Gender and Sexuality Studies (2024)

Gender and sexuality shape virtually every aspect of our social relations, and contribute fundamentally to our sense of self. Dominant understandings of genders and sexualities are woven throughout society, while resisting those norms and reshaping those understandings contribute to ongoing social change. Gender and Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary subject that is concerned with all of these issues. Papers explore a wide range of topics, including media representations of gender and sexuality, medical constructions of the body, gender and development, the gendered division of paid and unpaid work, gender and public policy, gender, sexuality and technology, violence based on gender and/or sexuality, and difference and ethnicity.

Gender and Sexuality Studies is available as a minor.

To complete a minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies, students must complete 60 points from the papers listed for Gender and Sexuality Studies, including GNSEX101 and GNSEX303.


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  • Prescriptions for the GradCert(GnSex)

    A Graduate Certificate is available to graduates who have not included Gender and Sexuality Studies at an advanced level in their first degree. Each programme of study for the Graduate Certificate must include GNSEX303.

    For further details, contact the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences Office.

  • 100 Level

    Code Paper Title Points Occurrence / Location
    GNSEX101Gender and Sexuality: Representations and Realities15.024B (Hamilton) & 24B (Tauranga)
    This paper considers issues related to gender, sexuality, and the body including health issues, media representations, gender based violence, and forms of resistance.
    SOCIO101Introduction to Sociology15.024B (Hamilton) & 24B (Tauranga)
    This paper prepares students for further study in a range of social science subjects. It introduces the main sociological theories, concepts and practices that enable an understanding of contemporary societies.
  • 200 Level

    Code Paper Title Points Occurrence / Location
    CMYHE202Understanding Healthy Bodies: Sociocultural Perspectives15.024B (Hamilton) & 24B (Tauranga)
    This paper develops a sociocultural understanding of healthy bodies.
    GEOGY209Health, People, Place0.024B (Online)
    This paper draws on critical analysis of health, people and place to introduce contemporary developments in socio-cultural geography. Attention is paid to spatial well-being at a range of scales.
    MAORI200Mana Wahine15.024B (Hamilton)
    This paper examines foundational aspects of mana wahine scholarship, the impact of colonisation on Maori and Indigenous women, and the resistant spaces negotiated by Maori women including their contributions to decolonisation.
    SOCIO203Popular Culture15.024B (Hamilton) & 24B (Tauranga)
    This paper offers a sociological perspective on historical and contemporary forms of popular culture.
    SOCPY201Child Poverty & Social Policy15.024A (Online)
    This paper develops students' theoretical understanding of social policy, focusing on the effects of child poverty. We examine how policy shapes and responds to poverty experienced by children and families.
  • 300 Level

    Code Paper Title Points Occurrence / Location
    ALPSS390Directed Study15.024X (Hamilton)
    This paper allows students from the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology, and Social Sciences to undertake research on a specific topic related to their major or minor under the guidance of academic staff.
    EDSOC303Education and Sexuality15.024B (Online)
    A study of the ways childhood and adult sexuality is constructed, monitored and regulated in society and in educational settings. The major emphasis is on exploring sexuality through historical and sociological perspectives.
    GEOGY309Social and Cultural Geographies of Difference15.024A (Hamilton) & 24A (Tauranga)
    This paper is a forum for debate in critical geographies of difference. Key concerns are intersections between gender, ethnicity, nationality and other social divisions in relation to place and environment.
    GNSEX303Intersectionalities: Identities and Inequalities15.024B (Hamilton)
    This paper provides a comprehensive review of the historical context for understanding contemporary issues of race, gender, sexuality, and social class. It investigates micro and macro level experiences and the social construction of identities. In doing so, this paper looks at how power is distributed in society, the theories that...
    HISTY300Gender in History15.024A (Hamilton)
    Gender in History examines the role of gender in society, culture, and the lives of individuals by introducing students to a range of historical case studies and methodologies.
    HRMGT300Women and Management15.024G (Hamilton)
    This paper analyses: 1) women's different employment experiences and career outcomes, 2) the implications of gendered employment outcomes, and 3) government and organisation initiatives designed to redress gendered employment outcomes.
    PSYCH302Community, Culture and Diversity15.024B (Hamilton) & 24B (Tauranga)
    The focus of this paper is the study of social justice, intersectionality, transformative interventions, and social change strategies that are central to community, indigenous and liberation psychologies. Issues covered include inequalities, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class and (dis)ability. Key considerations are the broader co...

2024 Catalogue of Papers information current as of : 12 March 2024 7:59pm

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