This course offers students an advanced understanding of the elements of the scholarly debates and analytical tools of Gender and Development, including the theories around gender and empowerment, and contemporary approaches to gender equity and mainstreaming. This is done through a balance of thought-provoking thematic and regional case studies from different cultural contexts as well as in key gender themes relevant to the practitioners of development. The approach is critical, hands-on, and inclusive. A key question that will be addressed through the course is that despite the sophistication of scholarly understanding of gender and inequality, why it is still difficult to fully address gender issues in development projects and programs.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Critically examine and apply the concepts and approaches used by development scholars and practitioners, linking them to gender and development theory;
- Explain, distinguish and critically examine the main challenges related to gender, be able to identify the gaps and formulate development projects from a gender perspective;
- Critically evaluate data from a gender perspective;
- Appraise and reflect on the critical issues in development projects or policies, and assess the likely gender impacts;
- Critically analyse complex problems, concepts and theories of Gender and Development (GAD).
- Reflect critically on their own experiences of gender and development in light of the concepts and methods introduced in the course.
Other Information
Please contact Crawford School of Public Policy to request permission to enrol in this course at crawford.degrees@anu.edu.au
Indicative Assessment
- Online group wiki – evaluating gender inclusion in a development project (1000 words) (30) [LO 1,4,5]
- Class presentation of final essay (10) [LO 1,3,4]
- Final Essay (3,500 words) (40) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]
- Reflective journal on four themes (2000 words) (10) [LO 3,4,5,6]
- Deep engagement with the course through regular class participation (10) [LO 2,3,4]
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Workload
A standard workload for a 12 unit course is 260 hours including class time and independent study.
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the Crawford School of Public Policy to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Prescribed Texts
None.
Preliminary Reading
Required & supplementary readings will be listed on the Wattle course site.
Specialisations
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 14
- Unit value:
- 12 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 12.00 | 0.25000 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2022 | $7680 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2022 | $11400 |
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