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2010 Course Handbook

Major: Gender Studies

Degrees for which this major is a Qualifying Major:
 
Bachelor of Arts
 
Bachelor of Arts with the Diploma of Education
 
Bachelor of Arts with the degree of Bachelor of Commerce
 
Bachelor of Arts with the degree of Bachelor of Laws
 
Bachelor of Arts with the degree of Bachelor of Science
 
Bachelor of Business Administration with the degree of Bachelor of Arts
 
Bachelor of Engineering with the degree of Bachelor of Arts
 
Bachelor of Social Science
 
Bachelor of Social Science with the degree of Bachelor of Laws

Major details:

Gender Studies

GEN01

Department:
Department of Sociology
Faculty:
Faculty of Arts

This major must be completed as part of a degree. The general requirements for the degree must be satisfied in order to graduate.

Requirements for the Major:

Completion of a minimum of 24 credit points including the following prescribed units:

Credit points

100 level

Required
3
Foundations in Gender Studies (3)
GEN110
Required
3
Any 100 level unit in AHIS, ANTH, CUL, ECH, EDUC, ENGL, ENVG, MHIS, GEN, LAW, MAS, PHL, PSY, RSN, SOC

200 level

Required
3
Reading Gender in Everyday Life (3)
GEN210
Required
3cp from

 

 
Any 200 level unit in AHIS, ANTH, CUL, ECH, EDUC, ENGL, ENVG, MHIS, GEN, LAW, MAS, PHL, PSY, RSN, SOC
 
Sex, Race and Rock (3)
GEND230
 
The Ecological Humanities: Australians and their Environment (3)
GEOP262
3
Gender and the State (3)
POL202

300 level

Required
4
'Family Values' in the 21st Century (4)
GEN310
Required
8cp from
 
Women and Gender in the Ancient World (3)
AHIS340
 
Culture, Health and Sexuality in the Developing World (4)
ANTH377
 
Body, Place and Postcolonial Experience (4)
ANTH381
 
Changing Bodies, Changing Selves (3)
CUL322
 
Gender and Education (3)
EDUC386
 
Feminism and Literature (3)
ENGL306
 
Economy, Place and Culture (4)
ENVG324
 
Naughty Boys, Bad Girls: Gender and Discipline at Home and at School (4)
GEN311
 
Family Law (4)
LAW402
 
Discrimination and the Law (4)
LAW411
 
Law and Sexuality (4)
LAW520
 
Media Identities (3)
MAS302
 
Women Making History (3)
MHIS348
 
Gender and Empire (3)
MHIS367
 
Gender, Race and Identity (3)
PHL352
 
The Psychology of Human Relationships (3)
PSY350
 
Philosophy of Psychoanalysis (3)
PSY353
 
Women in Russian Culture (3)
RSN305
 
The Intimate Sphere: Love, Friendship, Family (4)
SOC365
8
Naughty Boys, Bad Girls: Gender and Discipline at Home and at School (4)
SOC367

TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED TO SATISFY THIS MAJOR

24