This course introduces Masters students to the interdisciplinary challenges raised by the study of gender as an integral component of the creative arts and provides them with the tools to negotiate these challenges critically through written scholarly argument and oral presentation.

One two-hour session per week over 10 weeks.

Genders (20) MUSIC4059

Genders (30) MUSIC4060

None

The standard assessments for this course are:

■ Essay of around 3500 words (70%)

■ Recorded presentation of around 12 min length (30%)

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:

■ There is no alternative to the essay, but a flexible deadline can be offered as reasonable adjustment (students should follow the usual process for extensions)

■ Written script of equivalent length as an alternative to the recorded presentation

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.

This course aims to:

■ develop students' awareness of gender as an aesthetic and culturally significant consideration within creative practice across a range of disciplines.

■ develop students' understanding of the implicit and explicit operation of gendered constructs or ideologies within cultural debates

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Analyse key questions and debates concerning the role of gender in a range of cultural texts and creative practices at an advanced level.

■ Critically discuss, through effectively argued academic prose, an appropriate range of scholarly literature on gender in the creative arts.

■ Design and deliver a well-structured presentation, demonstrating historical perspective on creative negotiations of genders.

■ Evaluate the role of gender in cultural debates across a range of creative disciplines at an advanced level

■ Apply a range of specialised theories and methods to the study of gender