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THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

Course Outline |

Part I

Programme Title | : | All Undergraduate Programmes |

Course Title | : | Gender & Society 性別與社會 |

Course Code | : | GEC1006 / GEG1014 |

Department | : | SSC |

Credit Points | : | 3 |

Contact Hours | : | 39 |

Pre-requisite(s) | : | Nil |

Medium of Instruction | : | Chinese / English / Putonghua |

Level | : | 1 |

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Part II

1. Synopsis:

This course aims to arouse students' interest and awareness in gender issues. It will equip students with concepts and frameworks to understand the social and cultural constructions of femininities and masculinities in daily lives and how these may shape and limit their identities, relationships and opportunities. The course will examine closely the working of the operation of gender, i.e. gender stereotypes, sexism, masculinism, and heterosexism at individual, interactional, institutional and cultural levels. It will reveal the prevalence and subtleties of power and control on gender in some important aspects of individual and social lives, such as bodily projects, sexual practices, sexual violence, family, schooling and education, employment and mass media. It will also explore the extent that gender relations have been transformed and the possibilities and strategies of combating gender inequalities and transgressing gender boundaries.

2. Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

CILO 1: Acquire the lens of gender that help them interpret the centrality and complexity of gender in their daily lives;

CILO 2: Acquire concepts and theories that can analyse how gender differences and inequalities are reinforced, constructed and challenged in different domains of social lives and at different levels, i.e. individual identities and practices, social interactions, social institutions and cultural...