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MA Disability and Gender – (M.A.)
University of Leeds
Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law
| Location: | Leeds / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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The programme explores the numerous theoretical and practical insights and strategies within the two disciplines. You will have to opportunity to investigate the theoretical perspectives, definitions and approaches to impairment and disability, and also explore the social and individual processes involved in the enactment of gender relations.
The MA in Disability and Gender is the first postgraduate programme that covers these topic areas in the UK, bringing together and drawing on the expertise of scholars from two internationally-recognised centres of excellence: the Centre for Disability Studies and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies.
Contents
MA Disability and Gender is available on a 12-month full-time or 24-month part-time basis. The course has five modules: three compulsory, two elective.
Compulsory Modules
Debates on Disability Theory and Research gives you the opportunity to critical evaluate recent debates and developments within social research on disability. Not only will you discuss positivist, interpretative and 'emancipatory' methodologies, alongside associated data collection and analytical strategies, you will also examine their significance for disability research.
Through the module, you will investigate theoretical perspectives, the various definitions and approaches to impairment and disability, and disability as an equal opportunities and policy issue. You will explore the impact of myths and prejudices, industrialisation and the welfare state upon cultural representations of disability.
Theorising Gender engages with contemporary theoretical approaches within gender studies. Exploring the social and individual processes involved in the enactment of gender relations, the module investigates alternative, complementary and conflicting explanations for the source and operation of gender.
Investigating the historical, social and individual significance of gender, you will examine various areas of social life where gender shapes interactions and forms meaning: in particular, you will consider family roles, reproductive technologies, citizenship, sexuality, culture and personal biography.
Disability and Gender Dissertation allows you to tailor your own programme of training and research in consultation with a member of staff drawn from the department's MA/PhD supervisory panel.
Through the dissertation, you demonstrate your ability to develop and complete an in-depth analysis, select and use appropriate research methods, deploy advanced theoretical concepts and relate a focused study to broader Disability and Gender debates and concerns.
Elective Modules
In addition to the compulsory modules, you also choose two modules from the following list.
* Fundamental Issues in Sociological Research
* Research Strategy and Design
* Researching Gender
* Social Policy, Politics and Disabled People
* Disability and Development
* Gender and Popular Culture
* Gender and Development
* Evaluation Research
* Negotiated Study in Disability Studies
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
A good honours degree in a social science discipline.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
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