gsd4cor gsds debates
INTERDISCIPLINARY DEBATES
GSD4COR
2015
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
This seminar orients Gender Sexuality and Diversity Studies students into further research by engaging with key interdisciplinary debates and texts in this field. Students will learn how feminist, anti-racist/postcolonial theory and queer theory developed their critique of knowledge and research practices in the Humanities, Social and Physical Sciences. Maintaining a focus on social justice and political transformation, students are exposed to how methodological questions and theoretical debates change with time and context. Students will develop sensitivity to how various disciplines connect and diverge with one another as they negotiate questions of subjectivity, power and knowledge. Academics from across the Faculty, will lead seminars on the processes and approaches to further research on specific topics. Finally, students will learn to hone their skills in thinking, writing and inquiry as they use course material to develop and enhance their own research question.
SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points30
Subject Co-ordinatorCarolyn D'Cruz
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Must be enrolled in AHA - Bachelor of Arts with Honours, majoring in Gender, Sexuality and Diversity Studies, or coordinator's approval.
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Capacity to write a research proposal and appreciate the ethics of social research
- Activities:
- Ongoing discussion and workshopping of research proposals and ethics in social research throughout the semester seminars
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Writing(Writing)
02. High level engagement with interdisciplinary theory relating to Gender Sexuality and Diversity issues and questions
- Activities:
- Readings, seminar discussions, and the two assignments
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Writing(Writing)
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Melbourne, 2015, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorCarolyn D'Cruz
Class requirements
WorkShopWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours workshop other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
---|---|---|---|
On-line Blogs (2000 word equivalent) | 25 | 02 | |
One 2000-word Thesis Outline | 25 | 01, 02 | |
one 1500-word Critical Evaluation | 20 | 01, 02 | |
one 2,500-word essay | 30 | 01, 02 |