Contact Information

  • location_on
    Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar, Guwahati, Assam 781014, India
  • call
    (0361) 2570415, 2674243
  • email
  • web_asset
  • Approved By: UGC NAAC

M.A. (Women's Studies)


Duration:

2 Years

Eligibility:

Graduation

Course Duration: 2 Years

Course Eligibility: Graduation with 50% marks

Admission Criteria: Merit in qualifying examination, subject to eligibility criteria.

Entrance/Eligibility Test: As per University Rules

Course Syllabus 

Semester I

Introduction to Women’s Studies

Feminist Theory- I: Theoretical Positions

Women’s Movements-I

Women in Indian Society

Gender and Education

Semester II

Feminist Theory-II: Concepts and Debates

Women’s Movements II

Eco-Feminism, Environment and Sustainable Development

Feminist Research Methodology-Part I

Feminist Economics

Semester III

Feminist Research Methodology-Part II

Gender, State and Citizenship

Feminist Thought: Select texts in Feminism

Elective Paper

Gender, Work and Labour

Engendering Governance

Women’s Rights and Legal Advocacy

Semester IV

Women, Science and Technology

Optional Paper

The Political Economy of Gender and Development

Gender and Geography

Interrogating Violence: The Gender Dimension

Women, Health and Rights