GENDER SEXUALITY & DIVERSITY STUDIES HONOURS THESIS

GSD4HNJ

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Students will work towards producing a 12,000-15,000 word thesis on a Gender Sexuality Diversity Studies topic developed with the guidance of a supervisor from the Gender Sexuality diversity Studies program.

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Emma Russell

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in AHA - Bachelor of Arts with Honours, majoring in Gender, Sexuality and Diversity Studies

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Ability to identify a field of knowledge and focus on a research question that emerges from engagement with that field

02. Ability to organise and synthesise diverse information into a coherent argument

03. Ability to undertake and complete a large research project

04. Ability to write a research thesis across multiple chapters

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Emma Russell

Class requirements

Supervisor ConsultationWeek: 10 - 22
Five 1.00 hour supervisor consultation per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Work towards a 12,000-15,000 word thesis	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	100	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Day