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Flinders’ Master of Arts (Women’s & Gender Studies) will help you develop the skills and knowledge to think critically on issues of gender and its intersections with sexuality, class, embodiment and racial differences. These are essential in all professions and workplaces that engage with social justice, human rights, creativity and gender equality.

Offered both in-person and online, this Master of Arts explores critical analyses of gender in a time when it is more important than ever to question taken-for-granted assumptions to build a more hopeful and just future.

The course explores the concept of gender, different types of feminism and feminist activism, feminist philosophy, gender mainstreaming, disability, media representation, Indigenous knowledges, sexualities and LGBTIQA+ issues, all understood through intersectional approaches, to help us understand who we are, and how we can better advocate for personal, local, national and global justice and transformation.

The Master of Arts (Women's and Gender Studies) requires 2 years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). The course specialisation is offered by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

The course specialisation articulates with the 18 unit Graduate Certificate in Gender Mainstreaming Policy and the sequentially developed topics enable progression through the two awards.