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Undergraduate Handbook 2015-2016 (archived)

Module ANTH3467: The Politics of Gender and Sexuality

Department: Anthropology

ANTH3467: The Politics of Gender and Sexuality

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Open	3	10	Not available in 2015/2016		Durham

Pre-requisites

ANTH 2051 Political & Economic Organisation or ANTH 2041 Kinship or ANTH 2091 Cultures & Classifications or LAW 2201 Law Gender & Society or SOCI 2092 Sociological Imaginations

Corequisites

None

Excluded Combinations

SOCI3211 Sociology of Gender and Sexuality

Aims

Students should acquire a thorough grounding in the history and development of anthropological studies of gender and sexuality.
Students should understand the potential application of anthropological studies of gender in politics and all areas of policy development.

Content

Gender Theory
Political anthropology
Feminist studies
Ethnography of Gender and Sexuality
Theories of the Self and Subjectivity
Theories of Embodiment

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge

Critically and comparatively analyze and evaluate anthropological literature on gender and sexuality through the selection and application of appropriate explanatory theory.
Apply subject related knowledge from the course to the evaluation of current policy related issues.
Develop the ability to pursue independent research in anthropololgy and related fields.
Students will develop a sound grasp of a range of key ethnographic works on the politics of gender, sexuality and the body.
Students will learn differences in the various theoretical strands of feminist theory and the anthropological contribution to the study of gender.

Subject-specific Skills

Critically and comparatively analyse and evaluate anthropological literature on gender, sexuality and embodiment through the selection and application of appropriate explanatory theory.
Apply subject related knowledge from the course to the evaluation of current policy issues.
Develop the ability to pursue independent research in anthropology and related fields.
Critically compare and evaluate ethnographic work in gender and sexuality.
Built on literature searching skills to develop enhanced ability to filter relevant works.
Critically view the gender dimension of current political affairs.

Key Skills

Communicate complex abstract ideas through written work.
Plan, organise and manage time to meet deadlines.
Show initiative to independantly find resources on their chosen assessment topics to independantly apply to the evaluation of theory.
Be computer literate to produce word processed material and access data.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

Lectures - guide student reading and introduce key concepts.
Seminars - develop students' critical evaluation and comparison skills
Essays - test students' ability to critically analyse appropriate literature and develop a logical argument based on evidence.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours	Attendance Monitored
Lectures	8	Distributed across Term according to the pedagogical strategy	1	8
Seminars	7	Scheduled to follow lectures 2-8	1	7	Yes
Preparation & Reading				85
Total				100

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Length/Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Coursework	100%	Essay	3000 words	100%

Formative Assessment

Essay plan (2 sides of A4 paper) + formatted bibliography

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.