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MA Gender Studies

Year 1

(Award available for year: Master of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

- demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the field of gender studies, its interdisciplinary frameworks and a range of theoretical perspectives and field-specific methodologies,
- show a critical understanding and 'hands-on' working knowledge of a range of research methods both within and outside of the social sciences;
- the ability both to design and conduct their own research and to evaluate the research their encounter both in the course of the programme and beyond it;
- analyse, evaluate and think critically about social and cultural phenomena through the lens of gender in a way that appreciates a range of disciplinary and intersectional perspectives;
- an understanding of the ways in which key issues within gender studies play out across different global contexts;
- work proactively and self-reflectively, and to develop professional relationships with others;
- show a critical understanding of gender studies' key contemporary challenges, issues and questions in ways that resist the separation of the theoretical from the applied.
- conduct a piece of individual research using appropriate conceptual frameworks and methods on an aspect of gender studies.

Transferable (key) skills

Masters (taught) students will have had the opportunity to acquire the following abilities, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- the skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in industry or area of professional practice;
- evaluating their own achievement and that of others;
- self direction and effective decision making in complex and unpredictable situations;
- independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;
- to engage critically in the development of professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms.

Assessment

Achievement for the degree of Master (taught programme) will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

- evidencing an ability to conduct independent in-depth enquiry within the field;
- demonstrating the ability to apply breadth and/or depth of knowledge to a complex specialist area;
- drawing on a range of perspectives on an area of study, including their international and intersectional implications;
- critically evaluating received opinion;
- making reasoned judgements and arguments whilst understanding the limitations of those judgements.

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