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Gender and Sexuality at University of Warwick - UCAS

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2024 - 20252025 - 2026
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Course summary

Our MA in Gender and Sexuality enables you to gain confidence and critical literacy in feminist, queer and trans knowledge production, theories, epistemologies and methodologies. Drawing expertise from across the University, this programme employs innovative learning and assessment approaches inspired by feminist and queer pedagogies. Course overview This inclusive, interdisciplinary, and intersectional MA in Gender and Sexuality enables you to gain confidence and critical literacy in feminist, queer and trans knowledge production, theories, epistemologies and methodologies. The programme draws on expertise from across the University and uses innovative learning and assessment approaches inspired by feminist and queer pedagogies. As co-producers of knowledge, students on this MA are encouraged and supported to participate actively in the research life of the Department of Sociology and the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender. Skills from this degree You will be encouraged and supported to go beyond familiar histories of gender and sexuality studies and are invited to think about the field in new ways, exploring interdisciplinary and intersectional connections and complexities of contemporary gendered lives. This dual focus on a) a secure literacy in the field combined with b) skills of critical application, seeks to help you engage intellectually, practically, and ethically with the complex, contested and ever-changing landscape of gender and sexuality. Upon completion of the course, you will:

  • Demonstrate in-depth specialist knowledge of techniques relevant to the study of gender;
  • Demonstrate an advanced understanding of techniques applicable to your own research, advanced scholarship or area of specific interest within the broader - discipline;-
  • Take a proactive and self-reflective role in working and will develop professional and collaborative relationships with others;
  • Formulate ideas and hypotheses and develop means through which to evaluate these;
  • Evaluate critically current issues and research in the study of gender and sexuality
This information is applicable for 2024 entry. Given the interval between the publication of courses and enrolment, some of the information may change. It is important to check our website before you apply.

Modules

Core modules: Required Core Modules

  • Feminist and Queer Thinking: Contemporary Challenges
  • Feminist Theory and Epistemology: Debates and Dilemmas
  • Dissertation (Year One full-time and Year Two part-time)
Optional modules Optional modules can vary from year to year. Example optional modules may include:
  • Gender, Imperialism and International Development
  • Social Data Science
  • Gender Analysis and Development Practice
  • Cultures of Life, Authority and Power in Modernity
  • Market Life: Wealth and Poverty in Global Capitalism
  • Social Research for Social Change
  • Understanding Social Science
  • The Sociology of Urban Life
  • Postcolonial Theory and Practice
  • Transnational Media Ecologies
  • Feminist Pedagogy/Feminist Activism
  • Queering Sociology
  • Key Problems in Criminal Justice
  • Creative Research Methods
  • Ethnography and the Anthropological Tradition
  • Sociology of End Times
- Social Data Science

Assessment method

Taught modules are assessed through written assignments. You will focus on your 15-000 word dissertation after the end of Spring Term.

Entry requirements

Minimum requirements 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a related subject. English language requirements You can find out more about our English language requirements. This course requires the following: - B and B - IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

As well as tuition fees and living expenses, some courses may require you to cover the cost of field trips or costs associated with travel abroad. General costs to be considered: - Core text books - Printer credits - Dissertation binding As well as tuition fees and course costs, students should budget for: - Accommodation - Food - Clothes and leisure - Robe hire for your degree ceremony

Sponsorship information

We offer a variety of postgraduate funding options for study at the University of Warwick, from postgraduate loans, university scholarships, fee awards, to academic department bursaries. It's important that you apply for your postgraduate course first before you apply for a University of Warwick scholarship.

Gender and Sexuality at University of Warwick - UCAS