{"id":15909,"date":"2025-08-27T13:47:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T05:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/?page_id=15909"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:48:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:48:04","slug":"minor-in-gender-studies-mdm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/minor-in-gender-studies-mdm\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor in Gender Studies (MDM)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tMinor in Gender Studies\t<\/h2>\n<h1>\n\t\t\tMinor in Gender Studies\t<\/h1>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tOverview\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Gender Studies is now a widely recognised interdisciplinary field of enquiry in the humanities and social sciences. The reason that this field has become prominent over the past thirty to forty years is closely tied to social changes in industrialised countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Gender Studies Minor Programme aims to develop both conceptual knowledge and key abilities as a foundation for a systematic inquiry into gender-related matters. Conceptually, these courses help students to build up a nuanced understanding from different disciplinary perspectives of the ways in which gender exerts far-reaching impact on everyday encounters and lived realities.<\/p>\n<p>Students who have undergone this programme are expected to be able to critically evaluate the merits of alternative interpretations by building arguments for or against particular explanations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/08\/thumbnail-dr-jennifer-estes-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"thumbnail dr jennifer estes\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" title=\"thumbnail dr jennifer estes\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h4>\n\t\t\tAcademic Convenor\t<\/h4>\n\t<p><strong>Dr Jennifer Estes<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tRequirements\t<\/h2>\n\t<ul>\n<li>All courses read in fulfillment of the minor requirements should be graded. Courses taken on Satisfactory\/Unsatisfactory basis may not be counted towards the minor requirements. (Cohort 2013 and before)<\/li>\n<li>Courses taken on Satisfactory\/Unsatisfactory basis may be counted towards the minor requirements. (Cohort 2014 and after)<\/li>\n<li>Students are allowed to use up to 8 Units to meet the requirements for both the Minor and a Major or another Minor, at the same time; however, the Units for these courses would be counted ONCE. FASS students would still need to fulfill the Units required for the Unrestricted Electives (outside major) requirement.<\/li>\n<li>Students are not allowed to count the new coded GET\/GEH\/GES\/GER\/GEQ courses towards both the Major or Minor requirements. (Cohort 2015 onwards)<\/li>\n<li>For students on overseas exchange, Unit transfer of up to 8 Units of relevant courses for the Minor may be accepted. Please refer to the <strong>Maximum Number of Unit Transfer for SEP Students<\/strong> for more information. (Applicable to all Cohorts)<\/li>\n<li>Please refer to FASS website for specific guidelines governing Minor Programmes offered by Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-0\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\">Cohort 2019 and after<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-0\"  tabindex=\"0\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Students must pass a minimum of five courses (20 Units) from the list of Gender Studies Minor courses, which includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SC2220 Gender Studies (compulsory course)<\/li>\n<li>A minimum of one course (4 Units) at level-3000.<\/li>\n<li>A minimum of three courses (12 Units) from the CORE track.<\/li>\n<li>Students are limited to taking up to maximum of three courses from a single department (outside the student&#8217;s major).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-1\">Cohort 2018 and before<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-1\"  tabindex=\"0\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Students must pass a minimum of six courses (24 Units) from the list of Gender Studies Minor courses, which includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SC2220 Gender Studies (compulsory course)<\/li>\n<li>A minimum of two courses (8 Units) at level-3000.<\/li>\n<li>A minimum of three courses (12 Units) from the CORE track.<\/li>\n<li>Students are limited to taking up to maximum of three courses from a single department (outside the student&#8217;s major).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-2\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-2\">FASS Level-4000 courses<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-2\"  tabindex=\"0\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Starting from Semester 1, AY2023-24, there will be modifications to the course codes of Level-4000 courses offered by FASS:<\/p>\n(a) Course codes with &#8220;HM&#8221; suffixes will be offered at 5 Units; and<br \/>\n(b) Course codes without the &#8220;HM&#8221; suffixes will be offered at 4 Units.\nStudents from Cohort 2020 and before &#8211; to read FASS Level-4000 courses with the &#8220;HM&#8221; suffix at 5 Units<br \/>\nStudents from Cohort 2021 onwards &#8211; to read FASS Level-4000 courses without the &#8220;HM&#8221; suffix at 4 Units\n<h2>\n\t\t\tCourses Offered\t<\/h2>\n\t<strong>List of Gender Studies Minor Courses Offered in AY2025\/2026<\/strong><br \/>\n(courses for Semester 2 are subjected to changes)\n<h4>\n\t\t\tCourse Type\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-0\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\">Compulsory Track<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-0\"  tabindex=\"0\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>COURSE CODE\/TITLE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>OFFERED IN<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SC2220 Gender Studies<\/td>\n<td>SEM 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-1\">Core Track Level-2000<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-1\"  tabindex=\"0\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>COURSE CODE\/TITLE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>OFFERED IN<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EN2207 Gender and Sexuality in Literature<\/td>\n<td>SEM 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HS2919 Blood and Womb: Culture and the Body in Malay Society<\/td>\n<td>SEM 1&amp;2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>JS2228 Gender and Sexuality in Japan<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NHS2050 Gender and Ecology in Asia (Recognised towards Core