Study Details: MA 1 year full-time,
2 years part-time
Violence and conflict are always gendered processes. Shining a critical light on gender helps us to understand violence and conflict better.
This MA is ideal for students looking to broaden their theoretical perspective on the area of women, violence and conflict through applying feminist theoretical approaches and a gendered lens. Attentive to intersecting categories, you’ll form an awareness of how violence and conflict affect gendered lives differently in local and global contexts.
The course’s specialist focus on gendered experiences of violence and conflict provides the advanced knowledge suitable for further study and careers in organisations engaging with issues around human rights, politics and welfare support.
This is an interdisciplinary programme where students can select option modules taught within the Centre for Women’s Studies (CWS), English and Related Literature, Sociology, and other departments.
2:2 or equivalent in a related subject.
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Our programmes emphasise a feminist sensitivity to difference and power relations, advocating transferable skills applicable in the realms of public engagement and career development. You will learn to analyse your own preconceptions and engage with a wide variety of social/political issues, facilitating your development into responsible global citizens.
Fostering enhanced analytical and critical thinking skills, and the ability to communicate complex ideas with nuance and awareness of difference and diversity, this course also offers a suitable foundation for graduates wishing to pursue doctoral research.
Core modules
Women’s and Gender Studies Now: Concepts, Theories, Histories
Gender and Violence
Feminist Research Methodologies
Women, Citizenship and Conflict
Option modules
You'll choose two option modules, including one methodology module and one other option. Examples can be found below. Some option module combinations may not be possible. The options available to you will be confirmed after you begin your course.
Methodology modules:
Feminist Cultural Activism
Introduction to Qualitative Methods and Data Analysis
Introduction to Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis
Other options:
Ways of (Feminist) Knowing
Feminism and Sexuality
You will also take a compulsory IT Session and Academic Integrity Module to ensure you have a basic knowledge of academic requirements and the digital literacy skills to optimise your learning and engagement with the course’s resources.
Our modules may change to reflect the latest academic thinking and expertise of our staff, and in line with Department/School academic planning.
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