Course

EDS370 Gender and Development

Credits (ECTS):5

Course responsible:Lyla Mehta

Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås

Teaching language:Engelsk

Limits of class size:40

Course frequency:Annually

Nominal workload:About 35-40 hrs structured teaching time plus approx. 40 hours independent work. In all, about 80-90 hours of student work.

Teaching and exam period:August block - 4 hours a day for two weeks

About this course

The course will introduce students to gender and development through examining the gendered dimensions of, among others, development processes, power and governance, environment and resource management. Particular attention is given to exploring feminist epistemologies and gendered dimensions of social, political, environmental and economic change. The course will include the following topics (can vary from year to year): Historical development of concepts of gender; gender and feminist ecological issues; masculinities; power and politics; gender in development discourse and policy; and gender and human rights. The course embodies sustainability values ​​​and supports critical thinking to embrace complexity in sustainability and support equity and justice for current and future generations and more-than-humans.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

  • Know about major perspectives and experiences within the field of gender and development
  • Understand the gender dimensions of the topics addressed

Skills:

  • Apply methods and analytical approaches in gender and development
  • Collect, analyze and share information on the applied topics addressed
  • Analysis power, discourse, policies and politics in a gender perspective

General competence:

  • Plan, evaluate, use as well as carry out independent analyses of the gender dimensions of themes in social, political, environmental and economic change
  • Be aware of ethical and political perspectives linked to gender and development
  • Develop competence to critically embrace sustainability values ​​& complexity in sustainability and support equity and (gender) justice for current and future generations and more-than-humans.
  • Learning activities
    Lectures, group work and take home exam paper.
  • Teaching support
    Lectures, individual guidance and feedback on presentations and assignments.
  • Prerequisites
    Social science competence to be able to study at master's level. B-IEDS in third study year.
  • Assessment method

    Written Assignment – individual take home term paper

    The assignment is in English.



  • Examiner scheme
    External examiner will be used to evaluate the term paper.
  • Mandatory activity

    80% attendance

    Presentation of term paper

  • Teaching hours
    Approximately 40% lectures and 60% guided individual work.
  • Preferential right
    Open. In case of need, priority will be given to M-GDS, M-IR and M-IES students.
  • Admission requirements
    Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (GSK, general educational qualification)