Gender Studies

Gender Studies considers the significance of gender and sexuality across a broad range of cultural contexts, identities 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 interests 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.

• demonstrate a sound understanding of recent developments in feminist theory and practices;
• understand the issues involved in debates about feminist knowledge;
• develop an understanding of contemporary feminist debates about gender politics, self and subjectivity and the relationship of these debates to other areas of social inquiry.

Students undertaking the pure honours stream complete:

• GEND40004 Gender Studies Thesis (50 points);
• GEND40005 Gender Studies Research Methods (*see note below) (12.5 points);
• three core Gender Studies honours subjects (25 points);

Double major students may complete one of the following combined honours streams:

• GEND40004 Gender Studies Thesis (50 points);
• GEND40005 Gender Studies Research Methods (*see note below) (12.5 points);
• three honours subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points)

OR

• thesis in the combining discipline (50 points);
• research methodologies subject in the combining discipline (12.5 points);
• three core Gender Studies honours subjects (37.5 points)

*Note: Students must undertake GEND40005 Gender Studies Research Methods in the first semester of their Gender Studies Thesis enrolment.

Compulsory Subjects:

Elective Subjects: