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Introduction to Feminism - WOMS1001
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of History and Philosophy
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/english/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Introduces students to some key areas of feminist thought, past and present, to feminist scholarship today and questions of sex and gender. There will also be a focus on representation, categories of identity, and differences within and critiques of feminism. A central aim is to introduce students to the heterogeneity or breadth of thinking covered by the term 'feminism'.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course, students should gain:
  • An understanding of feminist issues, thinking and activism (from the 1st to so-called 3rd Wave)
  • An awareness of feminist scholarship today which includes women's studies, gender studies, the study of sexualities, and a range of different approaches (postcolonial feminist, psychoanalytic feminism)
  • An understanding of critiques of feminism from conservatives or from women who have felt excluded by the purported white, middle class, western norms and biases seen to inhere in 'feminism'.

Assessment

  • Short paper - 20%
  • Research essay - 40%
  • Final test - 20%
  • Participation - 20%

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