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Representations of Gender, Love and Sexuality (Level 5)

Course dates: Wednesday 28 April - Wednesday 07 July 2027

Class timetable: 10 sessions (View class timetable for Wednesday 28 April 2027 to Wednesday 07 July 2027)

Timetable data for Wednesday 28 April 2027 to Wednesday 07 July 2027

Day of class Date of class Time Venue
Wednesday 28-Apr-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Birkbeck Campus, Central London
Wednesday 05-May-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Birkbeck Campus, Central London
Wednesday 12-May-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Birkbeck Campus, Central London
Wednesday 19-May-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Birkbeck Campus, Central London
Wednesday 26-May-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Birkbeck Campus, Central London
Wednesday 09-Jun-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Birkbeck Campus, Central London
Wednesday 16-Jun-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Birkbeck Campus, Central London
Wednesday 23-Jun-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Birkbeck Campus, Central London
Wednesday 30-Jun-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Birkbeck Campus, Central London
Wednesday 07-Jul-2027 5:00pm - 8:00pm Birkbeck Campus, Central London

Location: Birkbeck Campus, Central London

Fees: £1615.00

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Course Overview

Our Representations of Gender, Love and Sexuality short course will explore the various ways in which gender, love and sexuality have been represented and performed at different times, in different cultural contexts and within different cultural media.

Taking this course will help you understand the reasons for these differences in cultural production. You will learn about the socio-historical contexts in which the texts were produced, and the social and cultural norms to which they were responding and reacting.

By the end of the course you will be able to understand some of the key concepts from psychoanalytic, gender, post-colonial and political theory which relate to these issues and will be encouraged to make these critical perspectives productive for your own interpretive practice.

Assessment is via a 1.5-hour in-class test (50%) and 2500-word essay (50%).

This can be taken as a standalone short course or as part of:

Credits: 30 credits at level 5

Fees

Students are charged a tuition fee for each short course on registering. Please view details for this course, including dates, location and fees at the top of this page. Short course fees may be subject to annual inflationary increases. For more information, please see our Fees Policy.

Birkbeck's Lifelong Learning Guarantee

If you've studied at Birkbeck before and successfully completed an award with us, take advantage of our Lifelong Learning Guarantee to gain a reduction on the tuition fee of this course.

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The school's teaching and research is highly interdisciplinary, spanning cultures and periods. Academic and practice-based study will equip you for a career in the creative and cultural industries.

Entry Requirements

Most of our short courses have no formal entry requirements and are open to all students.

This short course has no prerequisites.

As part of the registration process, you may be required to submit a copy of a suitable form of ID.

International students who wish to come to the UK to study a short course can apply for a Visitor visa. Please note that it is not possible to obtain a Student visa to study a short course.

How to Register

You register directly onto the classes you would like to take. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis - so register early.

If you want to take more than one short course, you can select each one separately and then register onto them together via our online application portal. There is usually no formal selection process, although some modules may have prerequisites and/or other requirements, which will be specified where relevant.