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SYLLABUS
Gender Studies - Intersectionality and Change, basic level, 30 ECTS Credits
 
COURSE CATEGORY   Single Subject Course
MAIN FIELD OF STUDY   Gender Studies - GEU
SUBJECT AREA   Gender Studies – GS1
  COURSE CODE   757G17
AIM OF THE COURSE
On completion of the course, the students should be able to:
- account for theories and current issues, debates and concepts in
Intersectional Gender Studies;
- demonstrate the ability to formulate, compare and critically interpret
research positions of Intersectional Gender Studies in basic analytical
practices and achieve an applied assignment independently and/or in group;
- account for historically contextualized examples of key issues in feminist
and intersectional research and activism;
- critically account for intersectional knowledge production and in various
communicative practices
- reflect on relevant academic and creative ways of communication in professional and political contexts
CONTENTS
The course is divided in four subject courses which provides overviews and
in-depth knowledge of certain aspects, as regards:
- a critically contextualized introduction to current theories, concepts in
Intersectional Gender Studies;
- basic introduction to academic writing from an intersectional perspective;
- basic introduction to applied research, e.g. methods and methodologies
within Intersectional Gender Studies;
- theories and concepts presented in their historically contexts through
selected key texts in transnational feminist and intersectional studies,
activism, politics and research debates in feminist cultural studies and
feminist science studies;
- tools to critically analyze knowledge production and communicative
practices, with emphasis on meaning making processes
- tools to transgress the boundaries between the academic and the creative
communication, politics and poetics.
TEACHING
The course is examined through active participation in online seminars
and/or other learning activities and through a written individual
assignment, submitted online.
Detailed information about the examination can be found in a key
information document of the course.
EXAMINATION
The course is examined through active participation in online seminars and/or
other learning activities and through a written individual assignment,
submitted online. Detailed information about the examination can be found in
the Key document.

Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course twice are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.

Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Documented knowledge of English equivalent to Engelska B/Engelska 6:
internationally recognized test, e.g. TOEFL (minimum scores: Paper based 575
+ TWE-score 4.5, and internet based 90+TWE-score 20), IELTS, academic
(minimum score Overall band 6.5 and no band under 5.5), or equivalent.
GRADING
The course is graded according to the ECTS grading scale A-F
CERTIFICATE
Course certificate is issued by the Faculty Board on request. The Department provides a special form which should be submitted to the Student Affairs Division.
COURSE LITERATURE
The course literature is decided upon by the department in question.
OTHER INFORMATION
Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus.

The course is carried out in such a way that both men´s and women´s experience and knowledge is made visible and developed.
 
Gender Studies - Intersectionality and Change, basic level
Gender Studies - Intersectionality and Change, basic level
 
Department responsible
for the course or equivalent:
TEMA - Department of Thematic Studies
           
Registrar No: 2016-00201   Course Code: 757G17      
    Exam codes: see Local Computer System      
Subject/Subject Area : Gender Studies - GEU          
           
Level   Education level     Subject Area Code   Field of Education  
G1X   Basic level       HU  
The syllabus was approved by the Board of Faculty of Arts and Science 2016-04-13