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Gender studies - Faculty of Arts

Offered by the School of Political and Social Inquiry
Campus availability: Clayton

Relevant courses

  • 2459 Diploma in Arts (Gender Studies)
  • 0002 Bachelor of Arts (and associated double degrees)
  • 3910 Bachelor of Arts (Global)
  • 0202 Bachelor of Letters

Gender studies is an exciting interdisciplinary field of inquiry broadly concerned with questions of gender, sexuality and culture. Gender studies is informed by the belief that all social processes are 'gendered' and these units bring innovative theory and research techniques to the study of women's lives, their status in society and the dilemmas and contradictions in gender relations and sexualities. Gender studies units cover specific topics such as how gender issues are represented in film, literature, popular culture, advertising and the media; feminist and gender theory; the relationship between gender and crime; the connections between gender, consumption and marketing; feminist research methodology; how different cultures shape gender identities and sexualities; shifting cultural and historical forms of femininity and masculinity; how questions of sex or gender relate to questions of class and race; and cross-cultural feminism.

The undergraduate program is designed to introduce students to a variety of feminist models of analysis and to assist them in developing a range of methodological skills. Gender studies units also foster the development of transferable professional skills among students. Units offered by the centre are complemented by a wide range of electives offered throughout the school and the faculty. Selected gender studies units may be taken as electives within other majors in the school. Gender studies units are offered on the Clayton campus. Some units are also offered at Caulfield and Sunway campus, Malaysia.

Students wishing to vary the components of their minor or major sequences should consult with the Director of the Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research.

Sequences

First-year sequence

A first year sequence in gender studies consists of GND1010 and any other first year Arts unit.

Minor sequence

Students wishing to complete a minor in gender studies take 24 points of gender studies units. They can do this in two ways:

  • A minor from first to second year is completed by completing a first-year sequence, plus GND2010 and GND2050.
  • A minor from second to third year comprises two six-point second-year-level units, and either GND3020, or two of GND3080, GND3030, GND2040 and CRI3140.

Major sequence

Students complete a 48-point major in gender studies as follows:

Units

First-year level

  • GND1010 Sex, gender and knowledge

Second/Third-year level

Core units
Electives

Contact details

Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research