The Master's Degree Programme in Gender Studies aims to fulfil the professional requirements of gender specialists in the development sector with a multi centric and development approach with diverse specialisations.
The course is judicially balanced with strong theoretical foundations drawn from feministic scholarship, conceptual framework of gender issues built upon empirical knowledge and skill based courses with hands-on experience. The students of Gender Studies shall embark on an intellectual odyssey, a journey of two years, during which they will be ingrained with theoretical and methodological perspectives in the first semester, exposed to the conceptual issues in the second semester, imbibed with analytical and application orientation in the third semester, and capacity building with requisite skills for developing and implementing women development programmes/ projects in the fourth Semester.
The unique feature of the programme lies in the introduction of application and skill based papers such as Gender Budgeting and Auditing, Gender Analysis & Mainstreaming, Gender Planning and Development, and Gender Training.
The inbuilt training component in the curriculum and value added thematic workshops conducted will enable the learners to become trainers in gender sensitisation and specialists in Gender Planning and Development.
Objectives:
The overall objective of the Masters Programme is to develop the capacity of learners to analyse and understand women, gender and development issues from various perspectives that will enhance their skills towards strategic Gender Planning and Development.
The specific objectives are:
- To introduce theoretical & methodological perspectives of Feminism
- To instil conceptual understanding of Gender Issues
- To produce gender experts towards policy, programme analysis and implementation and to develop gender friendly strategies for development
- To produce a cadre of trainers in Gender Sensitization.
- To produce gender specialists catering to the professional requirements of multilateral / bilateral organisations, state agencies, INGOs and NGOs.
