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Core
Courses and Electives Offered
Undergraduate
Programmes:-
Minor
in
Gender
and
Development -
Faculty
of
Social
Sciences
Core Courses - GEND2203, SY3039, SY3031
Minor
in Gender Studies - Faculty of Humanities and
Education
Core Courses - GEND1103, GEND2203, SY3031
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| Courses
taught by affiliate staff in other departments |
| AGEX 3003 |
Gender Issues in Agriculture
(Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Faculty of Agriculture
and Natural Sciences) |
| LITS 2107 |
African Diaspora - Women's Narratives |
| LITS 2502 |
Caribbean Women Writers |
| LITS 3702 |
African-American
Women Writers |
| FREN 2608 |
French Caribbean Women Writers
(Faculty of Humanities and Education) |
| HIST 3003 |
Women and Gender in the History of the Engllish-Speaking Caribbean
(Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Education) |
| LING 2501 |
Language, Gender and Sex |
| GEND 3260 |
Gender and Science
(Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences)
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| SPAN 2604 |
Women in Hispanic Literature
(Faculty of Humanities and Education)
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For
more information please contact the Center
for Gender and Development Studies or the appropriate
faculties.
2006
- 2007 Semester 2 Course Overviews
GEND2013
- MEN AND MASCULINITIES IN THE CARIBBEAN
2006-2007 - Semester 2
Introduction
This
course will build on earlier modules in AR 11C and GEND2203/AR22C
to develop an awareness of the main issues involved in
the study of men and masculinities as it has developed
internationally and in the Caribbean. Masculinity Studies
emerged in response to the critical feminist discourses
on women, femininity and gender. It is now a growing
and significant body of knowledge both internationally
and in this region. This course will explore the approaches
to the study of men and masculinities and identify key
concepts and issues for in depth consideration. This
course will be inter-disciplinary, drawing from research
and writing in social sciences, history, literature,
social psychology and feminist theory. It will also explore
the implications for policy and praxis.
Course Objectives:
1.
To introduce the student to the study of men and masculinities;
2. To develop in students an awareness of masculinity and femininity as gendered;
3. To examine various approaches to the cross-cultural study of men and masculinities;
4. To examine the development of masculinity studies in the Caribbean;
5. To identify related key issues for policy intervention in the Caribbean
region.
GEND 3260 - GENDER AND SCIENCE
2006-2007 - Semester 2
Introduction
This course will examine some of the growing and significant body of knowledge
from the field of science studies that focuses on gender and race. Through
critical analysis of selected major papers on gender, race and scientific inquiry,
students will be exposed to history and philosophy of science beginning from
the sixteenth century as well as contemporary feminist critiques of science.
Students will be able to explore the different ways in which prevailing gender
ideology has influenced the form, content and production of scientific knowledge
in various historical periods.
Course
Objectives
1.
To understand the transdisciplinary nature of scientific
knowledge;
2. To question current scientific explanations and confirmations within the
broader framework of gender, history and philosophy;
3. To critique 'the scientific method' and analyze the ways in which factors
such as race, class and gender have influenced the form and content of scientific
knowledge;
4. To challenge the notion that science is value-free, neutral, objective,
and apolitical;
5. To generate fresh perspectives, new insights and alternative viewpoints
of science by embracing the ideologies of those sectors currently excluded
from the existing body of scientific knowledge, e.g. persons who are politically
aware and/or are of low economic status;
SY3031
- SEX, GENDER AND SOCIETY
2006-2007 - Semester 2
COURSE OUTLINE
This
course critically examines the sociological tradition
on women and gender. We will review the biological, anthropological
and social psychological approaches to the origins of
sex differences and analyze the changes in the sexual
division of labour in human history. The course attempts
to understand the significance of sex, gender and sexuality
in controlling and ordering the structure of society.
This
course is primarily one of theoretical and methodological
exploration. For each lecture and tutorial students must
have read at least one of the assigned readings and be
prepared to read and to engage in collective discussion
in class and tutorials.
Detailed
course outline with readings
Postgraduate
Programmes:-
Although this is a research based degree, all students
will be exposed to core courses in:
- GEND7120
Feminist Methodology and Epistemology
- GEND7010
Advanced Feminist Theory
- GEND7021
Graduate Seminar - Issues in Caribbean Feminism and
Gender Relations (second year)
Students
who have not been exposed to the following:
- GEND
2203 Feminist Theoretical Frameworks
- SY3031
Sex, Gender and Society: Sociological Perspectives
- Feminist
Theoretical Frameworks
or equivalent
courses will be required to sit these courses as qualifying/Centre's
pre-requisites.
Graduate
courses are conducted in seminar style; attendance and
participation are compulsory. Students who have done
no courses on research methods at undergraduate level
will be required to do so. Graduate courses are conducted
in seminar style. Attendance and Participation is compulsory.
The
programme's broad research areas are as follows:
- Gender
and Language Use
- Gender
in Caribbean History
- Feminist
Theory and Epistemology
- Gender,
Science and Technology
- Gender
Issues in the Environment
- Manhood
and Masculinity
- Women,
Gender and Caribbean Literature
- Gender
Health and Sexuality
- Women,
Gender and Development
The
programme accepts full-time and part-time participants.
The Centre's next intake of students has been tentatively
set for the 2007/2008 academic year. Interested students
may take the qualifying or pre-requisite courses during
the intervening period. Interested applicants should
enquire about the availability of places within the programme.
Full-time registration is preferable.
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