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Gender Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr CQ Quinan
Email: c.quinan@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
50 credit points
Please note: Midyear intake commencing students can only take this program on a part-time basis and it will not be available for international students.
Duration: 6 months full-time / 1 year part-time
Program Requirements -
- one core subject (12.5 points)
- elective subjects (37.5 points)
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Please note: With the approval of the Gender Studies Coordinator, students may substitute a different gender-related subject taught in the Arts Faculty not listed in the Subject Options as one of their electives.
Total 50 points
Subject Options
Core Subjects
12.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GEND40003 | Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90006 | Gender, Globalisation and Development | April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND90007 | No longer available |
Elective Subjects
37.5 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Please note: SPAN30001 Gender in Hispanic Cultures carries a Spanish language prerequisite
With the approval of the Gender Studies Coordinator, students may substitute a different gender-related subject taught in the Arts Faculty not listed below as one of their electives.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
INDG20003 | Aboriginal Women: Activism & Leadership | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20008 | Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CULS30004 | Thinking Sex | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENGL20020 | Romanticism, Feminism, Revolution | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
GEND20001 | Gender, Sexuality, Power: Key Theories | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND20003 | Screening Genders, Bodies, Sexualities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND20008 | Feminist Futures: Theory and Activism | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND20010 | Technologies of Sex | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GEND30003 | Gender at Work in The World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND30006 | Trauma, Memory, Bodies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND30007 | Trans Studies: Cultures and Communities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30004 | A History of Sexualities | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL30052 | Race and Gender: Philosophical Issues | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS20011 | The Politics of Sex | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
POLS30015 | International Gender Politics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN30004 | Film Noir: History and Sexuality | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SPAN30001 | Gender in Hispanic Cultures | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
HPSC20023 | Sex and Gender in the Sciences | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
INDG20004 | Racial Literacy: Indigeneity & Whiteness | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
ANTH20001 | Keeping the Body in Mind | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
GEND30005 | Gender Diversity in the Workplace | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30013 | Gender and Crime | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST20090 | Gender in History, 1800 to the Present | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/interdisciplinary-programs/gender-studies
Last updated: 14 November 2024