Gender Studies

Major/Minor/Specialisation !104-AA-SPC+1020 (2014)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2014.

Year and Campus: 2014
Overview:

Please Note: The BA (Degree with Honours) program 104AA is phasing out, students who have completed the 105AA Bachelor of Arts with a major in Gender Studies may be eligible for entry into this program. The minimum entry requirement for gender studies honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with a major in gender studies or a major in a cognate discipline and an average grade over the second/third year subjects within the major equivalent to at least an H2B (70%).

Learning Outcomes:

See course objectives

Structure & Available Subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in gender studies must complete:

  • Gender Studies Thesis (37.5 points);
  • Gender Studies Reading Course (12.5 points); and
  • four elective subjects (50 points).


Students undertaking combined honours in gender studies and another program must complete:

  • Gender Studies Thesis (37.5 points);
  • Gender Studies Reading Course (12.5 points);
  • one elective subject in gender studies (12.5 points); and
  • three honours subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points).


Or

  • honours thesis in the combining discipline (37.5 points);
  • two honours subjects in the combining discipline (25 points);
  • Gender Studies Reading Course (12.5 points); and
  • two elective subjects in gender studies (25 points).

Total 100 points

Subject Options:

Compulsory Subjects:

50 points for students in pure honours
Combined honours students need to refer to the structure above
Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.


Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
18.75
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50

Elective Subjects:

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2014
12.50
Not offered in 2014
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/study/gender_studies

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