ATS2560 - Gender, theory and society - 2019

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Sociology

Chief examiner(s)

Professor JaneMaree Maher

Coordinator(s)

Dr Alesha Lister

Unit guides

Offered

Clayton

  • First semester 2019 (On-campus)

Prerequisites

Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units. It is highly recommended that students only take this unit after they have completed two gateway units in Sociology.

Prohibitions

ATS3560

Synopsis

This unit introduces a range of exciting contemporary feminist theories. Broadly interdisciplinary in its concerns, the unit outlines contemporary feminist theories of gender, bodies and sexual difference. Students will examine the cultural and social regulation of shifting forms of femininity and masculinity, including sex and science and the norms of sex, reproduction and desire. Theorists examined include: Elizabeth Grosz, Luce Irigaray, and Iris Marion Young.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing the unit will be able to:

  1. identify and explain key concepts in gender theory and contemporary feminist theories;
  2. explain how patterns of gender operate in social structures and critically analyse the social and political effects that emerge;
  3. critically read and analyse theoretical texts and apply this knowledge to everyday social contexts;
  4. use evidence to develop and sustain theoretical arguments related to gender and sociological theory;
  5. communicate theoretical concepts clearly and effectively.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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