WMST 444 and WMST 200. (WGST 200 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for WMST 444 or WMST 200.) This course is available online only.
WGST 200 offers the opportunity for students to begin feminist research, and it provides suggestions for assessing the research of others. A range of approaches, methodologies and methods will be examined. Students will have a chance to consider ethical dilemmas, the researcher-participant relationship and some of the problems associated with feminist collaboration in research projects. Students will go through the research process step by step, defining their research question, choosing their methods and then conducting their own study.
Outline
Unit 1: What is Feminist Research?
Unit 2: What is Collaborative Feminist Research?
Unit 3: Sexist and Non-Sexist Research
Unit 4: Research Questions and Ethical Research
Unit 5: Searching for Literature and Refining the Research Question
Unit 6: Collecting Data
Unit 7: Feminist Research Experiences
Unit 8: Analyzing Data
Unit 9: Presenting and Evaluating Feminist Research
Evaluation
To receive credit for WGST 200, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least D (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
Activity
Weight
Oral Review
15%
Research Question and Annotated Bibliography
20%
Choosing Research Methods
25%
Research Report
40%
Total
100%
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. (2006). Intersectional feminist frameworks: An emerging vision. Ottawa, ON: CRIAW/ICREF. (booklet) (Print)
Eichler, M. (1991). Nonsexist research methods: A practical guide. New York: Routledge, Chapman, & Hall. (Print)
Kirby. S., Greaves, L., & Reid, C. (2006). Experience research social change: Methods beyond the mainstream (2nd ed.). Toronto: Broadview Press. (PDF)
Kirsch, G. E. (1999). Ethical dilemmas in feminist research: The politics of location, interpretation, and publication. Albany: State University of New York Press. (Print)
Other Materials
The course materials include online readings accessible through links in the course or via the course Digital Reading Room.
Challenge for credit
Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.
Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
The Challenge Exam is marked on a pass-fail basis. Your transcript will record a pass if you achieve at least D (50 percent) on the exam; it will show a fail if you achieve less than "D" 50 percent on the exam.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized study counterparts.