Bachelor of Arts

Gender Studies


2008 BA Handbook


Field of Study

Gender Studies

Gender Studies is only available as a minor sequence.

A minor in Gender Studies consists of six 12.5-point subjects, totalling 75 points and comprising:

Level 1

Level 2/3

  • Three core subjects, and one subject selected from the list of electives below.

Gender Studies: Core Subjects

Students completing a minor in Gender Studies must complete the following subjects:
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Code Title Semester Credit Points
121-216 Sex, Gender and Power 1 12.500
121-217 The Future of Gender 2 12.500
121-218 Genders, Bodies, Borders 2 12.500

Gender Studies: Elective Subjects

Students completing a minor in Gender Studies must undertake 1 elective from the following list:
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Code Title Semester Credit Points
100-303 Media Futures and New Technologies 2 12.500
102-210 From Mateship to Mardi Gras 2 12.500
106-047 Art/Pornography/Blasphemy/Propaganda 12.500
106-058 Scandal, Sex and Sentiment 12.500
106-210 Romance and Melancholia 2 12.500
106-218 Romanticism, Feminism, Revolution 12.500
106-220 Popular Culture 1 12.500
106-233 Performing Gender 1 12.500
106-367 Gender, Sexuality & Culture 1 12.500
107-079 Sex and the Cinema: The Gendered Screen 2 12.500
107-307 Love Stories and the Cinema 12.500
110-222 Islam and Human Rights 12.500
110-228 Gender and Ideology in East Asia 2 12.500
110-231 Women in Arabic and Islamic Literature 1 12.500
121-055 Keeping the Body in Mind 1 12.500
121-066 Sexing the Self 12.500
131-024 The Body: History, Sex & Gender 12.500
131-033 A History of Sexualities 1 12.500
131-085 Witches and Witch Hunting in Europe 1 12.500
136-073 Critical Theories 2 12.500
136-077 Psychoanalysis and Social Theory 1 12.500
136-205 Cybersociety 12.500
136-209 Intimacy and Technology 2 12.500
166-024 International Gender Politics 2 12.500
166-217 Gender and Politics in Southeast Asia 12.500
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