5 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4019768DER for all students in the 1st semester at a (D) Master - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
Philosophy - Moral Sciences
Educational team
Gily Coene (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
30 contact hours Lecture
45 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

This course unit aims to give students critical insight into the genealogy and diversity of feminist thought. The lectures provide an overview of leading authors and discuss groundbreaking insights, various perspectives, developments, key concepts and crucial debates within feminist thought.

Insights and discussions are explored through reading assignments and discussion workshops and applied to topical issues. The lectures are designed as interactive lectures in which the lecturer introduces the topic and relevant literature, supplemented by discussions where students prepare and discuss an assignment individually or in a group.

This course unit aims to give students critical insight into the genealogy and diversity of feminist thought. The lectures provide an overview of leading authors and discuss groundbreaking insights, various perspectives, developments, key concepts and crucial debates within feminist thought.

Insights and discussions are explored through reading assignments and discussion workshops and applied to topical issues. The lectures are designed as interactive lectures in which the lecturer introduces the topic and relevant literature, supplemented by discussions where students prepare and discuss an assignment individually or in a group.

    Course material
    Digital course material (Required) : Syllabus (powerpoint-slides, artikelen, bronfragmenten), Canvas
    Additional info

    Syllabus (powerpoint slides, articles, source excerpts) is offered through the Canvas online learning environment.

     
    Learning Outcomes

    General competencies

    • Students have obtained a critical understanding of the genealogy of feminist thinking, its key concepts, core issues and different theoretical schools of thought and in the socio-historical context and impact of these strands of thought.
    • Students are able to critically explore and connect arguments and positions in the theoretical and societal debates.
    • Students can apply feminist theories, insights and concepts to current issues related to gender inequality and diversity and adopt a self-reflexieve attitude towards such issues.

    Grading

    The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
    Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

    Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

    • Examen with a relative weight of 75 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Additional info regarding evaluation

    The written exam will include a balanced mix of multiple-choice (with increased cutoff) and essay questions.

     

     

     


     

     
    Allowed unsatisfactory mark
    The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

    Academic context

    This course offer isn't part of a fixed set of graduation requirements. Hence, it is a free elective.