2016/17 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PIED3230 Gender and Violence

20 creditsClass Size: 45

Module manager: Dr Polly Wilding
Email: P.Wilding@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module examines violence from a gendered perspective as well as gender-based violence and the difference between these two. The module will explore the how conflict is gendered, and how gender-based violence in conflict is reflected in peacetime. The first part of the module will explore how we can understand the relationship between gender and violence, while the second part of the module looks at how gender and violence is reflected in peace-building, transitional justice, domestic violence, and development. Students are expected to do a considerable amount of reading, and discuss their reading in short comment pieces posted online, through the preparation of Seminar discussions and activities and in a final assessment essay based on case study material and independent research.

Objectives

This module aims to familiarise the student with understandings of different forms of violence as gendered. At the end of the module the student is expected to be able to discuss gender-based violence from a range of perspectives, as well as being able to explain different violences from a gendered perspective.

Learning outcomes
Familiarity with existing literature on gender-based violence, gender and conflict, and the public-private divide. Ability to explain the problem of violence as a social problem, with severe consequences for development. Students will be able to discuss literature using examples from both the Global North and the Global South.

Skills outcomes
Ability to comprehend and analyse competing concepts and to relate conceptual debates to lived realities in different geographical contexts. Ability to understand the relationship between separate issues. Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly orally and in writing. Ability to carry out independent research using literature.

Syllabus

Subjects to be covered may include, but are not limited to, a general overview of gender and violence, theoretical approaches to violence, gender and nation, masculinities and violence, violence and sexuality; before moving on to more empirical topics, including peace and peacebuilding, transitional justice, domestic violence, activism, and the links between violence and development.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lectures	10	1.00	10.00
Group learning	1	4.00	4.00
Seminar	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			176.00
Total Contact hours			24.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Students are expected to do a considerable amount of reading, and discuss their reading in short comment pieces posted online, through the preparation of Seminar discussions and activities and in a final assessment essay based on case study material and independent research.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Presentations and online commentaries serve to provide opportunities for peer monitoring and learning and to develop skills and build knowledge. Students will also have an opportunity to attend an essay workshop to develop essay ideas and planning.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	1 x 4,000 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 website

Last updated: 22/07/2015

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