DEGREE: BA; MAJOR: Women, Gender & Sexuality
This interdisciplinary major brings together units that investigate how gender and sexuality function in and structure, social and cultural life.
If you are making Women, Gender and Sexuality your coherent study, you will need to choose 12 credit points at the 300/400 level from the units listed below. Some of these units may have prerequisites. In the case of a double major, a unit may count towards two coherent studies, e.g. ANTH374 counting towards both a Women, Gender & Sexuality major and an Anthropology major:
AHST370 Women and Gender in the Ancient World 4 cr pts
ANTH374 Gender, Colonialism and Development (resting in 2005) 4 cr pts
ANTH377 Culture, Health and Sexuality in the Developing World 4 cr pts
EDUC356 Gender and Education 4 cr pts
ENGL325 Feminism and Literature 4 cr pts
HIST338 Writing Women’s History 4 cr pts
GEOS324 Economy, Place and Culture 4 cr pts
LAW402 Family Law 4 cr pts
LAW411 Discrimination and the Law 4 cr pts
MAS302 Media Identities 4 cr pts
PHIL352 Philosophical Problems of Gender 4 cr pts
PSY361 Philosophy of Psychoanalysis 4 cr pts
SOC381 Gender & Sexuality 4 cr pts
WST310 “Family Values” in the 21 st Century 4 cr pts
Availability and Descriptions of Units
The availability and timetabling of all these units will vary from year to year. You should consult the Macquarie University Calendar to ensure the details of the units that interest you. Unit descriptions are given in Part Three of the Calendar under “Undergraduate Units of Study”.
Any questions? Please do not hesitate to contact us…
Dr Judy Lattas, Director of Interdisciplinary Women’s Studies, Gender and Sexuality;
phone: 9850 7947; e-mail: jlattas@scmp.mq.edu.au; or
Vicki Worthington, IWS Administrator; phone 9850-8078; e-mail: vworthington@scmp.mq.edu.au.