Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Online |
Unit description
Introduces students to the relationship between gender, sexuality and culture. It adopts a cultural studies approach to understanding the debates and issues surrounding gender and sexuality through a focus on identity, socio-legal contexts, media, place, culture and power.
Unit content
1. Introduction and concepts
Introduction
Gender
Performing genders
2. Sexualit(ies)
Sexuality and rights
3. Normativity
Race and (dis)ability
Gender and work
4. Queer and Trans*
Queer
Trans*
5. Censorship and sex
Social media and cinema
6. Futures
Future sex/gender
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | relate key issues and debates in gender and sexuality to their social and cultural contexts in contemporary society | Intellectual rigour | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 2 | critically evaluate how gender and sexuality are constructed in culture, society and the media | Intellectual rigour | Cultural competence | |||||
| 3 | clearly and coherently articulate the impact of gender and sexuality on the life worlds of individuals and society | Intellectual rigour | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 4 | engage in constructive oral and written discussion that has a cultural studies approach | Intellectual rigour | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 5 | critically analyse different socio-legal, political and cultural viewpoints and arguments on a particular topic related to gender and sexuality. | Intellectual rigour | Cultural competence | |||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- relate key issues and debates in gender and sexuality to their social and cultural contexts in contemporary society
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- critically evaluate how gender and sexuality are constructed in culture, society and the media
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA7: Cultural competence
- clearly and coherently articulate the impact of gender and sexuality on the life worlds of individuals and society
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- engage in constructive oral and written discussion that has a cultural studies approach
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- critically analyse different socio-legal, political and cultural viewpoints and arguments on a particular topic related to gender and sexuality.
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA7: Cultural competence
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks) |
| Structured online learning 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Essay | 30% |
| Essay | 40% |
| Participation | 30% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.
Commencing 2020 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 1
Fee paying courses
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International
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