Courses

Women's Studies is offered as part of: 

Why study Women's Studies? 

Women's Studies addresses the broad question of how gender (social definitions of femininity and masculinity) operates, both in contemporary life and historically, in Australia and other cultures. Gender, intersecting with other social orders of difference (principally race, class and sexuality) shapes cultural and social institutions as well as personal identity and relationships. Women's Studies reflects this wide scope by including social, cultural and political perspectives. It is an interdisciplinary field of knowledge.

Do you have to be a feminist to take Women's Studies? No. Women's Studies is related to feminism, in that it has its origins in the movements for women's rights which continue to have far-reaching effects on our world today, but you do not have to identify as a feminist to take these topics and gain a lot of interesting and useful insights into culture and society. However you do need to be interested in what it means to live as a woman or a man in contemporary society, and to be willing to explore some challenging ideas.

What will I study?

Refer to the course rule.

Further information

Associate Professor Barbara Baird, Room 218, South Sciences South.
Tel (08) 8201 2331. Fax (08) 8201 3351. Email: barbara.baird@flinders.edu.au

Dr Heather Brook, Room 210, Social Sciences South.
Tel (08) 8201 2136. Fax (08) 8201 3350. Email: heather.brook@flinders.edu.au

Dr Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes, Room 315, Social Sciences South.
Tel (08) 8201 3133. Fax (08) 8201 5111. Email: yvonne.corcoran-nantes@flinders.edu.au

Women's Studies Office, Room 221, Social Sciences South.
Tel (08) 8201 3437. Fax (08) 8201 3350.

The Admissions/Prospective Students Office, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001
Tel (08) 8201 3074 or 1300 657 671 (local call cost) Fax (08) 8201 2580
Email: admissions@flinders.edu.au