Global Utilities

Gender, Sexuality and Diversity Studies

Undergraduate Studies

The versatility of GSD Studies means that you can select from a general range of units. You can do a major, or combined major in GSD Studies, or choose individual units to complement other studies.

 

Major in GSD Studies

To satisfy the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts with a GSD Studies Major you need to complete 130 credit points in the area. Of these, 60 credit points must be taken at third year level and at least 40 points should be taken from the core units listed below.

 

Combined Majors

Some students complete combined majors in GSD studies and another discipline. This leaves their options open for both interdisciplinary and disciplinary postgraduate work and shows that they are qualified in two areas; both a 'traditional' discipline and an area of specialist expertise. Examples would be GSD Studies and English, History, Philosophy or Sociology. This can make you look more attractive to employers and better qualified for many kinds of work. It also allows you to enjoy following up two areas of interest and making the most of the intersections between them.

Combined majors are achieved by completing any required units for both GSD Studies and your other discipline, and completing 130 credit points in each. The list of units below will help you to see how this might be achieved.

About First Year

First year GSD Studies units are designed to give you an introduction to basic concepts in GSD Studies and to gain an appreciation of the range of both contemporary and historical issues affecting Australian women and men. Students attend lectures and tutorials to develop their thinking in this field and analyse a number of texts including advertising, film, statistics, autobiographical writing, historical documents and contemporary critique. Assessment develops students' skills in reading and analysing academic arguments and writing essays at university standard.

1st year units for 2009:

GSD1SGI: Sex, Gender and Identity
GSD1SGD: Sex, Gender and Diversity

For unit descriptions search the Unit Database by typing in the unit code.

 

About 2/3 Year Units for 2009

In second and third year you have the opportunity to follow up specific areas of interest by choosing units from our extensive list of electives. For unit descriptions search the Unit Database by typing in the unit code.

 

Core Units (20 Credit Points)

GSD2/3CFT: Contemporary Feminist Thought

PHI2/3HUR: Human Rights

PHI2/3LDM: Love, Desire & Master Slave

GSD2/3GAD: Gender & Development

GSD2/3GES: Gender & Sexuality: contemporary debates

Second or Third Year Elective Units (20 Credit Points)

Anthropology

ANT2/3CAC: Childhood, youth & culture

ANT2/3KAM: Kinship, gender & marriage

Cinema Studies

CST2/3CAS: Cinema & sexuality

CST2/3GSP: Gender & spectatorship

English

ENG2/3REM: Re-situating modernism: decolonising contexts

ENG2/3WWA: Women writing A

ENG2/3WWB: Women writing B

History

HIS2/3AGR: Antiquity, gender & religion

HIS2/3AAW: Australians at war

HIS2/3FDA: Food & drink & world history: ancient world to modern Australia

HIS2/3FHN: Film, history & narrative

HIS2/3GAH: Genocide & the holocaust: Europe, Asia, Africa

HIS2/3LWC: Living with colonialism: resistance & accommodation

Linguistics

LIN2/3CCC: Intercultural communication

Legal Studies

LST2/3CLC: Crime, law & culture

LST2/3DAL: Discrimination & the law

LST2/3PIC: Punishment in context

Philosophy

PHI2/3PAM: Plato & the meaning of being

PHI2/3DBK: Discourse, body, knowledge

Politics

POL2/3CSA: Crisis in South Asia: weapons, women, well-being

Sociology

SOC2/3DCS: Deviance, criminality & social control

SOC2/3EAI: Ethnicity & identity: social & political approaches

SOC2/3FAC: Families & change

SOC2/3SGW: Sex, gender & work

SOC2/3TDM: Migration, transnationalism & diaspora

Theatre & Drama

DRA2/3MOA: Modern drama & acting identity

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