Introduction to Gender Theory

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Candidature in Diploma in Arts

Special requirements

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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 students 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. This subject equips students 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 Posts: 200 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-3 Assessment 2 Critical Reflection: 500 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 15 Assessment 3 Essay Plan: 300 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-3 Assessment 4 Essay: 1500 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-5 Assessment 5 Take Home Exam: 2000 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-5

• Online Posts (10%)
• Take Home Exam - 2 hrs 15 mins (40%)
• Critical Reflection (20%)
• Essay (25%)
• Essay Plan (5%)