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This course provides students with the opportunity to critically analyse how gender is assembled and performed. The course develops students' knowledge of theories, experiences and issues of gender as they apply to areas of human services work. Students are encouraged to think about diverse ways in which social structure mechanisms can: support and maintain notions of femininity and masculinity, affect the choices available to women and men, and shape ideas regarding individual and social well-being. Examples will be provided by field practitioners to facilitate the examination of the economic, psychological, and social risks faced by women and men as consumers and providers of human services, and analyse the ways in which human services define, validate, and promote human well-being.
Understanding of the social-cultural constructions of ‘gender’Development of reflective skills in relation to understanding the complex constructions of gender in practice, institutional/structural and organisational frameworks. Understanding of the relationship between gender inequailities, power and change in human systems.Appreciation of the ethical values and legal obligations of human service delivery systems
30 points from HSRV101, HSRV102, HSRV103, HSRV104, SOWK101, SOWK102 and SOWK104. Students without this prerequisite but with at least 60 points in appropriate courses may enter the course with the permission of the Programme Coordinator.
HSRV308
Maria-Victoria Perez Y Perez
Ryle, Robyn; Questioning gender : a sociological exploration ; Second Edition;
Course readings and resources will be available on LEARN.
Domestic fee $732.00
International fee $2,975.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .