Masters Qualifying in Women's Studies with a research component

• General information
• Entry requirements
• Course structure

General information

Program code: 1988 + Program fees: Local students -- HECS; international students -- $A13,500 + Program director: Maryanne Dever
The Masters Qualifying in Women's Studies is a one-year full-time or two-year part-time program that provides a pathway into postgraduate research. Through a combination of coursework units and a research component, the program offers students the opportunity to broaden their knowledge base in the area of women's studies and gender research, and to develop skills of analysis, communication and research necessary for further postgraduate work. Students with a result of H2A and above (and at least a result of distinction or above in the research component) can apply for entry into a masters or PhD program.

Entry requirements

Successful completion of a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in women's studies and gender research (or equivalent), with a credit average (or above) in the third part of the major sequence.

Course structure

Students are required to complete one core unit (WSM4180 Sex, power, self: feminist interventions in contemporary discourse or WSM4010 (Theorising gender), one elective unit and a research component (WSM4005) totalling 48 credit points. Part-time students will be required to complete WSM4180 or WSM410 and an elective level-four unit in the first year and WSM4005 in the second year of the program.

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