MA Gender Studies

at University College Dublin

Core Modules Stage 1
 

• Gender Studies Minor Thesis

  GS40070
   

• Gender Studies: Critical Themes

  GS40090
   

• Gender: Global Concepts

  GS40120
   

• Feminist & Egalitarian Research

  SSJ40010

Optional Modules Stage 1
 

• Queer Frictions: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Literature & Culture

  ENG41860
   

• Human Rights Law and Equality

  EQUL40070
   

• Masculinities, Gender and Equality

  EQUL40310
   

• Development and the Global South

  GEOG40760
   

• Gender, Inequality and Public Policy

  GS40030
   

• Space, Place and Gender: Interrogating feminist geographies

  GS40040
   

• Culture and Sexualities

  GS40080
   

• Gender, Conflict-related Harm & Transitional Justice

  GS40100
   

• Gender, Sexuality, and the Body; The Politics of Belonging

  GS40110
   

• Gender, Peace, and Security

  POL41720
   

• Gender & the Political System

  POL42040
   

• Organised Violence and Society

  SOC40720
   

• Crit Race & Decolonial Theory

  SOC40930

Applicants are required to have a minimum of a 2.2 Honours or international equivalent in a honours level Bachelors degree (NFQ Level 8). Applicants whose first language is not English also require proof of English language proficiency.

English language Requirement

IELTS

Taught Master's:  A minimum overall score of 7.0 over all components and a minimum of 6.0 in each band on the Academic Version.  The non-academic version is not accepted.

TOEFL

Taught Master's: A minimum score of 100 is required in the Internet based TOEFL (iBT) with a score of at least 20 in each section.

Non-EU fees for academic year 2022/23 are:

€ 20,500

Graduates have become central members of local communities, key members of NGOs, employees in public-sector agencies, education and media organisations in roles such as: social researchers, project development managers, lecturers, journalists, and policy and advocacy officers.

Graduates work in Amnesty International, Immigrant Council of Ireland, Crisis Pregnancy Programme, Médecins Sans Frontières, National Broadcasting Authority, RTE, and the National Women’s Council of Ireland.