Faculty of Arts

 Women's Studies

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Convener: Dr J. Damousi

The Faculty of Arts offers an interdepartmental program in Women's Studies housed in the Department of History.

The program draws on a core of subjects taught by lecturers in Women's Studies and a wide range of options taught by a number of Departments. Entry to the program will usually be at second-year level. It is possible to complete a major and proceed to Combined Honours in Women's Studies.

 1. Prerequisites

The normal prerequisite for entry to a major in Women's Studies is the completion of 50 points at first-year level (or equivalent).

 2. Requirements for a major

A major in Women's studies requires the completion of at least five subjects at second and third-year level, totalling 83.3 points, which must include:

Compulsory subjects
At least two of:		Semester
	131-218 From Greer to Queer	n/a
	131-219 Changing Concepts of 'Woman's Place': Europe, the United States and Australia, 1790-1950	n/a
	131-220 Gender, Culture and Society	2
	131-276 Representations of Gender	n/a

The remaining subjects may be chosen from those listed below. Note that not all subjects are available in each year. Contact the relevant Department for further information.

Optional Subjects
Department of Criminology		Semester
	191-422 Women, Gender and Crime	2
	191-428 Crime and Culture	1
Department of English
	106-295 Feminist Cultural Studies	1
	106-229 Medieval Women's Narrative	n/a
	106-263 Feminist Fictions	n/a
	106-262 Victorian Sexualities, Science and the Supernatural	2
Department of Art History and Cinema Studies
	111-444 Making Gender: Art, Film and Spectatorship in the West 1850-1995	n/a
	111-251 Theorising the Body in Australia	2
	111-257 Film Noir: Style and History	n/a
Department of History
	131-207 The Body: History, Sex and Gender	2
	131-218 From Greer to Queer	2
	131-220 Gender, Culture & Society	2
	131-237 Middle Eastern Women	n/a
	131-269 Ritual, Gender and Community in Early Modern Europe, 1450-1700	2
	131-274 Sex and Love in the Medieval World	n/a
	131-227 Gender and the Critique of Development	2
Department of HPS and Anthropology
	136-206 Gender, Science and Technology	1
	136-293 Sex, Gender and Reproduction. Anthropological Perspectives.	n/a
Department of Philosophy
	161-228 Philosophy of Feminism: Issues in Contemporary Feminist Thought	1
	161-241 French Feminisms	2
Department of Political Science
	166-202 The Politics of Sexual Reform Movements	2
	166-239 Sexual Politics	1
Department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
	175-237 Language and Gender	2

 3. Entry to Honours

Pure Honours in Women's Studies is not available. The prerequisite for entry to Women's Studies combined honours is a completion of all requirements of the Bachelor of Arts degree, completion of a major in Women's Studies with a grade average of H2A or better, and admission to honours in another area of study within the Faculty. Prospective Honours Students should also complete a satisfactory thesis proposition form, available from the Convener of the program. Prospective Combined Honours students should see the convener during second semester of the year prior to entry into Honours.

 4. Honours requirements

Students undertaking Combined Honours in Women's Studies complete:

• two single-semester Women's Studies seminars selected from subjects listed below (or alternative subjects arranged with the Women's Studies coordinator) (33.3 points), and;
• two subjects and the thesis subject in the combining department (66.6 points).

Honours Subjects
Department of History		Semester
	131-431 Gender and History: Issues in Theory and Historiography	1
	131-447 Gender, Globalisation and Development: Asia-Pacific Perspectives	2
	131-455 Gender and the Colonial Experience: Polynesia, Melanesia and Australia	n/a
	131-637 Contemporary Feminist Theory	n/a
Department of English
	106-436 Que(e)ries: Lesbian and Gay Theory	2
	106-448 Consumerism, Spectatorship and Gender: Theorising Visual Fascination	1
	106-417 Feminist Readings	1
Department of Fine Arts
	111-461 The Love Story: Film and Narrative Theory	n/a
Department of Political Science
	166-434 The Body and the State: New approaches in political and legal theory.	2
	166-227 International Gender Politics	n/a

 5. For more information

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Subject descriptions

131-218 From Greer to Queer

131-219 Changing Concepts of 'Woman's Place': Europe, the United States and Australia, 1790-1950
131-220 Gender, Culture and Society
131-276 Representations of Gender

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