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Gender Studies
Gender Studies, with its motivating force of women's studies,
is just as needed now as it ever was–perhaps in some
respects more so–with the increasingly sophisticated
and pervasive attempts to persuade the consumer/reader/user
that all is equal and, finally, merely a matter of choice.
One of the tasks of this major will be to address and redress
this notion. It is an area of intense public debate and we
seek to equip our students not only to enter into this debate
but at some future time perhaps, to lead it.
The major is made up of subjects from the Faculties of Arts,
Commerce, Education, Law and Science. It is an interdisciplinary
major which recognises that students come from a range of
backgrounds and may want to study over a range of areas. There
are no core subjects. A number of the subjects within the
proposed major deal not only with the impact of being gendered
as female, but also with definitions of masculinity and with
queer theory, an area of study more commonly associated with
sexuality than gender.
The Gender Studies major will encourage students to develop
greater tolerance and understanding of gender equity issues,
values which they could bring to debates in the wider community.
Co-ordinator: Dr Anne Lear, (English Studies Program,
Faculty of Arts).
Details of the Major
A major in Gender Studies will consist of at least 54 Credit
Points chosen from the following range of subjects (at least
24 credit points must be at 300 level). Students will choose
at least five subjects from the list of Specialist Electives,
and no more than two from the list of General Electives.
Normal pre-requisites apply for the following subjects unless
these are waived by the Head of Unit. This applies, in particular,
to LAW subjects, for which LAW100 Law in Society is a necessary
pre-requisite and will not be waived.
Please note: not all subjects will be available in
any one year.
Specialist Electives
Students must choose at least five subjects from this
list
| 100-Level |
|
Credit Points |
| ENGL121
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Text and Gender |
6 |
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| 200-Level |
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| ECON208
|
Gender Work and Family |
8 |
| EDUC292
|
Gender and Social Justice |
8 |
| ENGL260
|
Nineteenth Century Australian Literary
Culture |
8 |
| POL290
|
Women in Society - Productive Reproductive
Labour |
8 |
| PHIL260
|
Philosophy of Feminism A (also available
as PHIL363) |
8 |
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| 300-Level |
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| ENGL345
|
Twentieth Century Women Writers |
8 |
| ENGL365
|
Nineteenth Century Women Writers |
8 |
| AUST300
|
Twentieth Century Australian Literary
Culture |
8 |
| ENGL371
|
Twentieth Century Australian Literary
Culture |
8 |
| HIST380
|
Twentieth Century Australian Literary
Culture |
8 |
| HIST318
|
The Making of the modern Australian
Woman |
8 |
| PHIL363 |
Philosophy of Feminism B |
8 |
| SOC330
|
Sociology of Gender Relations |
8 |
| CCS334
|
Technologies of the Body |
8 |
| LAW335
|
Anti-Discrimination Law |
6 |
| LAW349
|
Feminism and the Law |
6 |
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| General Electives
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| Students must choose no
more than two subjects from this list |
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| 100-Level |
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| GEOS142
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The Human Environment: Problems and
Change |
6 |
| SOC103
|
Aspects of Australian Society |
6 |
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| 200-Level |
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| CCS215
|
Gender, Race, Colonialism |
8 |
| EDUF212
|
Education II |
6 |
| ENGL259
|
Introduction to Canadian Literature
|
8 |
| SOC205
|
Sociology of the Family |
8 |
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| 300-Level |
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| GEOS348
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Cultural Landscapes |
8 |
| LAW303
|
Children, Families and the Law |
6 |
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