Track for students from Cohort 2025 and after)<\/td>\n<td>SEM 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NHS2073 Unseen Risks: Gender and the Everyday<\/td>\n<td>SEM 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NHS2086 Women&#8217;s Health: A Global Perspective<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SN2234 Gendered Lives: Women in South Asia<\/td>\n<td>SEM 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-2\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-2\">Core Track Level-3000<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-2\"  tabindex=\"0\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>COURSE CODE\/TITLE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>OFFERED IN<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AS3213 American Law: Language and Gender<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EN3244 Gender and Literature<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EN3245 Feminism: Text and Theory<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GE3206 Gender, Space and Place<\/td>\n<td>SEM 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HY3245 Engendering History\/Historicising Gender<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>JS3230 Men and Women in Modern Japanese Literature<\/td>\n<td>SEM 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MS3216 Gender and Islam<\/td>\n<td>SEM 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NHS3001 What is Gender? (Recoded from USP3501 The Problematic Concept of &#8216;Gender&#8217;)<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PH3217 Feminist Philosophy<\/td>\n<td>SEM 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PS3237 Women and Politics<\/td>\n<td>SEM 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SC3219 Sexuality in Comparative Perspective<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SE3222 Gender in Southeast Asia<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SW3206 Gender Issues in Social Work Practice<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-3\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-3\">Core Track Level-4000<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-3\"  tabindex=\"0\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>COURSE CODE\/TITLE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>OFFERED IN<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AN4202 Gender, Sex, and Power<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EL4253 \/ EL4253HM Language, Gender and Sexual Identities<br \/>\nFor Cohort 2016 to 2020, EL4253 (5 Units) or EL4253HM (5 Units)<br \/>\nFor Cohort 2021 onwards, EL4253 (4 Units)<\/td>\n<td>SEM 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GE4228\/GE4228HM Gender and the City<br \/>\nFor Cohort 2016 to 2020, GE4228 (5 Units) or GE4228HM (5 Units)<br \/>\nFor Cohort 2021 onwards, GE4228 (4 Units)<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GL4990 Women, Culture, and Development<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NM4244\/NM4244HM Sex in the Media<br \/>\nFor Cohort 2016 to 2020, NM4244 (5 Units) or NM4244HM (5 Units)<br \/>\nFor Cohort 2021 onwards, NM4244 (4 Units)<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PS4322 \/ PS4322HM Feminist Theory<br \/>\nFor Cohort 2016 to 2020, PS4322 (5 Units) or PS4322HM (5 Units)<br \/>\nFor Cohort 2021 onwards, PS4322 (4 Units)<\/td>\n<td>SEM 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PS4883A \/ PS4883AHM Topics in PT: Orientalism and Femininity<br \/>\nFor Cohort 2016 to 2020, PS4883A (5 Units) or PS4883AHM (5 Units)<br \/>\nFor Cohort 2021 onwards, PS4883A (4 Units)<\/td>\n<td>SEM 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TS4216 \/ TS4216HM Theatre and Gender<br \/>\nFor Cohort 2016 to 2020, TS4216 (5 Units) or TS4216HM (5 Units)<br \/>\nFor Cohort 2021 onwards, TS4216 (4 Units)<\/td>\n<td>SEM 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-4\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-4\">Complementary Track Level-1000<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-4\"  tabindex=\"0\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>COURSE CODE\/TITLE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>OFFERED IN<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GEC1004 or GEH1014 or GEK2022 Samurai, Geisha, Yakuza as Self or Other*<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-5\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-5\">Complementary Track Level-2000<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-5\"  tabindex=\"0\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>COURSE CODE\/TITLE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>OFFERED IN<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MS2213 Families and Households &#8211; Lived Experiences<\/td>\n<td>SEM 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NHS2050 Gender and Ecology in Asia (Recognised towards Complementary Track for students from Cohort 2024 and before)<\/td>\n<td>SEM 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SC2205 Sociology of the Family<\/td>\n<td>SEM 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EN2211 Writing With Theory: Race, Gender, Ecology<\/td>\n<td>SEM 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-6\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-6\">Complementary Track Level-3000<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-6\"  tabindex=\"0\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>COURSE CODE\/TITLE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>OFFERED IN<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AN3203 Cultures of Kinship<\/td>\n<td>SEM 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GE3241 Geographies of Social Life<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GE3249 Geographies of Life and Death<\/td>\n<td>SEM 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HY3266 Gender, Emotion, and the Cold War<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>JS3216 Japanese Literature Across Media<\/td>\n<td>SEM 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-7\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-7\">Complementary Track Level-4000<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-7\"  tabindex=\"0\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>COURSE CODE\/TITLE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>OFFERED IN<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EN4226 \/ EN4226HM English Women Novelists 1800-1900<br \/>\nFor Cohort 2016 to 2020, EN4226 (5 Units) or EN4226HM (5 Units)<br \/>\nFor Cohort 2021 onwards, EN4226 (4 Units)<\/td>\n\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HY4238 \/ HY4238HM Gender, Culture &amp; 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