WMST7030 Women's Studies Honours Thesis (18 units)

Associate Professor Barbara Baird

2019

1 x 13-week supervised study per semester

WMST7000 has been successfully completed

Part of Women's Studies program in Bachelor of Arts Honours and Bachelor of Behavioural Science Honours

An essay of 18,000 words to be written under the supervision of a member of staff of the Women's Studies Department.

The thesis is to give evidence of students' abilities in collecting and evaluating information; constructing, testing and defending an argument or thesis; and critically examining the dominant theories in their area of enquiry. Students should choose a thesis topic and obtain the agreement of a member of staff to act as supervisor before the end of the previous December.

The thesis element in the Women's Studies Honours program is intended to:

Give a student scope to develop a special research interest under the supervision of an individual staff member
Apply feminist and/or related theories to a gender issue in an extended and sustained way
Provide the chance to enhance research skills to an extent not possible earlier in the degree, by working in an intensive way and reading widely on a particular gender issue
Enable a student to show originality inthe writing of an extended piece of argument
Develop writing skills as appropriate for an extended piece of work
Adequately prepare students for postgraduate work

Students who submit a successful Women's Studies Honours thesis will have demonstrated:

The capacity to manage a piece of sustained research and writing (between 15 to 18,000 words in length)
The ability to work in an independent way, largely taking responsibility for the form, argument and quality of the final thesis
Detailed knowledge of a specific gender issue
An understanding of feminist and/or related theories as they apply to a specific issue
The capacity to write clearly over an extended piece of work
A level of originality in some aspect(s) of the thesis submitted.

Key dates and timetable

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