Module SOCM030 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
SOCM030: Gender at Work
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
The aim of this module is to provide you with a thorough introduction to how theorizing about gender has developed over the past five decades. The focus is on how gender is constructed and performed in everyday life, in domestic and employment settings. The module will include detailed appraisal of a wide range of empirical research in order to demonstrate its utility in the development or testing of theoretical approaches. The module aims to encourage you to reflect on your own practices and experiences within a society structured and inscribed by gender.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate in writing and orally a thorough understanding of the key conceptual debates on gender and sexuality and their applicability to the structure of, and practices within, the domestic sphere, work and organizations 2. demonstrate in writing an appreciation of the contribution of different disciplinary perspectives to the understanding of the gendered nature of work 3. interpret your lived experience of the social world informed by an appreciation of gender as a socially constructed category and by engagement with the testimony of others with a range of subject positions |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. demonstrate in writing and orally a well-developed capacity to understand and evaluate theories and arguments in the social sciences 5. demonstrate in writing and orally an understanding of the role and importance of different forms of empirical work to explore the value of theories in the social sciences |
| Personal and Key Skills | 6. write clearly, succinctly and persuasively for a general audience 7. work collaboratively, providing constructive feedback for a peer 8. present complex information to a small group of peers with confidence and clarity 9. develop an appreciation of potential use and misuse of social media to generate debate on gender inequalities |
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:
Sex and gender: moving beyond binary oppositions; growing up gendered; doing and constructing gender; fertility and employment; deindustrialization and the decline of the male breadwinner; the gender division of labour (‘boys’ jobs’ and ‘girls’ jobs’); gender, organizations and bureaucracy; writing and performing gender; consumption and gender.
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 | 278 |
...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 time | 22 | 11 x 2 hour seminars |
| Guided independent study | 8 | Individual preparation for presentation at seminar |
| Guided independent study | 110 | Independent reading for seminars |
| Guided independent study | 130 | Essay preparation |
| Guided independent study in collaboration with peers | 30 | Blog writing and editing |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Exemplar blogs:
Prof Athene Donald’s blog
http://occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald/
LSE Impact blog
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
University of Exeter
Humanities Blog
