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ATS2697

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 22 December 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitPolitics
OfferedClayton Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr. Swati Parashar

Notes

Previously coded PLT2380

Synopsis

This unit provides an introduction to key debates and feminist perspectives on around gender and international relations. Students will gain an understanding of the relationship between gender and security, with a particular focus on violence during armed conflict and war. The unit will examine gender relations in the global political economy and how they relate to current global economic and development policymaking. The unit also looks closely at how gender identities underpins the construction of national identity, culture and religion, and the role of the (global) media and transnational feminism in shaping and contesting these identities.

Outcomes

The course has five principal objectives. By the end of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Distinguish between and evaluate types of feminism, and feminist and masculinities theories and concepts
  2. Exhibit a greater awareness of - and interest in - how gender shapes global politics and economics, and in turn, how global politics and economics shape gender relations.
  3. Understand what it means to adopt a gender perspective on any given topic in (global) politics, policy or political economy.
  4. Use gender perspectives to analyse global policy problems and/or political issues.
  5. Demonstrate five key 21st century competencies: critical thinking, teamwork, creativity, self-learning and analytical writing/oral expression skills.

Third-year students will be expected to demonstrate greater capacity for independent research and will be required to answer a class test of a more conceptually challenging nature.

Assessment

Written work: 80%
Class participation/presentation: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr. Swati Parashar

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar per week

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

Sociology
Politics
Gender studies

Prerequisites

For a major in politics, a first year sequence in politics; for a major in gender studies, a first year sequence in gender studies; Students may take this unit as an elective without any pre-requisite with a first year Arts sequence or the equivalent.

Prohibitions

ATS3697