AGS200 - Gender, Sexuality and Culture

Unit details

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Year:

2023 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: Jodi McAlister
Cohort rule:Nil
Prerequisite:

Students must complete four level 1 units

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 1-hour class (online) per week, 1 x 2-hour seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - online:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including:
1 x 1-hour class (online) per week, 1 x 2-hour seminar or equivalent

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.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
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: Team Work

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Exercise 1000 words
or equivalent
25% Information not yet available
Assessment 2 (Group) – Group Assignment 1000 words
or equivalent
25% Information not yet available
Assessment 3 - Essay 2000 words
or equivalent
50% Information not yet available

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 the unit can be found on the University Library via AGS200
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.

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