Women's Studies

In Women's Studies you look at the world from the perspectives of women. You Examine the diversity of women's experiences and their relationships to others while promoting an inclusive and just society. Students identify complex and contradictory ideas that exist about femininity and masculinity, and how being a woman or a man may influence an individual's experiences and expectations.

Students study six key issues from the following:
 * Representations of Women in Cultural Texts
 * Women and Work
 * Family Life and Caring
 * Health and Well-being
 * Women and the Law
 * Women’s Struggles, Achievements, and Empowerment
 * Women, Culture and Society
 * Lifestyle and Choice
 * Communication and Technology
 * Development and Globalisation
 * Or another negotiated issue