Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Arts

Masters Qualifying in Women's Studies with a research component

Course code: 1988 + Mid-year entry available + 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time + On-campus (Clayton)
Program director: Maryanne Dever

Course description

This course aims to provide students with a broad knowledge of, and a familiarity with, feminist theory and methodology. Through a combination of coursework units and a research component, it 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.

Entry requirements

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

Course structure

Students complete 48 points including a research unit, either WSM4180 or WSM4010 (whichever is offered that year), and one elective. Part-time students will be required to complete WSM4180 or WSM4010 and an elective level-four unit in the first year and WSM4005 in the second year of the program.

Core units

• WSM4005 Research component
• WSM4180 Sex, power, self: feminist interventions in contemporary discourse

or

• WSM4010 Theorising gender

Electives

• One unit as approved by the course coordinator, with WSM4020 recommended.

Articulation

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 by research or PhD program.
For further information on the research programs in this discipline, see the discipline entry under `Research programs'.

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