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Gender Issues in Development (DEVT90040)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
July
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
| Availability | July |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
As a fundamental cross-cutting theme in development theory and practice today, gender discourse and practices have gone beyond the exclusive focus on feminist activism in the 1970s. What began as a preoccupation with women's discrimination and disadvantage and the lack of their visibility in development initiatives became a broader concern with the nature of relations between men and women. Drawing on the scholarship in gender studies, development studies, political science, sociology and anthropology, the subject will examine key gender and development concepts and debates through case studies from the developing world. It will cover important themes in the gender and development literature such as power and inequalities, economic development and poverty, work and labour, and marriage and family as well as sexualities, masculinities, childhood, violence, and HIV/AIDS. Various dimensions of difference such as race, ethnicity, class, nationality, and religion intersect with gender and sexuality to form myriad lived experiences and perspectives. The subject will investigate these themes through an intersectional lens in order to address the complex realities we experience and embody.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject, students are expected to:
- Have developed an in-depth understanding of key concepts, theories and approaches relating to gender and development
- Understand the principles and structures underlying certain gender-related development issues
- Have acquired critical and analytical skills and methods to enable the identification and critical analysis of gender-related issues across developed and developing worlds
- Have developed an independent approach to understanding the interdisciplinary field of gender and development
- Be able to communicate their knowledge effectively in a variety of oral and written formats
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
A proposal
| During the teaching period | 20% |
A group presentation
| During the teaching period | 20% |
A final essay
| Week 10 | 60% |
| Hurdle requirement: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of classes in order to pass this subject | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- July
Coordinator Lan Anh Hoang Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 24 contact hours: 2-hour seminar per week, followed by 1 hr workshop in Weeks 1 - 8 of Semester. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 25 September 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 August 2020 Census date 31 August 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 October 2020 Assessment period ends 18 October 2020 July contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Readings will be provided online through the subject's LMS site prior to the commencement of semester.
Recommended texts and other resources
Janet Momsen (2010) second edition Gender and Development. Routledge
Irene Tinker (1990) Persistent Inequalities: Women and World Development. Oxford - New York, Oxford University Press - Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Arts (Professional and Applied Ethics) Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Informal specialisation 200 points Master of Arts (Professional and Applied Ethics) Major Development Major Development Informal specialisation PD-ARTS Development Studies Major Tailored Specialisation Major Tailored Specialisation Major Tailored Specialisation - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
Last updated: 3 November 2022