Gender and Sexuality Studies (2023)

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)
• 100 Level
• 200 Level
• 300 Level
• 400 Level

• 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
  GNSEX101	Gender and Sexuality: Representations and Realities	15.0	23B (Hamilton) & 23B (Tauranga)
  This paper considers issues related to gender, sexuality, and the body including health issues, media representations, gender based violence, and forms of resistance.
  SOCIO101	Introduction to Sociology	15.0	23B (Hamilton) & 23B (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
  CMYHE202	Understanding Healthy Bodies: Sociocultural Perspectives	15.0	23A (Hamilton) & 23A (Tauranga)
  This paper develops a sociocultural understanding of healthy bodies.
  GEOGY209	Health, People, Place	15.0	23B (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.
  MAORI200	Mana Wahine	15.0	23B (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.
  SOCIO203	Popular Culture	15.0	23B (Hamilton) & 23B (Tauranga)
  This paper offers a sociological perspective on historical and contemporary forms of popular culture.
  SOCPY201	Child Poverty & Social Policy	15.0	23A (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
  EDSOC303	Education and Sexuality	15.0	23B (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.
  GEOGY309	Social and Cultural Geographies of Difference	15.0	23A (Hamilton)
  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.
  GNSEX303	Intersectionalities: Identities and Inequalities	15.0	23B (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...
  HISTY300	Gender in History	15.0	23B (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.
  HRMGT300	Women and Management	15.0	23G (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.
  PSYCH302	Community, Culture and Diversity	15.0	23B (Hamilton) & 23B (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...

• 400 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  LEGAL408	Family Law	15.0	23A (Hamilton) & 23A (Tauranga)
  A focus on the law and social policies involved in the formation and breakdown of family relationships. The paper specifically examines the matrix of legislation and case law that underpin common family law disputes and legal proceedings in the Family Court.