THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER

Course Code

GD 1501

Credit Points

20

Course Coordinator

Dr M Jowett

Pre-requisites

None

Overview

This course involves study of how ideas about the feminine and the masculine are evolved and communicated in our society, and of key aspects of the roles which women adopt in their domestic lives, and the implications of these roles for other aspects of women’s experience.

Structure

2 one-hour lectures and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (60%), in-course assessment (30%) and tutorial participation grade (10%).

Resit: 1 two-hour written examination if the tutorial participation grade is a pass (100%).