Faculty of Arts

 Women's Studies

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    Fourth Year Honours subjects

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 Faculty of Arts.

 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
	131-024 The Body: History, Sex & Gender	2
	131-032 Contesting Genders:Feminism-DeBeauvoir	Not Offered
	131-033 Contesting Genders: From Greer to Queer	1
	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	Summer
English
	106-043 The Victorian Supernatural	1
	106-067 Feminist Cultural Studies	1
	106-020 Reading Sexuality	1
Cinema Studies
	107-083 Film Noir: Style and History	Not Offered
History
	131-061 Sex and Love in the Medieval World	Not Offered
	131-038 Gender and Development	1
Anthropology
	121-066 Sexing the Self	Not Offered
Philosophy
	161-022 Philosophy of Feminism	2
Political Science
	166-024 International Gender Politics	2
	166-032 Sexual Politics	1
	166-011 The Politics of Sexual Reform Movements	Not Offered
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
	175-022 Language & Gender	1
Social Theory
	136-077 Psychoanalysis and Social Theory	1

 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 Faculty of Arts.

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 (totalling 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 (totalling 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 (totalling 37.5 points).

Fourth Year Honours subjects
History		Semester
	131-063 Representations of Gender	2
	131-132 Gender, Globalisation and Development	1
	131-135 Gender and Colonialism: The Pacific Rim	Not Offered
	131-143 Current Themes in American History	1
English
	106-092 Theorising the Spectator	2
	106-076 Feminist Readings	Not Offered
	106-087 Lesbian and Gay Theory	Not Offered
Cinema Studies
	107-088 Love Stories: Film and Narrative Theory	Not Offered
Political Science
	166-024 International Gender Politics	2
	166-046 Managing Diversity	Not Offered
	166-054 The Body and the State	1
Criminology
	191-020 Women, Gender and Crime	1

 6. For more information

Dr Joy Damousi
Department of History
Third Floor, John Medley Building
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel. +61 3 9344 5982
Email: j.damousi@history.unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.Womens-Studies.unimelb.edu.au

Fourth Year Honours subjects

131-152 Women's Studies Honours Thesis
131-151 Women's Studies Honours Thesis (MYE)

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