Degrees
Gender Studies (UAB-specific programme)

Study plan Gender Studies (UAB-specific programme)

Basic skills

  • Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
  • Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
  • Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.

Specific skills

  • Explain the history of gender relations, the significance of differences and the processes which generate inequalities.
  • Interpret and interrelate the conceptual bases of feminist theories and the application of feminist epistemology for the generation of knowledge.
  • Apply the fundamental concepts of social, legal, economic, human and health sciences for the social and cultural analysis of the past and present from a gender perspective.
  • Understand the legal concepts, legislation and jurisprudence which affect the design and development of the rights of women and the LGBTI groups.
  • Identify and question the representations of gender in the history of ideas, art and culture, and in the construction of past and present scientific knowledge.
  • Identify and critically analyse the impact of the sex/gender system on the subjectivity, rights and quality of life and health.
  • Produce and interpret empirical data from a non-androcentric perspective.
  • Critically explain the dynamics of socio-discursive, interactional and linguistic construction of gender identities.
  • Identify all kinds of discrimination for reasons of sec, gender, and sexual orientation as well as the degrees and types of LGBTI-phobia in different social public and private ambits and suggest mechanisms for their prevention and solution.
  • Design, manage and promote projects for psychosocial and community intervention with an intersectional gender perspective, applying techniques to promote public participation and work on networks and in groups.
  • Identify the debates and theoretical developments on 'new' and 'diverse' masculinities.
  • Design, develop and evaluate gender policies and plans for equality in institutions, companies and public, private and non-governmental organisations.

Transversal skills

  • Apply the gender perspective as a transferable methodology for analysis of social, psychological, cultural, political, historical and economic diversity.
  • Be able to express yourself correctly in a non-sexist and non-homophobic way in the languages of speciality in the areas of social sciences, humanities, law and health, both orally and in writing.
  • Formulate, argue and debate original ideas and those of others in a respectful, critical and reasoned manner.
  • Use qualitative and quantitative methodologies, techniques and tools of social research.
  • Work cooperatively and boost the work of diverse, multidisciplinary teams, assuming and respecting the role and diversity of those who make them up.
  • Demonstrate capacity for self-analysis and self-criticism.