Gender Studies

Intended learning outcomes

Students who complete the Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation should:

• develop a detailed knowledge and understanding of how concepts and practices gender and sexuality function in contemporary societies;
• acquire critical and analytical skills and methods to enable the
identification and critical analysis of gender- and sexuality-related issues within complex, changing social and cultural contexts;
• articulate the relationship between diverse forms of knowledge on gender and sexuality and the social, historical and cultural contexts that produced them;
• develop an independent approach to understanding the cross-disciplinary field of gender studies that uses rigorous methods of inquiry and appropriate methodologies, that are applied with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values;
• appreciate the value of an international and interdisciplinary approach to the study of gender and sexuality, and the relevance of gender studies skills, practices and understandings to a broad range of professional and disciplinary contexts;
• work with independence, self- reflection and creativity to 
meet goals and challenges in the workplace and personal life;
• deploy insights generated from their intellectual engagements with gender studies to act as informed and critically discriminating participants within the community of scholars, as citizens and in the work force; and
• communicate their knowledge effectively in a variety of oral and written 
formats.