- Course Code
- GD 1001
- Credit Points
- 20
- Course Coordinator
- Dr J King
Pre-requisites
None.
Overview
How did women get the vote? When did the idea that 'a woman's place is in the home' start to be seriously challenged? Who created the first women's refuge for victims of domestic abuse? This course attempts to answer such questions by tracing the history of the women's movement from 1900 to the present. It focuses on a number of 'revolting' women, whose thinking has had a major impact, and studies their work in its historical and social context. The course also examines more broad-based debates and forms of activism. Through studying a wide variety of sources - historical, literary, theoretical and visual - students will examine what women thought about the problems facing them, and what solutions they found to them.
Structure
2 one-hour lectures, 1 one-hour tutorial and 1 hour of directed resource-based study per week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (60%) and in-course assessment: essay (30%) and tutorial participation grade (10%).
Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%) if the tutorial participation grade is a pass.