This information is for the 2019/20 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Sadie Wearing, Pankurst House.11.01C
Availability
This course is compulsory on the MPhil/PhD in Gender, MSc in Gender, MSc in Gender (Research), MSc in Gender (Sexuality), MSc in Gender, Development and Globalisation, MSc in Gender, Media and Culture, MSc in Gender, Policy and Inequalities and MSc in Women, Peace and Security. This course is available on the MSc in Social Research Methods. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
Course content
The course aims to enable students to: become familiar with the fullest range of gender theories with particular attention to the intersections of gender, sexuality and race; develop a critical appreciation of these different theories of gender; use gender theories to inform their appreciation of existing work in their own disciplines and in an interdisciplinary context; use the analysis of gender relations as a basis for case study evaluation and research.
It is a half unit course which runs for 15 weeks. It begins with a review of the formative influences on the development of gender theory, including the sex/gender distinction, race and intersectionality, economics and production/reproduction, theories of power and the relations between the psyche and the social. Building on these foundations it enables students to consider the implications for analysis of a variety of sites and topics including post/coloniality, representation, sexuality and nation, and rights. The course considers the impact of gender analysis on key areas of social science investigation, and develops these with particular attention to location, ethics and the importance of global and transnational dimensions. Our expectation is that this course provides a thorough grounding for work across all other courses and for the dissertation module.
Teaching
15 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars in the MT. 7 hours and 30 minutes of lectures and 7 hours and 30 minutes of seminars in the LT.
The course is taught in 15 x one-and-a-half hour sessions, plus 15 x one-and-a-half-hour seminars. It is divided into blocks of related lectures and linked seminars.
Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6, in line with departmental policy.
Formative coursework
Timed assessment to be written during the first term.
Indicative reading
Assessment
Exercise (100%) in the LT.
The exercise will be a fixed period timed assessment.
Key facts
Department: Gender Studies
Total students 2018/19: 103
Average class size 2018/19: 15
Controlled access 2018/19: No
Value: Half Unit
Personal development skills
Student performance results
(2015/16 - 2017/18 combined)
Classification | % of students |
---|---|
Distinction | 30.1 |
Merit | 53.4 |
Pass | 15.3 |
Fail | 1.2 |