GENDER 306 : Gender and Change: Making Waves
Arts
2023 Semester Two (1235) (15 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
This course provides an opportunity for you to put your gender studies theory and knowledge into practice. You will participate in an interactive, collaborative seminar; explore the ways that cultural productions and artefacts engage with gender issues, identities, and inequalities; and complete an individual research project on a topic of your choice, within the broad category of “gender and cultural production.” This course is open to all students with an interest in gender, and will facilitate the consolidation of learning about gender and sexuality gained previously. For Gender Studies students, it serves as a capstone course, building on the knowledge gained in previous courses in the major so that students can embark on creative, engaged, collaborative learning and then put that into practice through research beyond the classroom. For students in the Humanities or Fine Arts, this is a chance to examine literary texts, films, dance, visual arts, music, architecture, or other cultural phenomena you’ve learned about in other papers through the specific lens of gender. The course emphasises both “skills-building” and “knowledge-building.”
Course Requirements
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 1: | Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 2: | Critical Thinking |
| Capability 3: | Solution Seeking |
| Capability 4: | Communication and Engagement |
| Capability 5: | Independence and Integrity |
Learning Outcomes
- Understand and apply gender studies theory to cultural productions, events and artefacts. (Capability 1.3 and 2.2)
- Think and write about the way art (in many forms) takes up and transforms real-world social and ideological problems. (Capability 1.3, 2.3 and 4.2)
- Explore creative interventions into gender- and sexuality-based problems. (Capability 3.1)
- Take initiative in shaping the research undertaken and the class discussion of course content. (Capability 4.3 and 5.2)
- Be able to put the passion and values you have developed through your major(s) into the projects you undertake. (Capability 1.2, 4.1 and 4.2)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seminar writing assignments | 20% | Individual Coursework |
| Research project proposal | 15% | Individual Coursework |
| Presentation | 25% | Individual Coursework |
| Project | 40% | Individual Coursework |
| 4 types | 100% |
Workload Expectations
The University of Auckland expects students enrolled in 15 point courses to spend 150 hours on the course, or roughly ten hours per week. In Gender 306, this includes attendance in class (three hours per week), preparation for seminar (5-6 hours), and time spent on coursework (1-2 hours most weeks). Once you really get going on your research projects, you may find that you need--and want!--to spend more than ten hours a week to complete your project to your satisfaction.
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
Attendance is required at scheduled activities including seminar to receive credit for components of the course.
Seminars will not be available as recordings.
The course will not normally include live online events.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.
Learning Resources
Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).
Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.
Course book
Student Feedback
At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.
Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.
Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.
I do not think SET reports are useful. I will use a mid-semester formative evaluation process to ensure that the course responds to the needs of a particular cohort while I am still teaching them.
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
Inclusive Learning
All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.
Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz
Well-being always comes first
We all go through tough times during the semester, or see our friends struggling. There is lots of help out there - for more information, look at this Canvas page https://canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/33894, which has links to various support services in the University and the wider community.
Special Circumstances
If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.
If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.
This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.
Learning Continuity
In the event of an unexpected disruption, we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the university website for information about how to proceed.
Student Charter and Responsibilities
The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.
Disclaimer
Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.
In this course students may be asked to submit coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.