PHIL41280

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students should have developed their ability to:
1. Demonstrate specialised, detailed and advanced theoretical and conceptual knowledge and understanding of some of the key debates in feminist philosophy and gender theory.
2. Explain current conceptual debates in feminist philosophy and gender theory..
3. Apply their knowledge and understanding of feminist and gender theory to the broader context of philosophy
4. Show an ability to critically evaluate feminist conceptual frameworks.
5. Make informed judgements about feminist philosophy based on complex and (necessarily) incomplete information.
6. Reflect on wider social issues involved in applying feminist philosophy to contemporary societies.
7. Communicate interpretations of theoretical material relating to gender theory and feminist philosophy to specialist and non-specialist audiences in a clear and concise manner.
8. Have the learning skills to facilitate further self-directed and autonomous research into feminist philosophy and gender theory.

Indicative Module Content:

Definition and discussion of key feminist concepts: patriarchy, misogyny, sexism. Gender Theory including performativity, Queer Theory and hegemonic masculinity. Feminist philosophical perspectives on ethics, political theory, epistemology, aesthetics and metaphysics.

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Students will be required to read generally two or three assigned articles or book chapters and class lecture notes in advance of the class meeting. Students will also be required to send a question or comment for general discussion to tbe Brightspace VLE discussion board in advance of the class. These questions will then structure the first part of our meeting which will take the form of a seminar discussion.

The second part will comprise a lecture to introduce the required reading for the following week.
Required readings, lecture note and lecture presentations are available for download from the VLE (which also includes a supplementary bibliography and an organised database of relevant articles and on-line audio-visual lectures for those interested in further research). Assessment is based on seminar participation and end-of-semester research paper.

Students are required to decide the research paper title and indicative bibliography with the lecturer.

Assignment Instructions
You must give page numbers when you are making references to and quoting from works. Failure to do so will be strictly penalised.
You are expected to refer at least twice to particular discussions that took place in lectures or tutorials. Please give the dates as to when these discussions took place. Failure to do so will be strictly penalised.
Generative AI Use in Module Assignments – Amber Light
You may use generative AI for assignments in this module for certain purposes only (listed below and within UCD academic integrity guidelines.
• To generate a research plan;
• To correct spelling, grammar and punctuation;
• To translate passages of text;
• To arrange references according to a particular citation style – we recommend Harvard or Chicago;
• To get feedback on a draft.

If you are unsure of contravening academic integrity guidelines in your use of Generative AI, please email your tutor and/or the lecturer in advance of engaging with Gen AI.

If you use Gen AI you must:
(a) Show track changes or provide access to the document history (via a Google Doc. link to archived drafts) to show the writing, revision, and editing process.
AND (b) Write a short description of how Gen AI was used in the preparation of the assignment.
This final instruction is very important as your assignment will go through a plagiarism detection tool which will most likely flag your submission as being generated through GenAI and you will be at risk of having your grade severely penalised if you do not provide either a document with track changes or provide access to the document history to show the writing, revision, and editing process AND also provide a short description (100-200 words) of how you used Gen AI.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

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