Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Dr Rebecca Sheehan
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by appointment
Tutor
Dr Conor Hannan
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by appointment
Tutor
Dr Emily Cachia
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by appointment
Tutor
Dr Cheryl Ware
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by appointment
Tutor
Saartje Tack
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Tutor
Taylor Fox-Smith
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by appointment
tutor
Dr Benjamin Hanckel
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by appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
What it means to be male or female varies with time and place. This variety is patterned, and tied up with the dynamics of power, with the distribution of resources and with cultural representations in a society’s gender order. Gender studies is an interdisciplinary intellectual project that seeks to understand patterned gender differences in social life, and how these differences shape human relationships and human experience at the individual level. This unit is an introduction to this project. We consider how gender has been theorised and researched, and explore how questions of gender are framed and investigated in a range of disciplines across the social sciences and humanities. Topics may include work, sexuality, war, media, literature, abortion, beauty and more. The unit can be taken as a one-off elective in any degree, or in pursuit of a major or minor in Gender Studies.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
There are 5 assessments in GEN110, consisting of tutorial participation, quizzes, a comprehension task, an essay, and a group presentation. Taken together, the tasks are designed to aid your learning and test your understanding of the course material.
Tasks 3, 4, and 5 must be submitted via Turnitin.
Students should be aware of the following policies in particular in regard to assignments:
Academic Honesty Policy: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Disruption to Studies Policy: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html
Grading Policy: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Tutorial participation | 10% | No | Ongoing |
Quizzes | 10% | No | Ongoing from week 2 |
Key concepts comprehension | 30% | No | Sunday Week 5 |
Final essay | 40% | No | Sunday Week 13 |
Group Presentation | 10% | No | Weeks 11, 12, 13 |
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 10%
On-campus students: Active engagement in discussion is an important part of university learning. Tutorial participation and attendance at the tutorial each week is required. Your mark will reflect on the quality and quantity of your participation:
Note that active participation in less than 80% of tutorials will incur a ‘fail’ unless exceptional circumstances prevail.
Due: Ongoing from week 2
Weighting: 10%
Students will be required to complete a multiple choice quiz each week: 10 quizzes in total, equalling 20 questions. The quizzes will ask you about content from the lectures and from your weekly readings.
From Week 2 to Week 11, multiple choice quizzes will open on the GEN110 ILearn.
Students will have one week in which to complete the week’s quizzes: quizzes always open on Thursdays after lectures and close on the following Wednesdays at midnight.
There will be two questions each week, and you need to complete a total of 10 sets of quizzes (i.e. 2 questions per week x 10 sets of questions per semester).
Students are advised to start attempting the quizzes well ahead of the deadline. There are no extensions, including for last-minute technical problems or forgetting to submit on time. You will need to provide documentation explaining your absence for the entire duration of a quiz in order to apply for special consideration. Please be advised that the convenor will not respond to any requests to re-open quizzes, to extend their deadlines or to open them early.
It is very important to click on the save button for each answer as you go, and when you are happy with your answers, click on the submit button. Without saving each answer and submitting them at the end, they will not be counted. You will be able to change your mind on a saved answer, and save it again, as many times as you want before submitting it. Your saved answers can be retrieved even if you forget to submit them; if they are not saved, however, they cannot be retrieved and will not count.
Due: Sunday Week 5
Weighting: 30%
Write a maximum 1,250 word analytical response to the assignment task to be supplied.
The aim of this assignment is to show your familiarity with key concepts in the course, to demonstrate you can use those concepts, and to demonstrate academic writing skills. You will do that by applying what you have learned in weeks 1-4 to one of a number of popular media articles made available in the preceding weeks.
Due: Sunday Week 13
Weighting: 40%
Write a 1,500 word analytical essay on ONE of the questions to be supplied.
This essay will test your comprehension of the ideas and issues discussed during the course.
You are to use at least 6 references from the course, and to conduct some independent library research to source some additional references of your own choosing.
Due: Weeks 11, 12, 13
Weighting: 10%
The group presentation builds on the work that you have done in tutorials. In groups of approximately 5 people, in the final two weeks of tutorials of the semester, you will present an argument about one of the unit’s themes for approximately 10 minutes. Groups and themes will be determined in week 5. To prepare, each group member will need to write 500 words addressing the theme, using tutorial readings, discussions, and lecture content. These notes must be submitted online at the end of week 10. In tutorials in week 11, you will bring your notes to discuss with other members of your group and prepare your presentation. Tutorials in weeks 12 and 13 will be devoted to group presentations.
Lectures will be on Thursdays, 10am to 12pm. The lecture room is: X5B T1.
Lectures will be recorded.
