MA IN GENDER STUDIES

SEMESTER- I

Core 1 : Key Concepts and Debates in Social Sciences 

Core 2: Political Economy of Gender (covers gender and labour) 

Core 3: Contemporary Issues in Gender 

Core 4: Introduction to Gender and Sexualities 

Elective: 1

1. Gender and Performance
2. Gender Cinema and Visual Culture 

 

SEMESTER- II

Core 1: Introduction to research methods(guided field work) 

Core 2: Introduction to Feminist Theory 

Core 3: Gender and rethinking disciplines (interdisciplinary approaches in gender) 

Core 4: Gender Rights and Feminist Jurisprudence 

Elective: 2

1. Gender and Social Movements 
2. Caste, Class, Ethnicity  Queer and Gender (Intersectionalities in Gender) 
3. Gender and migration 

 

SEMESTER -III

Core 1: Feminist Research Methodology(feminist archives and academic writing) 

Core 2: Gender and Development 

Core 3: Gender and Religion 

Open Course

A.Gender, Science and Technology(Feminist Technology Studies)

B.Gender and Ecology (Gender and Environment)

C.South Asian Women’s Movement/ Gender and Literature/ Politics and Gender

 

SEMESTER- IV

Core 1: Engendering Keralam 

Core 2: Reading Feminist Texts 

Elective:

1. Gender and urban space 
2. Gender and Health 

 

Dissertation and project

SYLLABUS FOR ENTRANCE EXAMINATION OF MASTER OF ARTS IN GENDER STUDIES

v CURRENT AFFAIRS

v HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER RIGHTS

v GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES

v CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

v GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

v BASIC CONCEPTS AND THEORIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

v FEMINIST THEORIES

v BASIC RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

v GLOBALISATION AND GENDERED LABOUR

v LITERATURE AND GENDER

v REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE

v ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

v INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS