MA GENDER, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

The programme is structured into core (compulsory) and elective (optional) modules. This ensures that all students develop a solid basis in theory and practice related to gender, diversity, and inclusion, develop research skills to undertake a thesis, whilst simultaneously allowing them the flexibility to pursue their chosen areas of interest and passion.

Core theory modules will introduce existing scholarship on theories of gender, diversity and inclusion and explore the social and cultural debates contained in the classical texts of key thinkers. Students will learn to critically evaluate the paradigms that underpin gender, diversity and inclusion frameworks of analysis. They will engage with themes of power, culture, social structures and identity. They will examine the historical emergence and changing nuances of gender and sexualities theory. They will incorporate a strong emphasis on the intersectionality of class, sexuality, ethnic and racial identities in their engagement with theory. Core research methods modules will focus on the principles and practices of qualitative methodologies for researching gender, diversity and inclusion. Approaches to research design, methodological approaches and their application to gender and diversity issues will be explored through discussion and critical examination of key studies. Students will have an opportunity in core modules to conduct a short piece of research or directed analysis for an NGO, CVO or advocacy group sourced by individual students. Students will learn to engage with methods of analysing, interpreting and presenting research data in a way that is both accessible and supports research objectives. There is a strong focus on the development of digital skills and ethical approaches to research data. Finally, the core thesis module will allow students to conduct independent research on a topic chose and defined in consultation with an academic supervisor.

It is also possible to study modules of particular interest without completing a Master’s thesis. Students who successfully complete 60 ECTS of taught modules may exit with a Postgraduate Diploma (Level 9) in Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion. Students who successfully complete the 30 ECTS of compulsory modules may exit with a Postgraduate Certificate (Level 9) in Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion.

            Compulsory Modules (60 ECTS)

Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theory (10 ECTS)

Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion in Practice (10 ECTS)

Research Skills 1: Data Collection (5 ECTS)

Research Skills 2: Data in Practice (5 ECTS)

Master’s thesis (30 ECTS)

         Thematic Options (30 ECTS)

A Literature of Their Own: Gender, Literary Authority and Women's Writing (10 ECTS)

Same-Sex Passion, Politics and Literature (10 ECTS)

Gender/Modernity/Modernism (10 ECTS)

Maternal Counternarratives (10 ECTS)

Critical Ecologies (10 ECTS)

Bodies and Environments (10 ECTS)

Gender and History in Britain and Ireland: A Survey (10 ECTS)

Gender, Sexuality and Law (10 ECTS)

State Responses to Historical Gendered Violence (10 ECTS)

Screen Production – Formats and Genres (10 ECTS)

Contemporary European Women’s Writing (5 ECTS)

Music and Gender (10 ECTS)

Intimate Lives (10 ECTS)

Families, Generations and Societies (10 ECTS)

Pathways: Education, Work and Social Policy (10 ECTS)

Human Trafficking: Policy, Perspectives and Debates (5 ECTS)

Gender, Rights and Social Policy (5 ECTS)

    NB: The specific module offerings within the MA may change from year to year.