Overview
Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Minor Award
Total Credits: 30
Connected Curriculum: - Civic and Community Engagement
- Employability
- Inter-and Transdisciplinary
- Research Based Teaching
Graduate Attributes: - Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
- Effective global citizen
- Independent and creative thinker
- Socially Responsible
Exit Award only
Students on the MA (Women's Studies) programme who pass taught modules to the value of at least 30 credits may opt to exit the programme and be conferred with a Postgraduate Certificate in Women's Studies.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| WS6002 | Feminist Theory | 10 |
| WS6003 | Gender and Society I: Contexts | 5 |
| WS6005 | Gender and Society II: Interdisciplinary Perspectives | 15 |
| WS6007 | Research Skills Part 1: Feminist Methodologies | 5 |
| WS6008 | Research Skills Part II: The Literature Review | 10 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Certificate in Women's Studies (NFQ Level 9, Minor Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Formulate arguments that reflect a critical and comprehensive, interdisciplinary knowledge of feminist and/or gender debates around social and cultural issues;
- Communicate those arguments effectively both orally and in writing;
- Apply concepts, theories and methodologies appropriately at postgraduate level;
- Assess how differences (gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexual identity, time, place, values etc.) inform theoretical positions;
- Apply evidence drawn from existing research and scholarship.
