Honours Program - Women's and Gender Studies
To be read in conjunction with the program of study requirements of the degree in which you are enrolled:
Program aims
The Honours Program in Women's Studies offers students the opportunity to extend and deepen Women's Studies knowledge, skill and approaches beyond the undergraduate level, including the development of an ethical understanding of the complexity of gender relations and the relations of power which form through gender and related differences. Students will develop an advanced understanding of feminist and related theories and their relevance and application to gendered problems, as well as an advanced capacity for independent research and high level and complex written and oral communication of information and ideas. The program facilitates students gaining an in-depth knowledge of one particular area via the research and writing of their thesis. It aims to prepare students for research higher degree study.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the Honours Program in Women's Studies students will be able to:
- engage in high-level written and oral communication of information and ideas and facility with a feminist vocabulary
- develop research skills to a high level, including having knowledge of a particular area of investigation and outlining different approaches to thinking about the issues involved
- effectively formulate a competent overview knowledge of some contemporary feminist theories
- effectively theorise an appreciation of the complexity of contemporary gender relations
- create an extended piece of research, which involves interpreting and applying ethical issues involved in the research of gender issues.
Program of study
To qualify for the Honours Program in Women's Studies a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
Core - Year 1 topics
27 units comprising:
HASS7001 Research Communication in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (4.5 units)
HASS7010A Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Honours Thesis (4.5/18 units)
HASS7010B Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Honours Thesis (4.5/18 units)
HASS7010C Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Honours Thesis (4.5/18 units)
HASS7010D Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Honours Thesis (4.5/18 units)
HASS7003 Understanding Research Methods in Humanities and Social Sciences (4.5 units)*
Option - Year 1 topics
Plus 9 units from the following topics
CREA7001 Exegesis (4.5 units)**
CREA7002 Professional Practice for the Creative Arts (4.5 units)
ENGL7702 Reading Literature, Reading the World (4.5 units)
HASS7000 Industry or Community Placement in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (4.5 units)
HASS7002 Honours Special Project in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (4.5 units)
HIST7056 Critical Theory: Past and Present (4.5 units)
HIST7057 Making History: Current Directions in Historiography (4.5 units)
INDG9000 Indigenous Research Methodologies (4.5 units)
PHIL7340 Creativity and the Imagination (4.5 units)
SOCI7031 Research Principles and Practices (4.5 units)
Or up to 9 units of honours appropriate topics with the approval of the Honours co-ordinator
*With Honours co-ordinator approval students can replace HASS7003 Understanding Research Methods in Humanities and Social Sciences with CREA7100 Understanding Research Methods in the Creative Arts (4.5 units)
**Students undertaking a creative work as part of thesis must select CREA7001 Exegesis