Master of Arts in Gender Studies
Vienna, Austria
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 12,000 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Key Summary
Introduction
The one-year MA program offers a condensed grounding in interdisciplinary gender studies for students with substantial previous background in gender studies or a related field (a minimum of a four-year BA is required). Applicants are asked to demonstrate their formal or informal exposure to some aspect of gender studies, along with evidence of initial thinking about a broad area of research. The program aims to develop independent and critical thinkers with a broad basic knowledge of gender studies and the skills to approach gender as a key element of social and symbolic order at the local and global levels. In keeping with these goals, the program introduces students to major theoretical and methodological approaches to gender studies from a range of disciplines. The present faculty includes scholars trained in history, sociology, socio-cultural anthropology, political science, gender studies, philosophy, literature, legal studies, rhetoric, and cultural studies. MA students are thus expected to develop their scholarly perspectives through an interdisciplinary lens and beyond their immediate fields of interest.
Program Accreditation/Registration
- The program was approved and registered by the New York State Education Department
- Program accredited by the Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQ-Austria)
Admissions
Curriculum
The program consists of 30 credit hours to be completed over three semesters. In the fall and winter terms, students must complete 20 course credits, including the mandatory courses of Foundations of Gender Studies I and II, a methodology course, and two semesters of Academic Writing. The remaining courses are chosen from among the department’s offerings which cover a range of topics and disciplinary approaches. It is also possible to take classes in other CEU departments. In the spring term, students earn a final 4 credits for the thesis writing workshop and 6 for thesis writing.
By the end of the year, MA students must complete an original research thesis under the guidance of a faculty supervisor. The thesis is then defended orally in front of a faculty committee at the end of the academic year and the final text is made publicly available online through the CEU library.
Program Outcome
Graduates of the one-year MA in Gender Studies at CEU will have mastered the following skills and fields
of knowledge and demonstrate the ability to:
- Discuss and understand the major fields and themes of interdisciplinary gender studies, their historical and geographic origins, and the main points of debate that have arisen within this field
- Grasp and apply the methodological, theoretical, writing, and oral presentation techniques necessary in academic research and critical analysis while also being able to convey their analyses to audiences not specialized in gender studies;
- Engage in critical and creative reading and analysis from a gender perspective of social and cultural theories, empirical research, and social and cultural phenomena;
- Reflect critically and in a complex manner on the entanglement between gender relations and gender inequality on the one hand, and other social and cultural differences on local and global levels on the other;
- Grasp and critically understand the main threads of scholarly debate on how gender categories and inequalities work in tandem with other social categories such as race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, global inequality, age, disability, and the like;
- Translate an interest in a certain social or cultural phenomenon into a manageable research project, develop pertinent research questions, and identify and use the appropriate research methods to answer these questions;
- Reflect critically on and denaturalize their own social, cultural, and political belonging, being aware of the situated nature and limitations of their own knowledge.