SOCI202-21S2 (C) Semester Two 2021

Constructing Bodies

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 July 2021
End Date: Sunday, 14 November 2021
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 1 August 2021
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 1 October 2021

Description

This course examines a variety of body modification and management practices, such as cosmetic surgery, sexual enhancement technologies and body piercing, and considers the ways in which particular forms of embodiment challenge common understandings about bodies, gender and sexuality.

Prerequisites

Any 15 points at 100 level from ANTH, CULT, or
SOCI, or
any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Restrictions

GEND102, FMST102, GEND112, AMST113, CULT112, AMST142, GEND201, CULT207

Equivalent Courses

GEND201, CULT207

Course Coordinator

Tiina Vares

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Essay 27 Aug 2021 35% 2200 words
Test 22 Oct 2021 40% Take home test
Tutorial Attendance 5%
Reading summaries x 2 20% Approx 500 words each - 13 August and 8 October

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $785.00

International fee $3,500.00

* 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 SOCI202 Occurrences

  • SOCI202-21S2 (C) Semester Two 2021
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