Gender and Development in Asian Societies
UndergraduateMUR-AST2882027
Course information for 2027 intake
Gender shapes social relations, economic activity and development across Asian societies. Compare past and present contexts, then design and conduct research for your own report.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 18 July 2027
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Start dates
- 26 July 2027
- Price from
- $2,257
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Gender and Development in Asian Societies
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- Explain how gender roles, status and relations shape development processes and outcomes in selected Asian societies, using relevant interdisciplinary perspectives.
- Critically analyse how femininity and masculinity are represented in historical and contemporary Asian cultural practices.
- Evaluate the gendered impacts of social and economic change and state development policies in Asian contexts.
- Apply discipline-appropriate methods and ethical practice to conduct a small-scale research project on a gender-and-development issue in an Asian society.
- Culture and gender in anthropological theory
- Patrilineal and matrilineal societies
- Women and men in classless and stateless societies
- Gender and class in traditional state societies
- Representations of women and men in modern Asian societies
- The family and population policy: Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan
- Socio-political transition, economic transformation, informality and gendered labour
- Gender, aid and development
Asia is an important area of study both because Australia is geographically part of the Asian region and because Asian societies present an extraordinary range of social, cultural and economic systems for comparative purposes. At the same time, gender is one means by which social relations and economic activity are ordered in all social systems. This subject concerns the various ways in which gender distinctions structure Asian societies and colour their cultural representations—past and present. Throughout the subject we will debate the importance of considering men’s and women’s participation in community development activities. Students will learn how to design and conduct research and apply these skills by completing a research report.
Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.
- Responses to media texts (30%)
- Research proposal presentation (30%)
- Research report (40%)
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Entry requirements
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To enrol in this subject, you must have passed a minimum of 12 credit points at 100-level.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
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