Gender Across Cultures (L6088)

15 credits, Level 4

Spring teaching

On this module, you’ll explore the centrality of gender as a factor that structures all social relations.

You’ll address:

• personal and sexual relationships within the household, the labour market and from the state
• how different cultures perform gender relations and practices
• the role of gender in the processes of social transformation
• the impact of industrialisation and migration on gender relations.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.