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Gender Studies
Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced)Specialisation (formal)Year: 2021
Gender Studies
Overview
Gender Studies considers the significance of gender and sexuality across a broad range of cultural contexts, identities and histories. The program analyses how gender intersects with crucial issues such as ageing, class, disability, ethnicity and globalisation. Subjects consider ideas about femininity, masculinity and sexuality through close engagement with an extensive variety of theorists, case studies and media. Gender Studies is transdisciplinary and draws on the diverse interests of specialists located throughout the Faculty. This enables its students to develop a unique combination of research skills drawn from both the Arts and Social Sciences.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete the Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation should:
- demonstrate a sound understanding of recent developments in feminist theory and practices;
- understand the issues involved in debates about feminist knowledge; and
- develop an understanding of contemporary feminist debates about gender politics, self and subjectivity and the relationship of these debates to other areas of social inquiry.
Last updated: 3 May 2024
Structure
100 credit points
Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time
The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation requires:
- thesis subject (50 points)
- one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
- three elective subjects (37.5 points)
Total 100 points
Please note:
- Students must enrol in the thesis GEND40006 Gender Studies Thesis Part 1 and GEND40007 Gender Studies Thesis Part 2 over two consecutive semesters
Elective subjects:
- students must consult the program coordinator to have their subject selection approved prior to enrolment - with the approval of the coordinator, students may substitute a different gender-related subject taught in the Arts Faculty but not listed below as one of their electives
- applicants should note that they must satisfy any prerequisite as set, before being allowed to enrol in any subject
Subject Options
Compulsory Subject
12.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GEND40005 | Gender Studies Research Methods | February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Thesis Subject
50 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GEND40006 | Gender Studies Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
GEND40007 | Gender Studies Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
Elective Subjects
37.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
AHIS40007 | The Artist's Body | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ANCW40015 | Gender and Sexuality in Greece and Rome | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ASIA90001 | Human Rights in Southeast Asia | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
ENGL40007 | Romanticism and Modernity | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
GEND40002 | Gender Studies Reading Course | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
GEND40003 | Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND40008 | Queer Theory | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
GEND40009 | Feminist & Queer Perspectives on Science | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | March (Online) |
12.5 |
GEND90007 | Rethinking Rights and Global Development | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90066 | Women and Global Health | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN40002 | Contemporary Film Theory | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
SCRN40005 | Melodrama, Ideology and the Cinema | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
SCRN40010 | Dream Screen: Film and Psychoanalysis | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
SOTH40001 | Relationships in Modernity | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
LING90028 | Discourse and Interaction | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/interdisciplinary-programs/gender-studies
Last updated: 3 May 2024