GS40070 Gender Studies Minor Thesis

Academic Year 2022/2023

A minor thesis or minor dissertation is a substantial piece of personal research submitted as part of the requirements for obtaining your MA in Gender Studies. The thesis can be best understood as an exercise in research, contributing to a larger or ongoing research issue. Students will receive prior training in research methodology during the course "Feminist Egalitarian Research".
Altogether with the preparations throughout the academic year, the thesis process encompasses the following basic steps:
- Background Research (assembling bibliography)
- Choosing a Topic
- Planning Research
- Assembling Research Material
- Writing Up Analysis
- Assemble Draft Thesis (Last quarter of your timeframe should begin with finalising conclusions, intro/methodology/literature review section and assembling draft)
- Revisions, Proof Reading and Binding

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

The student’s personal contribution consists in:
- adequately delineating the research topic;
- exploring the literature surrounding the research topic and situating the research proposal within that broader context;
- choosing a suitable (equality or feminist) framework for analysing the research topic;
- engaging in a systematic and critical analysis of the research topic;
- writing up the main findings in a clear and well-structured manner, providing adequate evidence or arguments for the main conclusions and offering a balanced assessment of the research topic.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

0
Autonomous Student Learning

600
Total

600
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Thesis is supported by supervision. General supervision rules:
• supervisors would normally meet students for several sessions;
• Meetings might take place in the office or via skype/telephone;
• Students should submit written work in advance of each session; this must be typed, proof read, and provided in hard copy format (electronic format may be allowed if agreed with supervisor);
• Supervisor reads students' work only once and only if the student sends it ahead of the meeting/skype conversation or any other form of work revision that is agreed between the supervisor and the student.
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Essay: Thesis word count 18,000. Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Student will receive regular feedback on the draft chapters of the thesis (therefore prior to submitting the thesis). After the thesis is submitted, evaluation reports are prepared by both the supervisor and the second reader of the thesis, who together agree on the final grade.

Name Role
Ms Ursula Barry Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Mary McAuliffe Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Aideen Quilty Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Aisling Swaine Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Dorota Szelewa Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Ernesto Vasquez Del Aguila Lecturer / Co-Lecturer