MA Gender Studies

MA Gender Studies is a Masters program taught at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. Intake: September. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (1 year) options.

The MA Gender Studies at SOAS focuses on the study of Gender that attends to the complex specificities of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and their diasporas. Students study gender theory and feminism through modules such as Dissertation Methods for Gender Studies, Gender Theory and the Study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and Feminist Theory and the Study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The programme includes guided options from outside the Gender Studies department.

SOAS states the MA Gender Studies consists of one calendar year (full-time) or two or three years (part-time, daytime only). Students must take 180 credits: 120 taught credits (core and option modules) and a 60 credit dissertation. The core dissertation module is Dissertation in gender studies, with a dissertation proposal submitted within Dissertation Methods for Gender Studies.

SOAS states the programme appeals to students from Women’s Studies or Gender Studies who want gender theory with regional specialisation, students from Asian, African, or Middle Eastern Studies who want to incorporate gender into their areas of expertise, and students trained in disciplines such as Cultural and Media Studies, Religious Studies, Comparative Literature, History, Anthropology, or Politics who want to deepen feminist knowledge production.

Modules

• Dissertation in gender studies
• Dissertation Methods for Gender Studies
• Gender Theory and the Study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East
• Feminist Theory and the Study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East
• 750B Ethnographic Locations: East Asia
• 750C Ethnographic Locations: Near and Middle East
• 752 Anthropology of 'Race', Gender and Sexuality

The minimum requirements for admission in MA Gender Studies at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London as pre-requiste for admission in MA Gender Studies.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

We will consider all applications with a 2:2 (or international equivalent) or higher in social science of humanities subject. In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application such as supporting statement. References are optional, but can help build a stronger application if you fall below the 2:2 requirement or have non-traditional qualifications.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-course/ma-gender-studies

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