Minor Thesis - Gender and Development

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2014:

Research Subject.

An average of 20 hours per week.

Completion of a minimum of 50 points of subjects as listed in the 097AB or 097GD 200 or 150 point programs with an average grade of 75% or above.

Course coordinator approval is required for entry to Minor Thesis. Submission of an application form which includes a thesis abstract, well structured research proposal, and an Ethics Checklist is also required.

Students have the option of enrolling in ONLY one of GEND90004 and DEVT90011.

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Topics covered will include theories of development, feminist critiques of development theory, qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, statistical analysis, interviewing and survey techniques, environmental and social impact analysis, gender policy planning.

Students who are interested in completing this subject should consult the course coordinator at an early stage in their first semester to discuss subject planning.

Students who successfully complete this project will:

• 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.

A thesis of 15,000 words, due at the end of the second semester of enrolment.

The following Hurdle Requirements must be met in order for students to be eligible to submit the final Thesis:

1. Supervision: Regular supervisory meetings

2. Topic Proposal Form: To be submitted by the first week of the Semester of thesis enrolment

3. Progress Report: To be submitted half way through the thesis year

4. Thesis Draft: A full draft of the thesis is to be submitted approximately 5 weeks prior to the final thesis submission date.

Final Theses submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per working day.

Appropriate texts will be determined in consultation with Thesis supervisor.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Students who successfully complete this subject should:

• be able to demonstrate research skills through competent use of the library and other information sources;
• be able to demonstrate time management and planning through managing and organising workloads for recommended reading, essay and assignment completion.

This subject is an elective in 097GD Master of Development Studies (Gender and Development), 150 point and 200 point programs. Students who are interested in completing this subject should consult the course coordinator prior to the semester of enrolment in the thesis to discuss subject planning.

Enrolment in this thesis subject must be over two consecutive semesters.