MSc Gender, Policy and Inequalities

You are required to follow three half-unit compulsory courses. The first compulsory course, Gender Theories in the Modern World: An Interdisciplinary Approach, provides a foundation in gender theory. The second compulsory course is either Theorising Gender and Social Policy or Gender, Population and Policy. You then choose one out of two policy-focused half units with either a European policy perspective or a critical development studies perspective.

 

In addition to these compulsory course requirements, you must complete another one and a half units of taught courses. There is a range of optional courses across the School, but no more than one full unit of these can be taken outside of the Department of Gender Studies.

 

Finally, you will also need to complete a 10,000-word dissertation on an approved topic. The dissertation should reflect learning from both the social policy and gender components of the MSc.

 

(* denotes a half unit)

 

Gender Theories: An Interdisciplinary Approach*
Enables you to become familiar with the fullest range of gender theories, with particular attention to the intersections of gender, sexuality and race.

 

Theorising Gender and Social Policy*
Examines the importance of gender in explaining the structure and development of social policy and the use of gender in analysing inequalities that arise in access to and outcomes of social policies

 

Either 

Gender and European Welfare States*
Analyses the different ways in which gender is incorporated into national welfare states and the impact this has on particular national structures of gender inequalities 
Or

Feminist Population Politics*
Explores and evaluates the ways that feminist demographers have sought to redress social and gender injustices.

Or

Feminist Economics and Policy: An Introduction*
Engages with the theoretical foundations and intellectual contributions of Feminist Economics and  to develop an analytical understandings of gender issues with respect to economic processes and policies operating at macro and micro levels.

 

Dissertation - Independent Research Project
An independent research project of 10,000 words on an approved topic of your choice.

 

Courses to the value of one and a half units from a range of options

Minimum entry requirements for MSc Gender, Policy and Inequalities

Upper second class honours (2:1) degree or equivalent in social science or relevant discipline.

 

Competition for places at the School is high. This means that even if you meet our minimum entry requirement, this does not guarantee you an offer of admission.

Every graduate student is charged a fee for their programme.

The fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It does not cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

 

Tuition fees 2022/23 for MSc Gender, Policy and Inequalities
Home students: £15,816
Overseas students: £24,456

Quick Careers Facts for the Department of Gender Studies
Median salary of our PG students six months after graduating: £25,000

 

Top 5 sectors our students work in:

• Public administration and defence
• Education
• Management consultancy activities
• Social work activities
• Employment activities

The data was collected as part of the Graduate Outcomes survey, which is administered by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Graduates from 2017-18 were the first group to be asked to respond to Graduate Outcomes. Median salaries are calculated for respondents who are paid in UK pounds sterling.

 

The interdisciplinary nature of gender studies means that graduates are equipped with a broad range of knowledge and skills that can be applied in a variety of professional and academic settings. Our graduates are equipped with critical and analytic skills that are highly valued by a number of employers, including: government departments, international institutions (including the EU and World Bank), the media and publishing, charities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), private consultancy firms, education and research. Many of our graduates continue to study for PhDs and go on to work in academia.