The Research Placement option provides students with the opportunity to put their Gender Studies learning and research training into practice in a real-world environment. Students following this route take only one of the optional courses listed above and similarly complete a dissertation. Students on this programme take core modules Feminist Knowledge and Research, Advanced Topics in Gender Studies, Perspectives on Social Research, Quantitative Methods and Qualitative Methods. In addition to the MSc Applied Gender Studies, we also offer the MSc Applied Gender Studies (Research Methods) which is the recommended route for students intending to apply for a PhD in the Social Sciences.

We're well placed to supervise projects aligned to a range of disciplinary interests and using diverse methodologies. You'll also complete a Gender Studies dissertation. The Gender Studies Research Placement and Advanced Topics in Gender Studies options run every year. You'll be equipped with a knowledge and understanding of key feminist debates about ontology, epistemology and methodology, which will enable you to identify both commonalities and differences in the ways these debates have been taken up in different disciplinary contexts over time. Understanding how feminist theory, research and activism has developed over time is a key element of the degree, and our core courses include visits to Glasgow Women’s Library to learn about feminist archiving and work with their original collections.

The core modules provide an interdisciplinary frame for the critical study of gender that is underpinned by feminist theory and acknowledges the ways in which gender informs – and is informed by – other structural inequalities. This course comprises of three core classes and three optional classes from a range which is updated annually. Strathclyde has particular strengths in feminist and queer approaches within Journalism and Media Studies, English Literature, History, Creative Writing, Education, Politics and International Relations, Criminology and Social Policy. Reflecting this, the MSc Applied Gender Studies combines interdisciplinary core courses on gender theory, feminist research and the history of feminist thought, with optional classes within a range of disciplinary traditions. Gender studies is a multidisciplinary field dealing intersectionally with various social and cultural dimensions. You will have the opportunity to gain first-hand experience working on a research project with an external organisation from the feminist third sector and organisations committed to gender equality in arts, culture and sport. This allows graduates to meet the criteria for ESRC funding, an important factor if you plan to go on to PhD study in the Social Sciences.īy completing this course you will develop the analytical and practical skills necessary to engage critically with contemporary gender issues including:Ī key focus of this course is how these concepts can be applied within real-world contexts. It will also appeal to those who may already be working within an organisation with a strong interest in gender in society.įor those who are interested in pursuing a more research-focused option the MSc Applied Gender Studies can also be taken as a Research Methods route. If you wish to pursue a career in the charitable, education, government or civil service or the heritage sectors then this course is ideally suited to you.