Course summary

Why choose this course The Sex, Gender and Sexualities MSc programme is an innovative and interdisciplinary masters which aims to engage students with cutting edge and research-led learning. The University holds a wealth of experience and knowledge in relation to the study of gender, sex and sexuality across multiple facilities and departments. This masters takes advantage of the knowledge and experience of staff already here at the University and includes members from the Department of Sociology, the School of Literature and Languages and the School of Psychology. Our masters programme will be a truly interdisciplinary experience that allows students more freedom in module choices and in topics for their dissertations. The Sex, Gender and Sexualities MSc has been carefully designed to capitalise on the wealth of research and teaching occurring at the University of Surrey about these topics from across a wide range of disciplines in order to offer this exciting and innovative programme. The programme has three broad aims: To provide an inclusive, welcoming and supportive learning environment in which to engage students in interdisciplinary studies of sex, gender and sexuality To foster both a supportive cohort identity and group cohesion alongside flexibility, allowing students to make choices about their education To produce graduates who have advanced critical, analytical, and professional skills with a high level of sophisticated knowledge about sex, gender and sexuality. What you will study Students begin the course in Semester 1 with three compulsory modules: The year-long dissertation Histories of Sex/uality A compulsory methods module. Students are given the option of selecting either Field Methods (a social science methods-based module) or Research and Writing Skills (a humanities-methods based module). Students are recommended to select the module which aligns best with their methodological intentions for their dissertation. Alongside these, students also select two of the six optional modules: Women Behind the Screen: Gender and Labour in Film Cultures of Race and Racism Social Psychology of Language and Communication Queer Ecologies Travel-Writing Past and Present: Themes, Forms and Critical Perspectives. In Semester 2 students continue to take the dissertation module and, alongside this, have another two compulsory modules: Trans/scending Gender Queer Feminist Approaches. They also select two of the five optional modules: The Social Psychology of Gender Medieval Women’s Writing Writing Gaming Sociology of Mental Health Understanding Sexualities.