MSc Gender MSc Gender (Research)

About the MSc programmes

The MSc Gender (Research) degree combines a thorough grounding in contemporary theories of gender with advanced training in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. You will be located in the Gender Institute and take one or two units in  LSE's Methodology Institute, which is a base for cross-disciplinary research and teaching in the broad area of social science methodology.

The MSc Gender degree allows students flexibility to choose options up to the value of one and a half full units from a wide range of courses (students may only take options up to the value of one full unit outside the Institute).

MSc Gender (Research) enables you to combine courses in gender with a rigorous training in quantitative and qualitative research methods

Our students go on to work in varied career paths: research and consultancy for government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in developed and less developed countries, international organisations, personnel work, the legal profession and in education.

For both these degrees, you should have at least an upper second class honours degree or its equivalent in a social science or humanities subject.

All students follow at least two core courses and also complete a 10,000 word dissertation.

MSc Gender

This is the most flexible degree the Institute offers. In addition to the core courses of the degree, students are able  to choose from the fullest range of options  in order to  develop their own gender studies pathway, or focus on key research areas (eg, sexuality, culture, globalisation, development, postcoloniality, gendered politics). The interdisciplinary approach of the MSc Gender enables students to choose course options from within the Gender Institute and from other departments and institutes at the School.

There will be a series of compulsory dissertation workshops in the Lent term. The Gender Institute holds public lectures and workshops with eminent academics visiting London throughout the year.

All students on the MSc Gender will have an academic adviser who will be allocated upon arrival. Dissertation supervision is allocated in the Lent term.

You must submit your dissertation by 1 September (or the first working day after if it falls on a weekend or public holiday).

Compulsory courses

• Gender Theories in the Modern World: An Interdisciplinary Approach
• Gender, Knowledge and Research Practice*
• Dissertation

Options

Choose three half units from:

(* half unit)

• Anthropology of Kinship, Sex and Gender
• Gender and Media Representation*
• Globalising Sexualities*
• Feminist Political Theory*
• Globalisation, Gender and Development
• Cultural Constructions of the Body*
• Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction*
• Screening the Present: Contemporary Cinema and Cultural Critique*
• Gender, Post-Colonialism, Development: Critical Perspectives and New Directions*
• Dilemmas of Equality*
• Gender and Development: Geographical Perspectives* 
• Reproductive Health Programmes: Design, Implementation and Evaluation*
• Demography of the Developing World*
• Urban Environment*  
• Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Britain (post 1945)*
• Race and Biopolitics*
• Gender and Militarisation*
• Key Issues in Biomedicine, Bioscience and Society
• Gender and Transition Societies: Politics, Policies and Patterns* 
• Any other MSc or MA level course up to the value of one full unit with academic adviser or course convenor approval and subject to timetabling constraints
• Students on MSc Gender may only take options up to the value of one full unit outside the Institute

MSc Gender (Research)

This degree enables students to develop expertise in both gender studies and research methodology, and is particularly useful for students considering further study. In addition to a thorough grounding in contemporary theories of gender and gender research practice, students will also receive advanced training in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Applicants from the UK and EU will be able to apply for funding under the ESRC 1+3 and +3 scheme.

Compulsory courses

 

(* half unit)

• Gender Theories in the Modern World: An Interdisciplinary Approach
• Gender, Knowledge and Research Practice*
• Introduction to Quantitative Analysis* or Applied Regression Analysis*
• Dissertation

Options

Choose to the value of one full unit from the following:

• Applied Regression Analysis* (if not already taken)
• Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design*
• Qualitative Research Methods*
• Gender and Media Representation*
• Globalising Sexualities*
• Feminist Political Theory*
• Globalisation, Gender and Development
• Cultural Constructions of the Body*
• Globalisation and Gender*
• Screening the Present: Contemporary Cinema and Cultural Critique*
• Gender, Post-Colonialism, Development: Critical Perspectives and New Directions*
• Gender and Militarisation*
• Qualitative Research With Non-Traditional Data*
• Doing Qualitative Fieldwork*
• Special Topics in Qualitative Research Methods: Qualitative Text Analysis*

Students must take their options from within the Gender or Methodology Institutes, but in exceptional cases can apply for an exemption.