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University of Warwick: Gender and Sexuality

Institution University of Warwick View institution profile
Department Sociology
Web https://warwick.ac.uk/
Email Student.recruitment@warwick.ac.uk
Telephone 024 7652 4585
Study type Taught

Summary

Our MA in Gender and Sexuality enables you to gain confidence and critical literacy in feminist, queer and trans knowledge production, theories, epistemologies and methodologies. Drawing expertise from across the University, this programme employs innovative learning and assessment approaches inspired by feminist and queer pedagogies.

Course overview This inclusive, interdisciplinary, and intersectional MA in Gender and Sexuality enables you to gain confidence and critical literacy in feminist, queer and trans knowledge production, theories, epistemologies and methodologies. The programme draws on expertise from across the University and uses innovative learning and assessment approaches inspired by feminist and queer pedagogies. As co-producers of knowledge, students on this MA are encouraged and supported to participate actively in the research life of the Department of Sociology and the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender.

Skills from this degree You will be encouraged and supported to go beyond familiar histories of gender and sexuality studies and are invited to think about the field in new ways, exploring interdisciplinary and intersectional connections and complexities of contemporary gendered lives. This dual focus on a) a secure literacy in the field combined with b) skills of critical application, seeks to help you engage intellectually, practically, and ethically with the complex, contested and ever-changing landscape of gender and sexuality.

Upon completion of the course, you will:

  • Demonstrate in-depth specialist knowledge of techniques relevant to the study of gender;

  • Demonstrate an advanced understanding of techniques applicable to your own research, advanced scholarship or area of specific interest within the broader - discipline;-

  • Take a proactive and self-reflective role in working and will develop professional and collaborative relationships with others;

  • Formulate ideas and hypotheses and develop means through which to evaluate these;

  • Evaluate critically current issues and research in the study of gender and sexuality

This information is applicable for 2024 entry. Given the interval between the publication of courses and enrolment, some of the information may change. It is important to check our website before you apply.

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