Please note that lectures and tutorials start in the first week of S1 classes.
All readings will be made available on GEN110 iLearn.
Please note: the date in the second column is the Monday that begins each week and not the date of the lecture which is on Thursday each week.
Week 1 |
Feb 27 |
Lecture 1: Introduction: What is Gender Studies? |
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Tutorial |
Introductions |
Week 2 |
March 6 |
Lecture 2: Bodies and Binaries |
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Tutorial |
19th century beliefs: on brains and representations of Indigenous womanhood |
Week 3 |
March 13 |
Lecture 3: Feminisms **discussion of key concepts essay |
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Tutorial |
1970s feminist writings |
Week 4 |
March 20 |
Lecture 4: Femininities **feedback on progress so far |
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Tutorial |
Filipina and Muslim women |
Week 5 |
March 27 |
Lecture 5: Men’s and Masculinity Studies |
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Tutorial |
Australian Masculinity **Organise groups for group presentations |
Key concepts essay due |
Sunday April 2 |
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Week 6 |
April 3 |
Lecture 6: Masculinities |
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Tutorial |
White and Chinese men |
Week 7 |
April 10 |
Lecture 7: Histories of Sexualities |
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Tutorial |
Queer theory |
SESSION BREAK |
Monday April 17-30 |
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Week 8 |
May 1 |
Lecture 8: Sexualities |
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Tutorial |
Performativity **Discuss group presentation notes and presentations |
Week 9 |
May 8 |
Lecture 9: Intersectionality and Third Wave Feminisms **discussion of final essay |
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Tutorial |
Intersectionality and national context |
Week 10 |
May 15 |
Lecture 10: Intersex and Trans* Spectrums |
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Tutorial |
Sexes and Genders |
Group presentation notes due |
Sunday May 21 |
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Week 11 |
May 22 |
Lecture 11: Gender and Intimacy |
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Tutorial |
Internal: Preparation for group presentations External and OUA: Sexual assault and pornography |
Week 12 |
May 31 |
Lecture 12: Gender and Nation & Conclusions |
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Tutorial |
Internal: Group presentations External and OUA: Gender and Australian identity |
Week 13 |
June 5 |
Lecture 13: No lecture this week. Please use the time to work on your final essay. |
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Tutorial |
Internal: Group presentations External and OUA: No readings this week |
Final essay due |
Sunday June 11 |
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EXAMS |
June 12 |
EXAMS commence |
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html
Disruption to Studies Policy (in effect until Dec 4th, 2017): http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html
Special Consideration Policy (in effect from Dec 4th, 2017): https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
Results shown in iLearn, or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au.
Requests for Extensions and Late Penalties
To apply for an extension of more than 5 working days, please complete the disruption to studies notification and submitted online through AskMQ. See the Disruption to Studies Policy above and find further details here: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration/disruption-to-studies
Late assessments without an approved extension will incur a penalty of two marks (out of 100) per working day (ie. week day).
Macquarie University provides a range of support services for students. For details, visit http://students.mq.edu.au/support/
Learning Skills (mq.edu.au/learningskills) provides academic writing resources and study strategies to improve your marks and take control of your study.
Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.
For all student enquiries, visit Student Connect at ask.mq.edu.au
For help with University computer systems and technology, visit http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/information_technology/help/.
When using the University's IT, you must adhere to the Acceptable Use of IT Resources Policy. The policy applies to all who connect to the MQ network including students.
Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will have enquiring minds and a literate curiosity which will lead them to pursue knowledge for its own sake. They will continue to pursue learning in their careers and as they participate in the world. They will be capable of reflecting on their experiences and relationships with others and the environment, learning from them, and growing - personally, professionally and socially.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
As local citizens our graduates will be aware of indigenous perspectives and of the nation's historical context. They will be engaged with the challenges of contemporary society and with knowledge and ideas. We want our graduates to have respect for diversity, to be open-minded, sensitive to others and inclusive, and to be open to other cultures and perspectives: they should have a level of cultural literacy. Our graduates should be aware of disadvantage and social justice, and be willing to participate to help create a wiser and better society.
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We want our graduates to be aware of and have respect for self and others; to be able to work with others as a leader and a team player; to have a sense of connectedness with others and country; and to have a sense of mutual obligation. Our graduates should be informed and active participants in moving society towards sustainability.
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All existing material is updated each year to reflect relevant developments in society and research.
We will continue to seek and respond to student feedback on all aspects of the unit, so that it works in well with student interests, capabilities and needs.
Date | Description |
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01/03/2017 | Unit schedule added Requests for extension and late penalty information added |
26/02/2017 | The weeks that the multiple choice quizzes will run have been changed to Week 2 to Week 11. |