General entry requirements + English 6.

The course is within the main field Gender Studies on introductory level (1-30 credits)

The aim of the course is to provide and develop basic knowledge about Gender Studies in the social sciences and humanities; central concepts, theories and methodologies. Throughout, the course concerns itself with multiple structures of power orders such as class, ethnicity/race, sexuality and masculinity.

Another aim of the course is for students to develop their scientific thinking and basic analytical skills in the field of gender studies. In the three modules, students practice how to apply theoretical concepts to shed light upon structural injustices and forms of oppression contemporarily and historically, inside as well as beyond the state and nation in a global context.

The course introduces and trains fundamental abilities for academic studies and research, such as critical thinking in seminar form, literature search, scientific writing, reading and peer review.

The course is divided into three equal modules:

1. The Body and Embodiment (10 credits)

The aim of this module is to provide different perspectives on the human body and social embodiment using feminist/gender studies theory. We focus on body/embodiment and power relations, for example ableness, sexuality and stigma. On having passed module 1, students will have knowledge about the body and embodiment from different perspectives, socially, historically, culturally as well as having taken part of research on the body and sexuality (queer theory, critical studies on men and masculinity, post- and decolonial studies). The student will also be able to utilize central theories and concepts in relation to historical and contemporary developments in the field of Gender Studies.

Central themes in module 1, are for example gender and nation, the suffrage movement, the different waves of feminism and the growth of different feminist/gender schools of thinking in relation to Liberalism and Marxism.

The module examines learning outcomes 1-5 and 9-12.

**2.****Space, Place and Power **(10 credits)

The aim of this module is to provide students with fundamental knowledge about different analytical frameworks in Gender Studies, connected to space, place and power. Feminist/gender theorizing on space and place from the local to the global context in peace and war is at the center throughout the module.

Module 2 provides theoretical and analytical tools in order to detect and understand different power orders in relation to gender, class, sexuality, ethnicity, racialization and ableness in social spheres globally. After having completed the module, students will have knowledge about how individuals and groups are included or excluded in different spaces on the local, state and global level.

The module examines learning outcomes 1-4, 6, 7 and 9-12.

3. Work (10 credits)

This module aims to provide fundamental knowledge and understanding for how the organization of work has undergone change historically and today through colonialism, industrialization and world trade in the Global South and North. The themes discussed in the module are discrimination and regimes of inequality on the labor market in light of globalization.

On having passed the module, students will demonstrate knowledge on the meaning of the changes in the organization of work, for the individual as well as groups. Students will be able to utilize central concepts and theoretical perspectives in the field of gender studies research on gender, intersectionality and work.

The module examines learning outcomes 1-4 and 8-12.

After completing the course the student shall show basic knowledge and understanding:

1. about the concept of gender, its theoretical origin, history, and changes over time.

2. about the multidisciplinary and international character of Gender Studies.

3. of central concepts in gender studies that describe the multiple structural forms of oppression such as gender, sexuality, class, racialization, and functionality.

4. and how to apply scientific rules, academic writing and ethics, and source critical methods.

5. of the development of political thinking and philosophy on the body and social embodiment in relation to the nation.

6. gender theorizing on space, place and power.

7. gender perspectives on global politics.

8. on the linkages between work, inequality regimes, colonization, de- and postcolonization of contemporary processes of globalization.

The following learning outcomes concern to demonstrate abilities and acquired competences:

9. to write short texts based on social scientific and humanities practice.

10. to make short presentations.

11. to finish exercises and examinations in the allotted time.

12. to search for, evaluate and compile information and interpretations concerning the main themes of the course’s different modules, departing from presented problems and tasks.

Self-studies individually and in groups

Lectures

Theme studies/individual essay writing

Seminars

Group tutorials

Module 1 is examined through individual sit-in/digital examinations and seminar activities.

Module 2 is examined through an individual written essay and a portfolio of seminar activities.

Module 3 is examined through an individual written essay and a portfolio of seminar activities.

Litteratur för hela kursen:

• Burton, Antoinette (2024) Gender History: A very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Gandhi, Leela (1998/2020) Postcolonial theory. A critical introduction. New York: Routledge.
• hooks, bell (2000) Feminism is for everybody. Passionate politics. London: Pluto Press

Tillägg för Modul 1

• Taylor, Yvette (2023) Working-Class Queers. Time, Place and Politics. London: Pluto Press.
• Articles, reports and other materials may be added up to 400 pages

Tillägg för modul 2

• Fitz-Gibbon, Kate and Sandra Walklate (2024) What is to be done about violence against women? Gendered violence(s) in the twenty-first century. New York: Routledge.
• Shepherd, Laura J. and Caitlin Hamilton (2022) 3rd ed. Gender matters in Global Politics. A feminist introduction to IR. New York: Routledge.
• Articles, reports and other materials may be added up to 400 pages

Tillägg för modul 3

• Acker, Joan (2006). “Inequality regimes: Gender, class, and race in organizations ”,Gender & Society, Vol 20 (4): 441-464.
• Fitzsimons, Annette (2002/2019) Gender as a Verb. Gender segregation at work. New York: Routledge.
• Articles, reports and other materials may be added up to 400 pages

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If a course is no longer offered, or has undergone significant changes, the students must be offered two opportunities for re-examination based on the syllabus that applied at the time of registration, for a period of one year after the changes have been implemented.

If a student has a Learning support decision, the examiner has the right to provide the student with an adapted test, or to allow the student to take the exam in a different format. The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.