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PIR-30166 - Module Specification
School of Social, Political and Global Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2023/24 Last Updated: 13 February 2024

PIR-30166 - Feminist Interventions: Theorising the Political
Coordinator: Monica Mookherjee Room: CBA1.026 Tel: +44 1782 7 33213
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
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Programme/Approved Electives for 2023/24

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2023/24


Aims
1. To encourage students to form an understanding of the conceptual and normative basis of feminism.
2. To critically analyse contemporary debates animating feminist thought.
3. To develop time-management and academic writing skills.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Identify and describe major bodies of literature or schools of thought relating to feminism: 1,2
Critically analyse the arguments from class readings and those found through independent research offered by major contemporary feminist theorists: 1,2
Evaluate the persuasiveness of feminist critiques of and alternatives to mainstream concepts and frameworks in liberal political philosophy: 1,2
Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of varying perspectives on the issues relevant to feminist thought, with a view to assessing their critical and normative potential: 1,2

Study hours

Seminars 22 hours
Preparation for seminars 68 hours
Research and writing the essay 30 hours
Revision for the final paper 30 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Essay weighted 50%
Essay
A 2,000 word essay from a given list of questions. The purpose of this task is to enable the student to analyse independently an area of debate within theories of feminism which engages their critical and logical skills, whilst also prompting them to practise key conventions of academic writing, such as consistent referencing, accurate self-expression and an ability to assess contrary arguments in a reasoned way.

2: Open Book Examination weighted 50%
Take Home Paper
An open book, essay-based examination in which students answer two questions from a pre-set list within 28 hours. Students are expected to spend around three hours on this assessment during the assessment window with a word-count of 1000 words in total.

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Last Updated: 13 February 2024