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ATS1311

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 22 November 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitWomen's Studies and Gender Research
OfferedClayton Second semester 2013 (Day)
Sunway Second semester 2013 (Day)
Sunway October intake 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Amy Dobson (Clayton)

Notes

Previously coded GND1010

Synopsis

Does gender matter? How do ideas about sex and gender shape important questions in our society? How are social, political and economic structures affected by conventional notions about femininity and masculinity? This unit introduces the interdisciplinary field of Women's Studies and engages students in a series of critical debates concerning sex and citizenship; gender and the law; work and employment; and media and advertising. A range of critical and analytic approaches to contemporary social questions will be introduced and some key contemporary gender debates will be selected for close analysis and problem-based learning.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this unit will:

  1. have developed an understanding of how gender operates as a category of analysis and an understanding of the range of critical and analytical approaches associated with the field of Women's Studies;
  2. have gained an understanding of the gendered dimensions of contemporary social debates;
  3. have developed research and library skills that will enable them to locate, assess and organise basic resources relevant to the field;
  4. have developed skills in group work and project organisation;
  5. have developed writing and communication skills that will enable them to examine and respond critically to key texts and debates in the field.

Assessment

Research skills exercise (equiv 1350 words): 25%
In-class test (1.5 hr equiv 1350 words) : 25%
Research Essay (1800 words): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Amy Dobson (Clayton)

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Gender studies