GD5506 Gender and Social Theory

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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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.

Planned timetable

To be confirmed

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

Module coordinator

Dr A P Gutierrez Garza

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Module Staff

Dr Ana Gutierrez Garza; Dr Melissa Demian; Dr Stavroula Pipyrou; Prof Nina Laurie; Dr Ife Okafor-Yarwood

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

Module description

In this module, you will explore topics central to gender studies using interdisciplinary methodologies with a special focus on the social sciences. You will learn how to critically examine current issues and controversies surrounding gender. You will deepen your understanding of the inextricable connections between gender, class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, inequality, and power.

Assessment pattern

100% Coursework

Re-assessment

100% Coursework

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

One 2-hour seminar per week.

Scheduled learning hours

22

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

Guided independent study hours

273

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

Intended learning outcomes

  • Critically evaluate, using the methods of the social sciences, current controversies surrounding gender in law, public policy, and global issues
  • Apply an understanding informed by the methods of the social sciences to a wide variety of global gender issues in academia and beyond
  • Critically articulate and evaluate how global issues concerning gender, class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, power, and inequality are analytically and empirically connected
  • Propose specific solutions to complex gender issues by drawing on a critical understanding and on a range of interdisciplinary analytical skills moulded by the methods of the social sciences