2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
GEND5102M Theorising Gender
30 creditsClass Size: 30
Module manager: Dr Karen Throsby
Email: k.throsby@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2016/17
This module is approved as an Elective
Module summary
.Objectives
On completion of this module student should be able to:- show an ability to engage with complex theoretical debates about the meaning and significance of gender;
- give oral presentations summarising research studies exploring the significance of gender in social life;
- engage in class discussion designed around key social science and humanities debates about gender;
- evaluate the significance of gender to questions of identity, social diversity and social division;
- write an extended essay that indicates an ability to understand, evaluate and apply different theoretical approaches to contemporary or historical gender relations.
Syllabus
The module will take students through contemporary theoretical approaches within gender studies, which provide alternative, complementary and conflicting explanations for the source, operation and historical, social and individual significance of gender. It will explore both the social and individual processes involved in the enactment of, and challenges to, gender relations. Various areas of social life, where gender plays a part in shaping interactions and meaning, will be explored, including: family roles, reproductive technologies, citizenship, sexuality, culture, and personal biography. The range of areas examined will allow students to consider questions of social diversity, division, inequality, change and resistance. A number of important perspectives and debates will be drawn upon, including: Social interactionist approaches; Social studies of technology; Post-colonial approaches to 'race' and ethnicity; Psychoanalytical approaches; Postmodernism and queer theory.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Seminar | 11 | 2.00 | 22.00 |
| Private study hours | 278.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 22.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300.00 | ||
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Essay | 1 x 6,000 word essay | 100.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 13/09/2016
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