Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3011: Gender, Sexuality and Law

This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the module's precise content may vary, it is envisaged that the syllabus will include all/some of the following topics:

1) Understanding sex and gender

What is sex?
What is gender?

2) Law as Masculinity?

The masculine bias of law
Public/private divide
Autonomy and Equality
The masculine bias of the legal profession

3) Autonomy and Private Violence

Intimate partner violence
Sexual violence
Sadomasochism
Pornography

4) Sexing the Body

Intersexualities (sexing the child)
Regulating Transsexual Bodies

5) Challenging Heteronormativity

Civil Partnerships and same-sex marriage
Same-sex parenting

6) Gendering Justice

Women as Criminals
Women Who Kill
Prostitution

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
28.5	121.5	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 & Teaching Activities	20	20 x 1 hour lectures
Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities	4.5	3 x 1.5 hour workshops
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	4	4 x 1 hour drop-in clinics to discuss summative assessment
Guided independent study	55	Individual reading and lecture preparation
Guided independent study	20	Workshop preparation
Guided independent study	40	Assessment preparation
Guided independent study	6.5	Formative assessment

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Essay	750 words	1-8	Written. General feedback highlighting common errors.

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
100	0	0

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Essay and reflective commentary	100	3,750 words	1-8	Written or oral. General feedback highlighting common errors.

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Essay and reflective commentary	Essay and reflective commentary (3,750 words)	1-8	August/September Re-assessment period.

Re-assessment notes

Students resubmitting their essays will have to choose a different topic and/or title to the essay that they submitted originally.