Undergraduate - Area of study Gender studies

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 studies in this area bring innovative theory and research techniques to the study of women's and men's lives, gendered status in society and the dilemmas and contradictions in gender relations and sexualities. Gender studies covers 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
• 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.