GEN1000 for students admitted to Year 1 before AY2025/26, Year 2 before AY2026/27, or Year 3 before AY2027/28, except with the permission of the Module Coordinator.
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This module introduces the sociological study of gender and explains why it remains central to understanding contemporary social relations. It explores how gender structures culture and society, producing unequal outcomes across three key realms—family, employment, and migration—and prioritizes family-related issues. Combining theoretical and empirical approaches, students will critically engage with gender dynamics and evaluate strategies for advancing gender equality, demonstrating social responsibility through analysis of relevant social contexts.
Upon completion of this module, students should be able to:
a. recognise the ways in which gender structures our culture and society today.
b. examine the ways in which systems of power, privilege, and oppression shape our gendered experiences and drive inequalities across diverse social contexts.
c. explore strategies for gender equality across relevant contexts, demonstrating social responsibility.
1. Defining gender
1.1 Understanding gender, culture and society
1.2 Social construction of sex, gender and sexuality
1.3 Gender diversity
1.4. Feminist perspectives: Gender, inequality and feminist social movements
2. Gender in Family
2.1 Gender Roles and Inequality in Household Responsibilities
2.2 Social Responsibility and Gendered Perspectives on Family Care
3. Gender in Employment
3.1 Gender segregation and economic inequality
3.2 Social Responsibility in Promoting Gender Equality in the Workplace
4. Gender and Migration
4.1 Gendered Patterns of Migration and Inequality
4.2 Social Responsibility in Supporting Migrant Women
1. Assignments (10%)
2. Group presentation (15%)
3. Test (25%)
4. Individual Essay (50%)
