AGS200 - Gender, Sexuality and Culture
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Gilbert Caluya Trimester 3: Emma Whatman |
| Prerequisite: | Students must complete four level 1 units |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (livestreamed, recordings provided) 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (livestreamed, recordings provided) 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
From popular music to online pornography, from contemporary hook up cultures to the #metoo movement, and from sexualised advertising to cultural expectations about what types of bodies are desirable, everyday culture is saturated with different expressions and experiences of sex, gender and sexuality. This unit draws on cultural studies research into diverse experiences and expressions of sexuality and gender, to examine how culture, sexuality and gender are produced, lived and studied as embodied forms of knowledge. From the 'invention' of the teenager to subcultural youth studies of the 1970s, and from girl studies to contemporary digital cultures, this unit examines a wide variety of diverse cultural enactments and practices linked to young people, gender and sexuality.
The unit's focus on cultural studies of sexuality and gender is explored through a combination of creative, critical, theoretical and historical resources, including advertising, writing, screen texts, music, art, archival materials and cultural practices of everyday life.
For students studying the Gender and Sexuality Studies major sequence, this is one of four compulsory core units (the others are AGS101, AGS102, and AGS300). This unit is also available as an elective for students who are not studying the Gender and Sexuality Studies major sequence.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Identify, describe, and critically reflect on the historical and cultural significance of key concepts in studies of sexuality and gender | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Identify, describe, and critically engage with representations of gender and sexuality in culture and society | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO3 | Apply critical thinking through the application of scholarly research to assess multiple perspectives on current affairs pertaining to gender and sexuality | GLO4: Critical Thinking GLO5: Problem Solving |
| ULO4 | Employ communication skills in both oral and written form to convey complex ideas and arguments around contemporary issues to do with culture, gender and sexuality | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO5 | Work cooperatively and inclusively as part of a team to deliver a group-based report that defines and discusses the critical attributes of a key concept in the study of gender and sexuality | GLO5: Problem Solving GLO6: Self-Management GLO7: Teamwork |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Exercise | 1000 words or equivalent | 25% | Week 5 |
| Assessment 2: (Group) Assignment | 1200 words or equivalent | 30% | Week 9 |
| Assessment 3: Essay | 1800 words or equivalent | 45% | Week 12 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for AGS200 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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