Gender Studies MA

University of Sussex

Master

In Brighton

£ 8,500 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Brighton

  • Duration

    1 Year

Discuss contemporary social issues, focusing on gender, feminist and queer theory, and methodology.

On this course, you’ll gain a deep understanding of a range of topics, from identity and the social construction of gender to political aspects of gender and feminist research.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
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Sussex House, BN1 9RH

Start date

On request

About this course

This course is ideal for you if you:

seek to develop an existing research interest
are in a career in which issues of gender play an important role
wish to explore a broad range of issues concerning gender.

Our graduates have gone into a range of careers in sectors such as:

national and local government
NGO/charity work
journalism
teaching
equalities and diversity work within corporations.

Graduate destinations
100% of students from the Department of Sociology were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent graduates have gone on to jobs including:

refugee researcher, Amnesty International UK
research analust, UK Civil Service
drop-in coordinator, Brighton Housing Trust.

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Subjects

  • Dissertation
  • Critical
  • Social
  • Research
  • Development
  • Crime & Media
  • Feminism
  • Law
  • Society
  • Professional

Course programme

Modules

These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
  • Dissertation Gender Studies
  • Critical Reading in Advanced Gender Theory
  • Gender Politics and Social Research
Options

Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests.
  • Activism for Development and Social Justice
  • Anthropological Perspectives on Mind, Madness and Mental Health
  • Crime & Media
  • Feminism, Law and Society
  • Global Queer
  • Hate Crime and Sexual Violence
  • Law, Religion, and Human Rights
  • LGBTQI Rights: International and Comparative Perspectives
  • Medicine and the Body
  • Queering Popular Culture
  • Sex and Violence (IR)
  • The Body: current controversies and debates
  • The Cinematic Body
  • Women and Human Rights

Additional information

International students: £16,750 per year

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Gender Studies MA

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