International Gender Politics

Subject 672-373 (2009)

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Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 3 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2009.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: Thirty contact hours per semester. Two 1-hour lectures per week for 10 weeks and a 1-hour tutorial per week for 10 weeks. The lecture and tutorial programs are staggered and cover the 12 weeks of semester
Total Time Commitment: 3 contact hours/week , 5.5 additional hours/week. Total of 8.5 hours per week.
Prerequisites: Recommended: 12.5 points of Level 1 & Level 2 Politics and International 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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Contact

Prof. Sheila Jeffreys
sheila@unimelb.edu.au
Subject Overview: This subject will look at issues of gender and sexuality in an international context. It will cover war and militarism and their effect on women, the international division of labour, the effects of religious fundamentalisms, the politics of population and reproductive technologies, international trafficking in women, sexual violence and clitoridectomy. Students who complete this subject should understand the ways in which gender politics might affect the study of international relations; understand how government policy and other forces operating in Australia and other Western countries are affecting the lives and opportunities of women and relationships between men and women in the rest of the world; be familiar with developments in feminist theory on the issues of human rights, cultural relativism; and have an understanding of international gender politics which can enrich their study of other subjects in the social sciences.
Objectives:
  • understand the ways in which gender politics might affect the study of international relations;
  • understand how government policy and other forces operating in Australia and other western countries are affecting the lives and opportunities of women and relationships between men and women in the rest of the world;
  • be familiar with developments in feminist theory on the issues of human rights, cultural relativism;
  • have an understanding of international gender politics which can enrich their study of other subjects in the social sciences.
Assessment: A research essay of 2000 words 50% (due mid-semester) and a research essay of 2000 words 50% (due at the end of semester).
Prescribed Texts: A subject reader will be available.
Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

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Generic Skills:
  • be able to research through the competent use of the library and other information sources, and be able to define areas of inquiry and methods of research in the preparation of essays;
  • be able to conceptualise theoretical problems, form judgements and arguments and communicate critically, creatively and theoretically through essay writing, tutorial discussion and presentations;
  • be able to communicate knowledge ideologically and economically through essay writing and tutorial discussion;
  • be able to manage and organise workloads for recommended reading, the completion of essays and assignments and examination revision;
  • be able to participate in team work through small group discussions.
Notes:

Formerly available as 166-024 and 672-373. Students who have completed 166-024 or 672-373 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Available as a Breadth subject
Related Course(s): U21 Diploma in Global Issues
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: Development Studies Major
Gender Studies
International Studies Major
Political Science Major
Politics & International Studies
Politics and International Studies
Politics and International Studies
Socio-legal Studies Major

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