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Convener: Dr Joy 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 subjects within other areas of study including Criminology, English, Art History, Cinema Studies, History and Philosophy of Science, Anthropology, Political Science, and Linguistics.

 1. Prerequisites

The Women's Studies program commences at second year. The general prerequisite for entry is the completion of 50 points of first year in any area of study within the Arts Faculty.

 2. Requirements for a Major

A Major in Women's Studies usually consists of nine 12.5 point subjects, totalling 112.5 points. It comprises:

• Two first-year subjects from any area of study (25 points), and;

• Seven second/third-year subjects (87.5 points), which must include:

  • Two subjects from the list of core subjects below, and;

  • Five subjects from the list of optional subjects below.

 3. Women's Studies subjects

Students must take two of the following subjects at second/third year toward their Women's Studies Major.

Core subjects (Second/third year)
Women's Studies/History		Semester
	131-032 Contesting Genders: From Wollstonecraft to De Beauvoir	1
	131-033 Contesting Genders: From Greer to Queer	2
	131-034 Gender, Culture and Society	2

Students must take five of the following subjects at second/third year toward their Women's Studies Major.

Students should also note that they must consult the relevant area of study entries in the handbook to make sure that they meet the prerequisites, if any, for entry to these subjects.

Optional subjects (second/third year)
Criminology		Semester
	191-020 Women, Gender and Crime	1
	191-026 Crime and Culture	Not Offered
English
	106-043 'The Victorian Supernatural'	1
	106-067 Feminist Cultural Studies	2
	106-020 Reading Sexuality	2
Cinema Studies
	107-083 Film Noir: Style and History	1
History
	131-061 Sex and Love in the Medieval World	1
	131-038 Gender and Development	2
	131-024 The Body: History, Sex and Gender	Not Offered
	131-060 Ritual, Gender and Community in Early-Modern Europe, 1450-1700	Not Offered
Anthropology
	136-016 Sexing the Self: The Anthropology of Sex and Identity	2
Philosophy
	161-022 Philosophy of Feminism: Issues in Contemporary Feminist Thought	1
	161-028 French Feminisms	2
Political Science
	166-024 International Gender Politics	2
	166-032 Sexual Politics	Not Offered
	166-011 The Politics of Sexual Reform Movements	Not Offered
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
	175-022 Language and Gender	Not Offered

 4. Combined Honours entry

Currently there is no pure Honours program in Women's Studies. This means that students must combine fourth year Honours in Women's Studies with another area of study.

The prerequisites for entry to combined Honours in Women's Studies are:

• Completion of all the requirements for the BA, and;

• Completion of a Major in Women's Studies, and;

• An average grade of H2B or higher over the second/third-year subjects within the Major, and;

• Admission to Honours in another area of study within the Arts Faculty.

Prospective Honours students are required to consult with the convener of Women's Studies during second semester of the year prior to Honours entry. At this time they must complete a satisfactory thesis proposition form, available from the convener.

 5. Combined Honours requirements

Students undertaking combined Honours in Women's Studies and another area of study must complete:

• 131-152 Women's Studies Honours Thesis (37.5 points), and;

• Two Honours subjects in Women's Studies selected from the list below (or alternative subjects arranged with the Women's Studies coordinator) (25 points), and;

• Three Honours subjects in the combined area of study (equivalent to 37.5 points).

or

• Honours thesis in the combined area of study (37.5 points), and;

• Two Honours subjects in the combined area of study (equivalent to 25 points), and;

• Three Honours subjects in Women's Studies selected from the list below (or alternative subjects arranged with the Women's Studies coordinator) (equivalent to 37.5 points).

Fourth Year Honours subjects
History		Semester
	131-063 Representations of Gender: Histories and Identities	1
	131-132 Gender, Globalisation and Development: Asia-Pacific Perspectives	2
	131-135 Gender and Colonialism: Australia and the Pacific 1788 to 1930s	2
English
	106-092 Theorising the Spectator	1
	106-076 Feminist Readings	1
	106-087 Lesbian and Gay Theory	2
Cinema Studies
	107-088 Love Stories: Film and Narrative Theory	1
Political Science
	166-024 International Gender Politics	2
	166-046 Managing Diversity	2
	166-054 The Body and the State: New Approaches in Political and Legal Theory	Not Offered
Criminology
	191-020 Women, Gender and Crime	1

 6. For more information

Please contact:

Joy Damousi
Department of History
Third floor, John Medley Building
The University of Melbourne
Parkville Victoria 3052
Tel. +61 3 9344 5963
Web: http://www.Womens-Studies.unimelb.edu.au

Fourth year Honours thesis

131-152 Women's Studies Honours Thesis

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