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Duration
16 weeks
Study method
100% Online
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Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 26 Jun 2023
The University of New England is the only Australian public university to be awarded the maximum 5 stars for Overall Experience by the Good Universities Guide, 13 years in a row. UNE has delivered distance education since 1955—that’s longer than any other Australian university. Perhaps that’s why students continue to rate UNE so highly for student satisfaction and teaching quality. With over 170 degrees offered online, and more than 22,000 students, UNE is an expert in online education.
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Subject details
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- Topics will be available to enrolled students in the subjects Learning Management System site approximately one week prior to the commencement of the teaching period.
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Candidature in Diploma in Arts
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media) Headset, including microphone (highly recommended) Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
- Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component. For additional information please visit UNE Hardware Requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware
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Textbook requirements:
Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period.
Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.
Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Recent debates about the definition and content of gender identities have become increasingly complex and contested, provoking an urgent need for a critical understanding of these issues. This is an interdisciplinary subject which introduces you to foundational theories of gender including postcolonial feminist debates, philosophies of gender, and gender within critical literary studies. The subject also addresses the latest arguments regarding the expanding categories of gender identity, and the breakdown of the gender binary in many Western cultures. It equips you with analytical tools from a range of sociological, philosophical and critical literary positions, pertinent to the negotiation of contemporary and future changes regarding gender in society.
Assessment 1 Online Assessment: 500 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-5 Assessment 2 Critical Reflection: 500 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1, 3, 4 Assessment 3 Essay Plan and Annotated Bibliography: 1000 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 4, 5 Assessment 4 Essay: 2000 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-5
- Online Assessment (20%)
- Critical Reflection (20%)
- Essay (40%)
- Essay Plan and Annotated Bibliography (20%)
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