Master of Arts in Gender and Diversity

We train you to handle complex issues such as social inequity and discrimination and their concomitant processes of change in an academically sound, socially committed and responsible manner. Our programme establishes a link with practice and the professional field by means of e.g. the work placement. In so doing, we cater to the demand for gender and diversity experts in the policy sector, in education, the business world, the non-profit sector and NGOs.

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Master's Programme

1 year 60 credits

Faculty of Arts and Philosophy

Faculty of Political and Social Sciences

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1 General Courses 30

Subscribe to 30 credit units from the following list, with

15 credit units from the courses with reference *,
15 credit units from the courses with reference k.

References:

* = mandatory courses (an 'invariable root' of 3 courses for 15 credits)

k = elective courses (a 'flexible root', out of which the student is required to take 15 credits, which he or she can increase with 5 or 10 credits via the module Elective Courses)

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Intersectionality and Diversity Studies	*	1	sem 1	nl	Chia Longman	5

Overview of Feminist Thought	*	1	sem 1	nl	Gily Coene	5

Diversity and Gender Seminar	*	1	sem 1	nl	Colette van Laar	5

Gender, Diversity and Politics	k	1	sem 1	en	Karen Celis	5

History of Feminism as a Social Movement: Transnational, Intersectional and Decolonial Perspectives	k	1				5

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in Organizations	k	1	sem 2	en	Koen Van Laer	5

Gender and Diversity in EU and International Politics	k	1	sem 2	nl	Heleen Touquet	5

Social Entrepreneurship	k	1	sem 1	nl	Wim Lambrechts	5

Feminist Anthropology	k	1	sem 1	en	Chia Longman	5

Media and Gender	k	1				5

Psychology, Culture and Society	k	1	sem 2	en	Karen Phalet	5

The Philosophy and Ethics of Sexuality	k	1	sem 2	nl	Gily Coene	5

Anthropology of Love and Intimate Connections	k	1	sem 2	en	Aymon Kreil	5

History of the Body, Gender and Sexuality	k	1	sem 1	en	Henk de Smaele	5

Resistance, Power Relations and Social Change	k	1	sem 2	en	Sarah Murru	5

2 Elective Courses

Subscribe to no less than 5 and no more than 10 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 2 modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

The amount of credits depends on the choice of the internship made by the student: either a short internship (= 5 credits, which leaves 10 credits to be taken from this module), or a long internship (= 10 credits, which leaves 5 to be taken from this module).

Elective courses can be selected in different ways:

you choose from a list of elective courses (2.1)
you choose a flexible compulsory course that you have not chosen before with reference k (2.2)
you propose an elective course yourself (2.3)

2.1 Choice of Courses

Subscribe to no more than 10 credit units from the following list.

Attention: courses in light grey in the Study Guide are alternating courses and are not taught in this academic year.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Contemporary Literature in English		1	sem 2	en	Elisabeth Bekers	5

Modernity and Urbanity. Capita Selecta from Architectural Theory and Criticism. Gender, Diversity, Power and Urban Life.		1	sem 1	en	Luce Beeckmans	5

Disability studies		1	sem 1	nl,en	Elisabeth De Schauwer	5

Diversity and Inclusion in Education		1	sem 2	nl	Wendelien Vantieghem	5

Gender, Literature and Theory		1	sem 1	en	Stephanie Koziej	5

History of Migration		1	sem 1	nl	Hilde Greefs	6

Youth Criminology, Gender & Diversity		1	sem 1	nl,en	Els Dumortier	5

Postcolonial Literature in English		1	sem 1	en	Elisabeth Bekers	5

Law and Gender		1			Pieter Cannoot	5

Sex, Sexual Experience, Reproduction and Law		1	sem 2	nl	Liesbet Stevens	5

Diversity, Gender and Religion		1	sem 1	nl	Annemie Dillen	5

Feminist Theologies		1	sem 2	en	Annemie Dillen	5

Gender History		1	sem 2	nl	Gita Deneckere	5

Islam and Gender		1	sem 1	en	Iman Lechkar	5

Constructing Age in Modern Literature		1	sem 1	en	Andrea Davidson	6

Women Writers in Modern British Literature		1	sem 1	en	Mahlu Mertens	6

Gender and Identity in African Literatures		1	sem 2	en	Martina Vitackova	5

Agogical Transition Strategies for Sustainability and Development		1	sem 1	nl	Tom Vanwing	6

Anthropology of Language Use: Diversity and Inequality in a Languaging World		1	sem 2	en	Karel Arnaut	5

Popular Culture & Diversity		1	sem 1	en	Marion Wasserbauer	6

Strategic HRM		1	sem 2	en	Eline Jammaers	5

Migration and Society: an Interdisciplinary Introduction	UKV	1	sem 2	en	Robin Vandevoordt	5

Urban Social Work		1	sem 1	nl	Stijn Oosterlynck	6

Historical Perspectives on the Gendered Body		1	sem 2	en	Jolien Gijbels	5

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Short Internship	1	year	nl	Chia Longman	5

Long Internship	1	year	nl	Chia Longman	10

4 Master's Dissertation

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Master's Dissertation		1	year	nl	Aymon Kreil	15

Learning outcomes

Competence field 1: Competences in one/more scientific discipline(s)

The graduate has advanced knowledge of the different concepts, theories, debates and methods involved in gender studies and research on diversity and is also able to place them in the relevant historic and social context.
The graduate has insight into historic and recent social developments relating to gender and diversity and is able to place them in a contemporary, national, European and international (policy) context.
The graduate is able to analyze gender relationships from an interdisciplinary and intersectional perspective, as well as the interaction of gender with other differences, inequalities of power and grounds for discrimination.

Competence field 2: Scientific competences

The graduate is able to gain knowledge independently, to develop insights from gender studies, and to apply these in order to design and develop a specific theoretical or empirical study on issues relating to gender and diversity.
The graduate is able to process relevant scientific information (from primary sources and secondary literature) in the area of gender studies and diversity in a critical manner and to give a balanced and accurate rendition of the results of his or her own research in a scientifically correct report or thesis.

Competence field 3: Intellectual competences

The graduate has a driven and dynamic attitude and is able to think and act in a gender-aware and diversity-aware manner in relation to new problems, contexts and situations.

Competence field 4: Competences in cooperation and communication

The graduate is able to work independently and in a multidisciplinary context.He or she has the required social and communication skills to take on a leading or advisory role in the social and cultural field, in the business world or at the government, and to valorize his or her knowledge on gender and diversity.

Competence field 5: Societal competences

The graduate is receptive to the multicultural context and able to deal with complex problems relating to social inequality and discrimination in a dedicated and responsible manner.
The graduate is receptive to new theoretical and scientific insights and prepared to submit them to critical review while integrating them in professional experiences.

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