GEND1001 aligned curriculum

Lecturer: Helen Keane, Senior Lecturer in Gender, Sexuality & Culture in the School of Humanities
Course: GEND1001
Used with permission -- thanks, Helen!

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NEWM 2001, Cathie Summerhayes (Film Studies)

ITAL 3016, Piera Carroli (Language Studies)

Below is an example of how Helen re-worked her original GEND1001 learning outcomes so that they more closely aligned with her intended assessment. You’ll notice that the revised outcomes are much more specific and focused than are the original outcomes. She also re-worked her assessment to reflect what she wanted the students to have learnt by the end of the course.

Helen’s original learning outcomes
This course aims to introduce students to key concepts, themes and debates in Gender Studies.
By the end of this course students will have

• developed skills in discussing key ideas in gender studies
• developed an informed position on theories of gender, sexuality and identity
• strengthened their capacity to write cogently and critically
• improved their information literacy skills.

Helen’s revised learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to

1. Analyse the way gender structures our ways of being and thinking.
2. Use specific examples to explain key concepts, themes and theories in Gender Studies.
3. Think, write and argue with these key concepts, themes and theories.
4. Reflect on and discuss your own learning as it relates to the subject matter of the course.
5. Select and combine materials on a topic currently relevant to Gender Studies and present them in a coherent fashion in a team environment.
6. Justify your team’s choice of materials relating to a topic relevant to Gender Studies.

Proposed Assessment

NEWM 2001, Cathie Summerhayes (Film Studies)

ITAL 3016, Piera Carroli (Language Studies)