Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) – Gender Studies
Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) – Gender Studies
We are in the midst of a new wave of interest in gender, as evidenced through popular cultural phenomena such as #metoo, and public debates and policy challenges about social issues such as political representation, sexual and family violence, transgender rights, or radicalisation. Gender Studies equips you with highly relevant…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
We are in the midst of a new wave of interest in gender, as evidenced through popular cultural phenomena such as #metoo, and public debates and policy challenges about social issues such as political representation, sexual and family violence, transgender rights, or radicalisation. Gender Studies equips you with highly relevant skills and knowledge that can be applied across multiple domains.
This major traces histories, theories and experiences of gender and its intersections with race, class and sexuality. It explores the everyday practices, institutions and cultural texts of students’ gendered lives, investigates the social and cultural legacies that inform contemporary lived experience, and serves as a reminder of the forms of dominant thinking and dissent on sexuality and identity in the past.
Course Structure
Our undergraduate degrees offers you a broad range of options allowing you to combine subjects in a way that matches your career goals and personal interests.
You’ll learn to
demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of feminist thought, its key shifts, major theorists and philosophical movements
articulate the complexities of gender as a socially constructed practice situated in time and place, and mediated by other subject positions like race, class, religion, and sexuality
contextualise the history of women’s liberation as a social movement, its links to feminist activism as a form of social justice, and the continuing relevance of linking theory to practice
draw on feminist methods of research, writing, and thinking about gender
utilise a discursive vocabulary to clearly articulate arguments around gender, sexuality, ideology, subjectivity, corporeality, and agency
Why study this course?
Develop unique skills in social-systems thinking, interdisciplinary collaboration and complex problem solving
Cultivate enhanced relational competence
Grow improved self-awareness
Career Pathways
Students cultivate skills in critical thinking around gender and sexuality which can be applied to many areas:
Community development
Human resource management
Human rights and equal opportunity
Law
Media and journalism
Policy planning
Politics
Research
Social work
Teaching and education
Women’s services
Further Study
This major lays the foundation for further study options at honours and postgraduate level. Gender Studies is interdisciplinary, and so is compatible with a wide range of majors, from all other Arts majors focused on society, through to professional pathways majors in law, business, science or design. An appreciation of gender is relevant to all professional contexts because of the ways in which it shapes working life.
REQUIREMENTS
Entry requirements may vary from country to country. Students are required to complete an international academic qualification equivalent to Australian High School (or equivalent).
English language requirements:
IELTS (academic): Overall minimum score of 6.5, no band lower than 6.0
TOEFL Internet-based TOEFL (iBT): an overall score of 82 or above with a minimum score of 22 in writing, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking and 20 in listening
Pearsons Test of English (PTE) (academic): An overall score of 64 with a minimum score of 59 in the speaking and writing sections, and no less than 54 in the other sections
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a proud member of the Group of Eight and is the only university in Western Australia to be ranked in the world top 100 universities (QS World University Rankings 2023).UWA’s main campus is located in Perth, Western Australia and is home to more than 23,000 students. Perth is Australia’s fourth-largest city with over two million people from a variety of cultures worldwide, a strong economy and vibrant lifestyle. Perth is one of the country’s most affordable cities, the closest major Australian city to Asia, and in the same time zone as most of Asia.
