Overview
This MA introduces a diverse and intellectually challenging range of topics, materials and critical approaches pertinent to the study of Sexuality and Gender. Students will place and understand ideas and discourses in their historical and cultural contexts and develop critical and analytical skills by studying the theoretical material presented on the core module and investigating texts and cultural products on the optional modules. The programme examines constructions and representations of sexuality and gender in sexology, psychoanalysis, feminist thought, activist writings, literary texts, filmic products and other image-based cultural products.
Duration
12 months full-time; 24 months part-time.
Entry requirements
A good Second Class Honours degree (2:1) or equivalent in Modern Languages, Humanities or Social Sciences.
Course Information
The programme, worth 180 credits in total, consists of two core modules, each worth 30 credits, two optional modules, each worth 30 credits, and a dissertation worth 60 credits.
Modules 2009/10
Core modules
- SMLM229 Key Issues in Sexuality and Gender Studies
- SMLM233 MA Sexuality and Gender Studies Dissertation
Optional Modules (from within SALL)
- SMLM058 Body/Cultures
- SMLM231 Gender, Sexuality and Autobiography
- SMLM134 Libertinage in Early Modern France
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Optional Modules (from outside SALL)
- CLAM020 Sexuality and Gender in the Ancient World
- HISM406 Witchcraft in History
- Any optional module taken from the MA in Gender and Identity in the Middle East
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Why Study Sexuality and Gender at Exeter?
The University of Exeter is an international centre of learning with a worldwide reputation.
- Benefit from being a member of the Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Sexuality and Gender in Europe (CISSGE)
- Times Higher University of the Year 2007/8
- Ranked 17th in the Times and Sunday Times 2007 league tables
- 99% of postgraduate subjects received the top grades for research denoting national or international standing (RAE 2001)
- £34 million a year invested in research
- £2.5 million in scholarships and support for graduates
- Stunning campus in one of the safest and most beautiful areas of the UK
Where can I find more information?
General enquiries concerning all postgraduate programmes and degrees in DML should be directed to the Postgraduate Programme Administrator, Department of Modern Languages.
Director of the MA in Sexuality and Gender Studies: Dr Helen Vassallo
Email:
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Overview
The Master of Research programme is designed for students who wish to carry out a one-year programme of research in Sexuality and Gender Studies. They will work under the direction of an academic supervisor from the Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Sexuality and Gender in Europe. The programme offers students the opportunity to develop advanced research skills in their chosen field of enquiry and is particularly suited to those preparing to undertake doctoral research, although it may also be pursued as a self-contained qualification.
Duration
12 months full-time; 24 months part-time.
Entry requirements
A good Second Class Honours degree (2:1) or equivalent in Modern Languages, Humanities or Social Sciences.
Course Information
The programme, worth 180 credits in total, consists of two core modules, each worth 30 credits, and a dissertation (35,000 words) worth 120 credits.
Modules 2009/10
Core modules
- SMLM229 Key Issues in Sexuality and Gender Studies
- SMLM234 MRes Sexuality and Gender Studies Dissertation
Why Study Sexuality and Gender at Exeter?
The University of Exeter is an international centre of learning with a worldwide reputation.
- Benefit from being a member of the Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Sexuality and Gender in Europe (CISSGE)
- Times Higher University of the Year 2007/8
- Ranked 17th in the Times and Sunday Times 2007 league tables
- 99% of postgraduate subjects received the top grades for research denoting national or international standing (RAE 2001)
- £34 million a year invested in research
- £2.5 million in scholarships and support for graduates
- Stunning campus in one of the safest and most beautiful areas of the UK
Where can I find more information?
General enquiries concerning all postgraduate programmes and degrees in DML should be directed to the Postgraduate Programme Administrator, Department of Modern Languages.
Director of the MA in Sexuality and Gender Studies: Dr Helen Vassallo
Email:
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