GD5503 Interdisciplinary Topics in Gender Studies

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 11

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Open to MLitt Gender Studies students only.

Planned timetable

To be arranged

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr I Segui

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Team taught; teaching staff confirmed at start of semester.

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

On this module you will undertake an interdisciplinary exploration of a range of topics that are central to gender studies. Topics addressed vary each year, but will be different from those covered in semester one. You will gain an appreciation of the ways in which issues concerning gender may be applied in different academic disciplines as well as outside of academia. You will learn how to articulate controversies surrounding gender in the contemporary world as well as demonstrating your ability to solve complex problems by critical understanding, analysis, and synthesis. More broadly you will deepen your understanding of the inextricable connections between gender, class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, inequality, and power. The module includes skills workshops that connect your academic learning with the development of personal and professional competencies. Workshops bring together students from other Graduate School for Interdisciplinary Studies Masters degrees, helping you to make new interdisciplinary connections. GD5503 is a compulsory module for the MLitt in Gender Studies.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

Usually 1 x themed lecture or 1 x associated seminar (alternate weeks); additional skills workshops in some weeks.

Scheduled learning hours

37

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

264

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Articulate controversies surrounding gender in the contemporary world.
  • Grasp the ways that issues concerning gender may be applied to fields throughout academia.
  • Grasp the ways that issues concerning gender can be applied outside academia.
  • Understand how gender, class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, power, and inequality are inextricably connected.
  • Solve complex problems by critical understanding, analysis and synthesis.