Undergraduate - UnitATS3697 - Gender and international relations

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

print version

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered, or view unit timetables.

Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Clayton First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Swati Parashar

Notes

Previously coded PLT3380

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:

Distinguish between and evaluate types of feminism, and feminist and masculinities theories and concepts
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.
Understand what it means to adopt a gender perspective on any given topic in (global) politics, policy or political economy.
Use gender perspectives to analyse global policy problems and/or political issues.
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

Workload requirements

One 2-hour seminar per week

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

Politics
Human rights
International relations
International studies

Prerequisites

First year sequence in Politics or permission

Prohibitions

ATS2697