Gender, Sexuality and Culture Honours Specialisation

Total units 48 Units

Areas of interest Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Social Research, Sociology
Specialisation code GSXC-HSPC

Academic career Undergraduate
Academic Contact Prof Melinda Cooper

The Gender, Sexuality and Culture Honours Specialisation gives you high-level preparation for professional life or a higher degree by research through the development of an advanced knowledge of the research principles and methods and theoretical concepts of gender, sexuality and culture, and through the design and implementation of a research project, typically a thesis of up to 20,000 words, that develops new understandings or that provides solutions to complex problems.

Learning Outcomes

pose a significant research question relating to gender, sexuality and culture;
investigate this question creatively, critically, ethically, and independently, including through sophisticated use of appropriate theory and methodology as appropriate to gender, sexuality and culture, and place these investigations in the context of the relevant intellectual tradition; and
communicate their research and its findings through an appropriate medium.

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Admission Requirements

a major or equivalent in one of the following:

Asian and Pacific Culture, Media and Gender

Gender, Sexuality and Culture

with the written approval of an identified supervisor for the thesis

Cognate Disciplines

Asian and Pacific Culture, Media and Gender, Gender, Sexuality and Culture

Requirements

The Gender, Sexuality and Culture Honours specialisation requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:

24 units from the completion of the following courses:

ENGL4019 Cultures of Criticism (6 units)

ENGL4020 Thesis Writing Workshop (6 units)

ENGL4021 Creative Reading: Topics in Theory, Methodology and Interpretation (6 units)

SOCY4009 Sociology Honours Theory Seminar (12 units)

SOCY4010 Sociology Honours Methods Seminar (12 units)

24 units from completion of THES4103 - Thesis (24 units)

A minimum of 12 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
	CLAS 4006: Classical Studies: Methods and
ENGL4020	Thesis Writing Workshop	6
ENGL4021	Creative Reading: Topics in Theory, Methodology and Interpretation	6
	LANG 4004: Research Tools Languages
	LING 4009: Language Methodologies Topics
	LING 4010: Empirical Linguistics
SOCY4009	Sociology Honours Theory Seminar	12
SOCY4010	Sociology Honours Methods Seminar	12

A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
	CLAS 4007: Research in Classical Studies
	ENGL 4018: Reading Genre
ENGL4019	Cultures of Criticism	6
	LANG 4002: Topics in Language Studies 1
	LANG 4003: Topics in Language Studies 2
	LING 4011: Theory and Analysis Topics
	LING 4012: Language analysis topics

24 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
THES4103	Thesis	6-24

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