GENDER 306

Theory Into Practice: Gender, Culture, and Social Change

Description

Explores the relationship between gender and other structures of inequality, like sexuality and ethno-race, and progressive social change. Develops and engages students’ theoretically informed critical skills in order to interrogate how gender inequality is re-produced, contested and/or transformed through all or some of the following: literary texts, visual representations, media texts, everyday practices and interactions, and policy.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline. 
 
Digital Course Outlines are refreshed in November for the following year. Digital Course Outlines for courses to be offered for the first time may be published slightly later. 
 

Availability 2025

Not taught in 2025

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Dr Carisa Showden

Reading/Texts

Available online through Canvas/Talis

Assessment

100% coursework, including research project and seminar participation

Points

GENDER 306: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II in Gender Studies, or 15 points at Stage II in Gender Studies and 30 points passed at Stage II in BA courses