HSRV318-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024

Gender Sensitivity in Human Services

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 May 2024

Description

This course provides students with the opportunity to critically investigate shifting socio-cultural constructions of gender. Students are introduced to theories, experiences and issues of gender, to think about how gender matters in the choices and opportunities available to us; in shaping ideas regarding individual and social well-being; the ways in which gender is experienced, defined, validated, and reworked.

This course provides students with the opportunity to critically investigate shifting socio-cultural
constructions of gender. Students will draw on theories, experiences and issues of gender to think
about how gender matters in the choices and opportunities available to us, and in shaping ideas
regarding individual and social well-being. We critically explore examples of social, political, economic and cultural contexts inhabited by consumers and providers of human services to analyse the ways in which gender is experienced, defined, validated, and reworked.

Learning Objectives:
• To encourage students to critically explore social-cultural constructions of ‘gender’
• To critically consider how gender matters
• To develop knowledge of the ideas, concepts, and theories used to understand the complexities
and tensions of gender difference and inequality for human services
• To foster students’ ability to think critically, and to carry out independent research.

Learning Outcomes

  • On successful completion of the course, the student will be able to demonstrate:

  • Advanced information literacy to undertake literature searches, and capacity to assess the
    relevance of literature to topics/issues under consideration.
  • A critical understanding of gender theories, concepts, history, methodologies, and activism
  • Critical analysis and reflexive skills in relation to understanding the complex constructions of
    gender.
  • Ability to articulate connections between personal experiences and wider social institutions and
    structures.
  • To communicate an understanding and knowledge of cultural diversity and gender
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Biculturally competent and confident

      Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

      Engaged with the community

      Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Any 30 points at 200 level from HSRV; or, any 15 pts at 200-level in HSRV, and 30 points at 200 level from Schedule C to the BSW, Schedule V to the BA, or
Schedules C or E to the BCJ; or 60 points at 200 level from the BA, BSW or BCJ.

Restrictions

HSRV208, HSRV308

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 13:00 - 15:00 Rata 222 & 223 Drawing Office
19 Feb - 31 Mar
29 Apr - 2 Jun
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 14:00 - 15:00 Meremere 526
26 Feb - 24 Mar
29 Apr - 2 Jun

Course Coordinator

Maria-Victoria Perez Y Perez

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Class Participation 22 Mar 2024 10% Weekly
Discussion Posts 10% Friday 8th March 6pm Friday 26th April 6pm
Literature Review 22 Mar 2024 25%
Essay 13 May 2024 25%
End of Course Online Test 30 May 2024 30%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,687.00

International fee $7,900.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All HSRV318 Occurrences

  • HSRV318-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024
  • HSRV318-24S1 (D) Semester One 2024 (Distance)