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1. Encourage students to develop a critical analysis of how gender and masculinities organise and construct our everyday lives;
2. Gain a better understanding of diversity and ourselves through the comparative study of other cultures and their notions of gender and masculinities;
3. Critically analyse the ways our societies produce power, knowledge, discourses, and inequalities through gender and masculinities.
4. Embrace an intersectional approach that posits gender and masculinity at the interaction of other factors such as race/ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, among others.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 100 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 80 |
Total | 204 |
This module is restricted to students of Equality Studies or Women's Studies or postgraduates with some prior knowledge of equality, gender, or sexualities studies.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Group Project: Masculinities Virtual Gallery (30%). Group Project. See guidelines on Brightspace. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 30 |
Essay: Final paper. Take home essay. You will chose ONE option of several choices. See guidelines on Brightspace. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 70 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Individual feedback will be provided to students post-assessment
Name | Role |
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Dr Ernesto Vasquez Del Aguila | Tutor |