Gender and Women's Studies : MA
Master
In Lancaster
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Lancaster
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Duration
12 Months
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Start date
Different dates available
The MA in Gender and Women’s Studies is a taught postgraduate degree which will deepen your perspectives on gender studies and feminism.
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About this course
As a student on this programme you will gain a thorough knowledge of the key debates and authors within Gender and Women’s Studies as well as the opportunity to develop specialist interests and key research skills. Core modules will take you through the intellectual traditions, concepts and politics which have shaped the evolution of Women’s Studies inside and outside the academy, and will give you the methodological confidence to do your own research.
2:1 (Hons) degree (UK or equivalent) in Sociology, Gender and Women’s Studies or related field
IELTS - Overall score of at least 7.0, with no individual element below 6.0
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Subjects
- Gender Research
- Sex and Bodies
- Gender
- Image
- Sound
- Historical evidence
- Cultural Theory
- Social
- Cybercultures
- Victorian Literature
- Media
Course programme
You will study a range of modules as part of your course, some examples of which are listed below.
Core
- Debates in Gender Research
- Gender, Sex and Bodies
Optional
- Beyond the Text: Image, Sound and Object as Historical Evidence
- Writing the Nineteenth Century City
- Social and Cultural Theory
- Cybercultures
- Women's Studies Research Project
- Victorian Literature and Other Media
- Romance and Realism
- Environment and Culture
- The Social Life of Science and Technology: Theories and Debates
- Contemporary Debates in Social Theory
- Feminist Technoscience Studies
- Methods in Science and Technology Studies
- Critical Debates in Media and Cultural Studies
- Gender and Violence
- Capitalism and Crisis
- Contemporary British Fiction
- Postcolonial Women's Writing
- Contemporary Gothic: Text and Screen
- Fusions
- Research Projects in Practice: From Design to Dissemination
Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.
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Gender and Women's Studies : MA