Politics
The Politics of Gender, Sex and Sexuality
Module POC3097 for 2023/4
Module POC3097 for 2023/4
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC3097: The Politics of Gender, Sex and Sexuality
This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- History of feminism - from early modern feminist thought to present day
- Feminist political thought 1
- Feminist political thought 2
- Queer theory
- Intersectionality debates
- Cultural relativity and universalism: key debates
- Gendering and queering politics
- Gender ‘mainstreaming’
- Gender and political behaviour
- Politics, Media and Sex
- The personal is political: ‘private’ lives
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 22 hours | 11 x 2 hour seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 22 | reading and preparing for seminars (around 2 hours per seminar) |
| Guided Independent Study | 106 | researching and writing assessments and assignments |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
