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, the environment and resource management. Particular attention is given to exploring feminist epistemologies and gendered lenses at development as 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, human rights, masculinities, power and politics. Gender in development discourse and policy. Gender and Human Rights. Gendered methodologies and analyses.
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, analyse and share information on the applied topics addressed
- Analyse 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
- Aware of ethical and political perspectives linked to gender and development
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