Main Field of Study and progress level:
Gender Studies: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Three-grade scale
Responsible department: Umeå Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS)
Established by: Director of Umeå Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS), 2019-06-14
Required Knowledge
To be admitted to the course applicants must have completed three semesters of full time studies, equivalent to 90 ECTS, of which at least 15 ECTS must be an independent project or four semesters of full time studies equivalent to 120 ECTS.
English proficiency equivalent to English A from Swedish Upper secondary education.
Form of instruction
The course is a full time on-line course in English. The course is taught entirely through an electronic Learning Management System where the student takes part in lectures, mandatory assignments and other learning activities. The studies are characterized by a high degree of independent and active search for knowledge, and critical reflection, both individually and in groups.
Examination modes
The course will be examined successively through active participation in seminars, and through individual oral, and written examinations. The examination consists of a written assignment. For the course as a whole, the following grades are given: Fail (U), Pass (G) and Pass with distinction (VG). In order to be awarded Pass for the entire course, it is necessary that all examinations and all compulsory teaching sessions have been passedA re-sit examination can be offered at the earliest ten days and at the latest three months after publishing information about the first examination. One more examination will be offered within the next year. A student who has passed the examination is not eligible for a new examination to raise grades. The option of a re-examination based on the original course syllabus will be available for at least two years after a student registered for the course. All in all, a student is given five chances of fulfilling the course examination. A student has the right to change examiner after failing two examinations for a course module, unless there are strong arguments against this
The claim of economic citizenship: the concept of equality in a historical context Carlsson Wetterberg Christina, Melby Kari Included in: Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia Bristol : Policy : 2008 : xi, 244 s. : pages 43-62 : Mandatory Reading instructions: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/umeaub-ebooks/detail.action?docID=419263
Beyond the Global Care Chain: Boundaries, Institutions and Ethics of Care Nguyen Minh T. N., Zavoretti Roberta, Tronto Joan Included in: Ethics & social welfare 2007- : pages 199-212 : http://10.1080/17496535.2017.1300308 Mandatory
Odih Pamela. Gender and work in capitalist economies Maidenhead : Open University Press : 2007 : xviii, 205 p. : Mandatory Reading instructions: http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/umeaub-ebooks/detail.action?docID=332686
Pp. 2-24, 81 -97 (Introduction" + Chap. 4:"Gender and identity in Modern Times")
The forest and the trees: Industrialization, demographic change, and the ongoing gender revolution in Sweden and the United States, 18702010 Stanfors Maria, Goldscheider Frances Included in: Demographic Research 2007- : 36 : pages 173226 : Mandatory
Sugiman Pamela Haruchiyo Labour's Dilemma: The Gender Politics of Auto Workers in Canada, 1937-1979 University of Toronto Press : Mandatory Reading instructions: https://toronto-degruyter-com.proxy.ub.umu.se/view/title/519464
pp. 1-26. Introduction" + Chapter 1: A gendered setting"
Tornhill Sofie Capital Visions: Scripting Progress and Work in Nicaraguan Free-Trade Zones Included in: Latin American perspectives Berverly Hills, Calif. : Sage : 1974- : 38 : pages 74-92 : Mandatory
Williams Fiona Migration and Care: Themes, Concepts and Challenges Included in: Social policy and society :[Elektronisk resurs]b a journal of the Social Policy Association. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press : 2002- : 9 : pages 385-396 : Mandatory
