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WGST402H Women's and Gender Studies Hons Dissertation

Credit Points 24
Offering Not offered in 2010
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Mandatory By arrangement
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites WGST401H (part-time students)
Co-requisites WGST401H (full-time students)
Restrictions WGST410 or WGST450 or WOMS410
Notes

Honours candidates only
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Frances Gray (fgray@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit is based on a dissertation. Students are required to research and write a dissertation on a topic in Women's and Gender Studies. The approved topic is to be developed in consultation with the unit coordinator, and their supervisor.
Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Dissertation 100% 14,000-16,000

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate an ability to formulate questions pertaining to Women's and Gender Studies;
  2. demonstrate higher order, independent research skills;
  3. demonstrate advanced analytical abilities, in combining a broad range of research materials, often from several media, in order to answer their thesis question;
  4. demonstrate the ability to write up an extended research dissertation, based upon the student's own question and independent research;
  5. demonstrate an understanding of methodological issues and a broad knowledge of the overall subject area relating to Women's and Gender Studies;
  6. produce a sustained feminist analysis of a chosen aspect or area of inquiry into gender and/or sexuality.

Graduate Attributes (GA) Graduate Attribute information is currently unavailable for this unit.
   

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