Gender Studies

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D22-AA-SPC+1018 (2015)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2015.

Year and Campus: 2015

Coordinator

Dr Fran Martin

Email: f.martin@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:

Gender Studies considers the significance of gender and sexuality across a broad range of cultural contexts and histories. The program analyses how gender intersects with crucial issues such as ageing, class, disability, ethnicity and globalisation. Subjects consider ideas about femininity, masculinity and sexuality through close engagement with an extensive variety of theorists, case studies and media. Gender Studies is transdisciplinary and draws on the diverse interest of specialists located throughout the Faculty. This enables its students to develop a unique combination of research skills drawn from both the Arts and Social Sciences.

Learning Outcomes:

Students who complete the Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation should:

  • develop a detailed knowledge and understanding of how concepts and practices gender and sexuality function in contemporary societies;
  • acquire critical and analytical skills and methods to enable the
identification and critical analysis of gender- and sexuality-related issues within complex, changing social and cultural contexts;
  • articulate the relationship between diverse forms of knowledge on gender and sexuality and the social, historical and cultural contexts that produced them;
  • develop an independent approach to understanding the cross-disciplinary field of gender studies that uses rigorous methods of inquiry and appropriate methodologies, that are applied with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values;
  • appreciate the value of an international and interdisciplinary approach to the study of gender and sexuality, and the relevance of gender studies skills, practices and understandings to a broad range of professional and disciplinary contexts;
  • work with independence, self- reflection and creativity to 
meet goals and challenges in the workplace and personal life;
  • deploy insights generated from their intellectual engagements with gender studies to act as informed and critically discriminating participants within the community of scholars, as citizens and in the work force;
  • communicate their knowledge effectively in a variety of oral and written 
formats.


Structure & Available Subjects:

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

The Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:

  • two compulsory subjects (25 points)

  • one core subject (12.5 points)

  • elective subjects (62.5 points)

Total 100 points

Subject Options:

Compulsory Subjects

Two compulsory subjects (25 points)

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Core Subjects

One core subject (12.5 points)

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2015
12.50

Elective Subjects

Elective subjects (62.5 points)

Please note: SPAN30001 Gender in Hispanic Cultures carries a Spanish language prerequisite

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Not offered in 2015
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Graduate Diploma in Arts

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