Honours in Gender Studies
To proceed to fourth year Honours in Gender Studies students must have a credit average in Senior level Gender Studies units (including cross-listed units) totalling at least 48 Senior Credit Points. These units must include GCST2602 From Suffragettes to Cyborgs (or GCST2602 Thinking Gender).
The Honours year consists of: a 15000 word thesis on a topic devised by the student in consultation with a supervisor appointed by the department; a methods unit that provides training in thesis research and writing; a series of practical research skills workshops; and two research seminars chosen from a list that changes from semester to semester.
You apply to undertake Honours at the Faculty of Arts office and your Honours program must also be approved by the honours co-ordinator . Download registration form here
For Honours in Gender Studies, students should enroll in:
- GCST4101 Arguing the Point
- GCST4102 Research Skills
- GCST4103 Gender Studies Honours Seminar A
- GCST4104 Gender Studies Honours Seminar B
- GCST4105 Gender Studies Honours Thesis A
- GCST4106 Gender Studies Honours Thesis B
- GCST4107 Gender Studies Honours Thesis C
- GCST4108 Gender Studies Honours Thesis D
2009 Seminar Options may include (scheduling tba)
Semester 1
- Philosophy in the Feminine
Coordinator: TBA - Gender, Media and Consumer Societies
Coordinator: Dr Jane Park - Modernism, Modernity and Modern Culture
Coordinator: Dr Natalya Lusty
Semester 2
- Sport, Media and Gendered Cultures
Coordinator: TBA - Natures and Cultures of Bodies
Coordinator: Dr Ruth Barcan - Identity Place and Culture
Coordinator: tba - Debates in Cultural Studies
Coordinator: Dr Guy Redden
Summer and Winter School
Honours students may elect to take one of the following summer and winter school units in place of one of the above seminar choices:
Teaching Society & Culture (Summer)
Coordinator: Ian Davis & Dr Jennifer Germon
Youth: Idea, Image, Culture (Winter)
Coordinator: tba
Mid year entry, joint Honours and part time enrolment
Students need to pre-enrol for honours in person at the Faculty of Arts office. Current University of Sydney students moving on to fourth-year honours will have their eligibility for honours checked by the Faculty of Arts. All the applications that fulfil the published requirements for honours entry are forwarded to the department’s honours co-ordinator. The faculty will also refer to the department applications from students who haven’t completed all the prerequisites. In these cases, the department’s honours co-ordinator has some discretion to allow those students into the honours year. Students who want to do honours but have not fulfilled all the prerequisites should contact the honours co-ordinator as soon as possible.
If you are transferring from another university, or returning to studying at the University of Sydney after more than a semester away, the procedure is different. Students in this situation need to lodge an Honours Conversion form with the faculty office. PDF copies of this form are available from the honours co-ordinator or from the Faculty office. Before going to the faculty office, transfer students need to get the honours co-ordinator to approve and sign the form.
Registration with the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies
Students also need to register with the Department itself. Each student’s program of seminars and thesis topic must be approved by the honours co-ordinator, who will sign the student’s registration form. The completed form should be handed to the co-ordinator by Monday 1 December 2008. It’s possible to change your seminar choices before semester begins, but we do need an indication of what your program will be.
