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Study Gender Studies at Otago

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Overview

Gender is a complex element of social and cultural existence with far-reaching implications for the course of our lives. It shapes the work we do and how we spend our leisure time, our income, our family relationships and friendships, the value and meanings we attach to other people and activities, what we eat and how we dress, and even how we speak and move. In the last few decades, theoretical and everyday notions of gender have undergone dramatic changes, influenced both by changes in the organisation of society and by a rapidly expanding field of critical inquiry.

This new field of inquiry concerns broad questions of difference - race, class and sexuality, for example, as well as gender. It is at the forefront of significant critical and theoretical developments in the Social Sciences and Humanities.

Our students currently combine their Gender Studies major with subjects such as English, History, Political Studies, Law, Anthropology, Art History, Education, Community and Family Studies and others. The staff work in an interactive way, and prefer informal teaching methods. Our Research Seminar series, bringing together research from across the University and from visiting speakers, is open to students.

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Contact details

520 Castle Street
PO Box 56
Dunedin
Tel 64 3 479 7951
Fax 64 3 479 7653

Website: http://www.otago.ac.nz/sgsw

Email: sgsw@otago.ac.nz

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Qualifications

Papers

See the full list of Gender Studies (GEND) papers.

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Programme Requirements

Bachelor of Arts (BA) majoring in Gender Studies

Level Papers Points
100-level

GEND 101  Gender

GEND 102  Bodies, Sexualities and Selves

18

18
200-level

GEND 201  Introduction to Feminist Theory

One of
GEND 205  Gender and the Media
GEND 207  Masculinities
GEND 208  Governing Bodies

and one of
ANTH 205  Contemporary Pacific Cultures
CLTE 204  Dress and Society
GEOG 210  Social Geography
HIST 226   Cultures of Colonialism: The North American West
MFCO 212 Media and Intercultural Communication
RELS 209  The Body in Asian Religions
SOCI 205  Social Inequality
VISC 201  History of Photography

18

18

 

 18
300-level

GEND 306  Gender, Work and Consumer Culture

Two of
GEND 305  Gender and the Media
GEND 307  Masculinities

and one of
ANTH 316, ANTH 322, ANTH 327, ARTH 314, ARTH 320, EDUC 318, ENGL 331, HIST 327, MFCO 301, RELS 309, SOCI 302, SOCI 305

 72
Plus

198 further points; must include 54 points at 200-level or above.

Up to 90 points may be taken from outside Arts

 198
Total   360

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Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA(Hons)) in Gender Studies

Papers

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Postgraduate Diploma in Arts Subjects (PGDipArts) in Gender Studies

The Postgraduate Diploma in Arts Subjects (PGDipArts) programme in Gender Studies is the same as the programme for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours.

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Minor Subject Requirements

Gender Studies as a minor subject for a Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Theology (BTheol), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Applied Science (BAppSc) or Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree

Level Papers Points
100-level

GEND 101  Gender

GEND 102  Bodies, Sexualities and Selves

18

18
200-level Two 200-level GEND papers 36
300-level

One 300-level GEND paper

 18
 

One GEND paper may be replaced by one of the following: ANTH 205, CLTE 204, GEOG 210, HIST 226, MFCO 212, RELS 209, SOCI 205, ANTH 316, ANTH 322, ANTH 323, ANTH 327, ARTH 314, ARTH 320, EDUC 318, ENGL 331, HIST 327, MFCO 301, RELS 309, SOCI 302, SOCI 305

Must include at least one GEND paper above 200-level

  
Total   90

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