Gender Analysis: Critical Cross-Cultural Approaches

Language of Instruction

English

Pre-requirements

Only students at master level are accepted.

Learning Outcomes

On completing this course the students should be able to:

Knowledge:

• Account for recent perspectives on masculinity.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the intersections between gender and other key dimensions of social organisation, such as class and ethnicity.
• Demonstrate an understanding of gendered economics, welfare arrangements, and household organisations.

Skills:

• Discuss post-colonial and critical non-Western perspectives on gender.
• Identify different approaches to the body and health in relation to important themes such reproductive health and sexuality.

General competence:

• Outline historical trends in gender/feminist studies including various approaches to the relationship between the biological ("sex") and the social ("gender").
• Outline trends in Gender and Development as an academic and political field and discuss gender in the context of political mobilisation.

Contact Information

Information Centre: studierettleiar.psyfa@uib.no

Tlf (+47) 55 58 27 10

Course offered (semester)

Autumn semester every second year.

Next start: autumn 2013

Language of Instruction

English

Course Unit Level

Master

Department

Deptartment of Health Promotion and Development, Faculty of Psychology.

Access to the Course Unit

For students admitted to the masters programme in Gender and Development.

International exchange students at the Faculty of Psychology may apply.

Aim and Content

The main aim of this course is to provide theoretical insight into key concepts of gender/feminist analysis, both in general and in relation to development issues. Emphasis will be placed on developing the students' ability to reflect critically on gender issues in their own research and to approach gender from a cross-cultural and comparative perspective. The course aims to provide understanding of gendered power relations in a global and local perspective, gendered aspects of poverty and vulnerability, and gender as a tool for political mobilisation. It also offers knowledge about important substantial domains in gender analysis.

Learning Outcomes

On completing this course the students should be able to:

Knowledge:

• Account for recent perspectives on masculinity.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the intersections between gender and other key dimensions of social organisation, such as class and ethnicity.
• Demonstrate an understanding of gendered economics, welfare arrangements, and household organisations.

Skills:

• Discuss post-colonial and critical non-Western perspectives on gender.
• Identify different approaches to the body and health in relation to important themes such reproductive health and sexuality.

General competence:

• Outline historical trends in gender/feminist studies including various approaches to the relationship between the biological ("sex") and the social ("gender").
• Outline trends in Gender and Development as an academic and political field and discuss gender in the context of political mobilisation.

Pre-requirements

Only students at master level are accepted.

Teaching Methods

Different forms of teaching will be employed, including 12 two-hour lectures, seminars and workshops.

Compulsory Requirements

None

Assessment methods

Students' work in this course will be evaluated through portfolio assessment and oral examination.

The portfolio assessment will be given one grade and will consist of:

• Task 1: max 1000 words, constituting 1/3 of the grade
• Task 2: 2500-3000 words, constituting 2/3 of the grade. Feedback from teacher(s) will be given during the writing process
• Oral examination (grade adjusting)

Grading Scale

The grading scale used is A to F. Grade A is the highest passing grade in the grading scale, grade F is a fail.

Place of Teaching

University of Bergen

Course Unit Evaluation

Student evaluations during and after the course.

Contact Information

Information Centre: studierettleiar.psyfa@uib.no

Tlf (+47) 55 58 27 10