Institutions offering MA in Gender Studies
Gender Study is a growing subject all over the world due to the Inclusion of Women and Women Empowerment, Gender issues etc. Moreover, this field of study opens an arena to create right based Gender just societies all over the world. Interested students can study this subject for shaping their future career.
Students can take admission in this Master level Program from various disciplines such as Medicine, Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, Pure Science, Agriculture, Forestry and so on. This discipline has a scope for further study and research area in the Scandinavian Countries, Netherlands, the EU Countries, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
There is already a partial introduction of Gender Studies in 10+2 Higher Secondary School Curriculum. In accordance to it, T.U is going to introduce the under graduate level course for Gender Studies, very soon and is in the process of syllabus designing. Moreover, Gender Studies, as a paper is introduced in the Masters Level of various subjects like English, Rural Development, Population Studies, Sociology and Anthropology, to name a few.
Therefore, this subject has a potential Job market in Tribhuvan University for Teaching and Research, and various ministries of Nepal Government, Security Organs of the Government (Military, Armed Police and Nepal Police), INGOs, NGOs, Multi Governmental Organizations like ICIMOD and Multinational Organizations such as the UN Systems, diplomatic corps etc.
Eligibility
The candidate applying for admissions to the MA in Gender Studies program must have successfully completed the Bachelor Level of study in any discipline or any equivalent course from any board or university recognized by Tribhuvan University.
Job Prospects
The Master's in Gender Studies equips students with the understanding of current gender issues and exposes them to a comprehensive range of tools and methods for analyzing real-world social and development issues in relation to gender. Graduates can follow careers as gender specialists and analysts in a wide variety of development agencies, both in the government and elsewhere.
Activities: The overall activities in this program comprise the following:
- Participatory teaching and learning
- Research, documentation, and dissemination
- Internship projects
- Fieldtrips
- Seminars
- Cyber/Online discourse
Curricular Structure
Overall Structure of the Syllabus
| Semester | Credit Hours |
| First Semester | 15 credit hours |
| Second Semester | 15 credit hours |
| Third Semester | 15 credit hours |
| Fourth Semester | 18 credit hours (12+6) |
| Total | 63 credit hours |
First Semester
| Code No. | Course Title |
| GS 501 | Gender Construction |
| GS 502 | Gender and Patriarchy |
| GS 503 | Gender and Feminism |
| GS 504 | Gender and Economics |
| GS 505 | Gender and Politics |
Second Semester
| Code No. | Course Title |
| GS 551 | Gender and Society |
| GS 552 | Gender and Development |
| GS 553 | Gender and Legal System |
| GS 554 | Gender and Public Policy |
| GS 555 | Research: Feminist Research |
Third Semester
| Code No. | Course Title |
| GS 601 | Gender and Masculinist Thought |
| GS 602 | Project Management |
| GS 603 | Gender and Livelihood |
| GS 604 | Academic Writing in Gender |
| GS 605 | Gender and Human Rights |
Fourth Semester
| Code No. | Course Title |
| GS 651 | Men and Masculinities |
| GS 652 | Practical Implementation of Gender |
| GS 653 | Food, Security and Migration |
| GS 654 | Interjection of Gender in Academia |
| GS 655 | Thesis Writing |