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Gender and Women's Studies MA

  • For entry: 2013
  • Duration: Full time 12 Month(s), Part time 24 Month(s)
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Course Overview

This MA is a modular programme designed for those wishing to specialise in the multidisciplinary subjects of Gender and Women's Studies. The course offers a wide choice of areas of study:

Compulsory Modules:
  • Debates in Feminist Research
  • Gender, Sex and Bodies

Optional Modules: (Choose four; subject to change)
  • Beyond the Text
  • Bodies and Spirits
  • Contemporary British Fiction
  • Contemporary Gothic
  • Contemporary Literature and Technology
  • Engendered Education
  • Feminist Cultural Theory
  • Feminist Technoscience Studies
  • Gender and Language
  • Gender and Islam: Muslim Women and the Qur'an
  • Gender and Violence
  • Romance and Realism
  • The Construction of Gender in Asian Religions
  • The Noir Thriller
  • Women in Western Religious Traditions
  • Women and Sexuality in the Christian Tradition
  • Women's Studies Research Project

Plus a dissertation (15,000 - 20,000 words)

Key Information

Director of Studies: Dr Vicky Singleton
Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time
Entry Requirements: An upper second class honours degree, or its equivalent, in Sociology or Gender and Women's Studies (or related field)
IELTS: 6.5 or equivalent
Assessment: Coursework and dissertation
Funding: All applicants should consult www.lancs.ac.uk/pgfunding/

Fees: View details of our current Postgraduate Research fees or Postgraduate Taught fees.

Related Courses

  • Environment, Culture and Society : MA
  • Environment, Culture and Society : MSc
  • Gender and Women's Studies : MA
  • Gender and Women's Studies : MPhil/PhD
  • Gender and Women's Studies and English : MA
  • Gender and Women's Studies and Sociology : MA
  • Media and Cultural Studies : MA
  • Science Studies : MPhil/PhD
  • Sociological Research : MA
  • Sociology : MA
  • Sociology : MPhil/PhD
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  • Department: Sociology
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