Thinking through Gender: Bodies, Deviance, Difference
UndergraduateLTU-GSD2DED2027
Course information for 2027 intake View information for 2026 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 4 July 2027
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Price from
- $2,253
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Thinking through Gender: Bodies, Deviance, Difference
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Apply interdisciplinary GSDS concepts to understanding issues and debates regarding gender and sexuality.
- Produce a sustained, complex written argument about gender and sexuality theories.
- Review gender sexuality and diversity studies theories and concepts in different historical and cultural contexts.
- Synthesise research and arguments about gender, sexuality and diversity.
- Gender
- Sexuality
- Race
- Disability
- Bodies
- Activism
- Policy
How are some bodies made to seem normal while others are treated as strange, dangerous or out of place? In this subject, you will explore how gendered bodies are produced, regulated and resisted across different times, places and institutions. You will engage with queer and trans theory, critical race theory and disability/crip studies to analyse how norms around gender, sexuality, race and ability shape ideas of deviance and difference. You will read theory alongside film, popular culture, policy and life writing, and you will develop skills in critical analysis, research and creative or reflective writing about gender, the body and power. By the end of the subject, you will be able to apply advanced gender studies concepts to contemporary debates about bodies, health, crime and social justice.
- Portfolio of short critical blog posts (around 1,250-1,500 words total) responding to weekly readings and materials, applying key gender and sexuality concepts to contemporary examples. (30%)
- Short written task (around 800 words equivalent) that requires you to apply key concepts and draw on relevant evidence to analyse an issue related to gender and sexuality. (20%)
- Final research/reflective essay (around 2,000 words or equivalent). In this task, you will produce a sustained, complex written argument on a topic related to gender, sexuality and diversity, drawing on appropriate scholarly and other relevant sources. (50%)
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Entry requirements
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Prerequisites: Students must have completed 60 credit points of Level one subjects.
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed GSD2GES (Gender and Sexuality: Contemporary Debates) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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