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The course if organized by Hilma Network for Gender Studies.

The webcourse “Introduction to Gender Studies” gives basic introductory knowledge about gender studies. The course begins with an introduction to the concept of gender and gender studies and continues with the following topics: bodies & sexuality, social construction of gender, feminist theory, masculinities, family, gender & work, and gender & politics.
Each week the students will read a text/texts and/or other material available in the internet and discuss them in small groups in the Moodle learning environment.
The course is meant for exchange students and everyone interested in gender studies. Previous studies in gender studies are not required.

The course will be offered from 23.09 to 15.11.2019 Each week the students will read text and/or other material available in the internet and discuss them in small groups in the Moodle learning environment. Application to the course by 11.9.2019 here. There can be max 35 students in the course.

If you are selected to the course, please contact the course contact person in Tampere University (Hanna-Mari Ikonen, hanna-mari.ikonen@tuni.fi) after the course assesment at the latest for agreeing on the registration of the course.