Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies

Course code: 3770 + Course abbreviation: GradCertWomStud + Total credit points required: 24 + 0.5 years full-time, 1 year part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

The course provides students with critical awareness of women's studies, gender issues and the ways in which sex and gender function in contemporary global contexts. It develops research, writing and oral presentation skills in students in the areas of postcolonialism, cross-cultural consumption and mass media constructions of feminine identity.

Course structure

Students complete one of the following core units*:

WMN4010 Theorising gender (12 points) (first semester)
WMN4020 Feminist research (12 points) (second semester)

plus 12 points chosen from the following:

WMN4010 Theorising gender (12 points)
WMN3030 Women, media and consumption: feminist cultural studies (6 points)
SCY3470 Women, gender and society (6 points)
SCY3031 Sexuality, gender and social relations (6 points)
WMN3240 Contemporary feminist theory (6 points) (cannot be taken in conjunction with WMN4010, as these units cover the same area)
WMN3080 Feminism and popular culture: love, sex and romance (6 points)
WMN3150 Rethinking global culture: gender and consumption (6 points)
WMN3140 Gender and crime (6 points)
WMN4020 Feminist research (12 points)

* Part-time students may select both core units to complete the graduate certificate.

Articulation

For further study options please contact the School of Political and Social Inquiry or visit www.arts.monash.edu.au/prospective/course/postgraduate

Course coordinator

Dr Maryanne Dever

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