Undergraduate
Gender Studies
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Careers and further study
This major opens up a world of future study pathways and career opportunities.
Career Pathways
Students cultivate skills in critical thinking around gender and sexuality which can be applied to many areas:
- Community development
- Human resource management
- Human rights and equal opportunity
- Law
- Media and journalism
- Policy planning
- Politics
- Research
- Social work
- Teaching and education
- Women’s services
Career Opportunities
Human Resource Professional
Lawyer
Policy and Planning Manager
Social Worker
Further Study
This major lays the foundation for further study options at honours and postgraduate level. Gender Studies is interdisciplinary, and so is compatible with a wide range of majors, from all other Arts majors focused on society, through to professional pathways majors in law, business, science or design. An appreciation of gender is relevant to all professional contexts because of the ways in which it shapes working life.
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Fees and scholarships
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Scholarships
Scholarships are available to students from a diverse range of backgrounds, including academic achievement, financial need, educational disadvantage, leadership and community service, artistic or sporting achievements, and being from a rural or remote area.
Cost of living
Scholarships
Scholarships are available to students from a diverse range of backgrounds, including academic achievement, financial need, educational disadvantage, leadership and community service, artistic or sporting achievements, and being from a rural or remote area.
Cost of living
Admission requirements
The University of Western Australia welcomes applications from international and domestic school-leavers, mature-age applicants and those with previous tertiary study. If you’re interested in studying this major, find out the admission details below.
Admission requirements
English competency
How to apply
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Course details
Gender Studies is grounded in interdisciplinary methodologies and equips students with the analytical, communication and advocacy skills to foster equity, diversity and inclusion in any context. It also emphasises skills in collaboration, leadership, group dynamics and literacy in screen, print and digital cultures.
About The Course
This major traces histories, theories and experiences of gender and its intersections with race, class and sexuality. It explores the everyday practices, institutions and cultural texts of students’ gendered lives, investigates the social and cultural legacies that inform contemporary lived experience, and serves as a reminder of the forms of dominant thinking and dissent on sexuality and identity in the past.
Quick Details
- Available 2020/2021
- Full-time
- Part-time
- On-campus
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Undergraduate
- MJS-GNWST
- 3 years (BA);4 years (BPhil [Hons])
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This major is offered as a degree-specific, or first, major for these degrees. It is also offered as a second major in our other bachelor's degrees.
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Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)
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