiners.
Prescribed Texts:
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
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Generic Skills:
  • demonstrate research skills through competent use of the library and other information sources;
  • demonstrate time management and planning through managing and organising workloads for recommended READING, essay and assignment completion.
Related Course(s): Master of Arts in Gender Studies (Thesis)

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