Gender – (M.Sc.)

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MSc Gender
This is the most flexible degree the Institute offers. In addition to the core courses of the degree, students are able to choose from the fullest range of options in order to develop their own gender studies pathway, or focus on key research areas (eg, sexuality, culture, globalisation, development, postcoloniality, gendered politics). The interdisciplinary approach of the MSc Gender enables students to choose course options from within the Gender Institute and from other departments and institutes at the School.

Compulsory courses
* Gender Theories in the Modern World: An Interdisciplinary Approach
* Gender, Knowledge and Research Practice*
* Dissertation

Options
Choose three half units from: (* half unit)

* Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender
* Gender and Media Representation*
* Globalising Sexualities*
* Feminist Political Theory*
* Globalisation, Gender and Development
* Cultural Constructions of the Body*
* Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction*
* Screening the Present: Contemporary Cinema and Cultural Critique*
* Gender, Post-Colonialism, Development: Critical Perspectives and New Directions*
* Dilemmas of Equality*
* Gender and Development: Geographical Perspectives*
* Reproductive Health Programmes: Design, Implementation and Evaluation*
* Demography of the Developing World*
* Urban Environment*
* Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Britain (post 1945)*
* Race and Biopolitics*
* Gender and Militarisation*
* Key Issues in Biomedicine, Bioscience and Society
* Any other MSc or MA level course up to the value of one full unit with approval and subject to timetabling constraints
* Students on MSc Gender may only take options up to the value of one full unit outside the Institute



Teaching and assessment
For the Gender core course, you will have one and a half hour blocks of lectures followed by linked seminars. There will be a series of compulsory dissertation workshops in the Lent term. The Gender Institute holds public lectures and workshops with eminent academics visiting London throughout the year. All students on the MSc Gender will have an academic adviser who will be allocated upon arrival. Dissertation supervision is allocated in the Lent term. You must submit your dissertation by 1 September (or the first working day after if it falls on a weekend).

MSc Gender (Research)
This degree enables students to develop expertise in both gender studies and research methodology, and is particularly useful for students considering further study. In addition to a thorough grounding in contemporary theories of gender and gender research practice, students will also receive advanced training in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Applicants from the UK and EU will be able to apply for funding under the ESRC 1+3 and +3 scheme.

Compulsory courses
(* half unit)

* Gender Theories in the Modern World: An Interdisciplinary Approach
* Gender, Knowledge and Research Practice*
* Quantitative Analysis I: Description and Inference* or Quantitative Analysis II: The Generalised Linear Model*
* Dissertation

Options
Choose to the value of one full unit from the following:

* Quantitative Analysis II: The Generalised Linear Model* (if not already taken)
* Fundamentals of Research Design*
* Qualitative Social Research: Interview, Text and Image*
* Gender and Media Representation*
* Globalising Sexualities*
* Feminist Political Theory*
* Globalisation, Gender and Development
* Cultural Constructions of the Body*
* Globalisation and Gender*
* Screening the Present: Contemporary Cinema and Cultural Critique*
* Gender, Post-Colonialism, Development: Critical Perspectives and New Directions*
* Gender and Militarisation*
* Non-traditional Data: New Dimensions in Qualitative Research*

Students must take their options from within the Gender or Methodology Institutes.