2022-23 MA Women's Studies Programme Design Document

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1	1. Admissions/ Management Information
2	Title of the programme – including any lower awards Please provide the titles used for all awards relating to this programme. Note: all programmes are required to have at least a Postgraduate Certificate exit award. See guidance on programme titles in:
3	https://www.york.ac.uk/media/staffhome/learningandteaching/documents/programmedevelopment/Framework%20for%20Programme%20Design%20-%20PG.pdf
4	Masters			MA in Women's Studies
5	Postgraduate Diploma			Postgraduate Diploma in Women's Studies						Please indicate if the Postgraduate Diploma is available as an entry point, ie. is a programme on which a student can register, is an exit award, ie. is only available to students exiting the masters programme early, or both.					Both
6	Postgraduate Certificate			Postgraduate Certificate in Women's Studies						Please indicate if the Postgraduate Certificate is available as an entry points, ie. is a programme on which a student can register, is an exit award, ie. is only available to students exiting the masters programme early, or both.					Both
7	Level of qualification			Level 7
8	This document applies to students who commenced the programme(s) in:							2022/23
9	Awarding institution								Teaching institution
10	Unviersity of York								University of York
11	Department(s): Where more than one department is involved, indicate the lead department								Board of Studies
12	Lead Department		Centre for Women's Studies						Centre for Women's Studies BoS
13	Other contributing Departments:		Department of Sociology						Centre for Women's Studies BoS
14	Route code (existing programmes only)							MA in Women’s Studies - PMWOMSWOM1 PG Diploma Women’s Studies - PDWOMSWOM1 PG Certificate Women's Studies - PCWOMSWOM1
15	Admissions criteria
16	• Bachelor degree in relevant subject to 2.i standard or equivalent • And/or relevant experience (through work; volunteering; or similar) • Language requirement: IELTS 6.5 or equivalent
17	Length and status of the programme(s) and mode(s) of study
18	Programme				Length (years/ months)	Status (full-time/ part-time) Please select	Start dates/months (if applicable – for programmes that have multiple intakes or start dates that differ from the usual academic year)		Mode
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20									Face-to-face, campus-based			Distance learning		Other
21	MA in Women's Studies				1 year ft 2 years pt	Both	October		Please select Y/N		Yes	Please select Y/N	No	N/A
22	Postgraduate Diploma in Women's Studies				1 year ft 2 years pt	Both	October		Please select Y/N		Yes	Please select Y/N	No	N/A
23	Postgraduate Certificate in Women's Studies				1 year	Full-time	October		Please select Y/N		Yes	Please select Y/N	No	N/A
24	Language(s) of study
25	English
26	Language(s) of assessment
27	English
28	2. Programme accreditation by Professional, Statutory or Regulatory Bodies (PSRB)
29	2.a. Is the programme recognised or accredited by a PSRB
30	Please Select Y/N:		No	if No move to section 3 if Yes complete the following questions
31	2.b. Name of PSRB
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33	2.c. Please provide details of any approval/ accrediation event needed, including: timecales, the nature of the event, central support / information required:
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35	2.d. Are there any conditions on the approval/ accreditation of the programme(s)/ graduates (for example accreditation only for the full award and not any interim award)
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37	3. Additional Professional or Vocational Standards
38	Are there any additional requirements of accrediting bodies or PSRB or pre-requisite professional experience needed to study this programme?
39	Please Select Y/N:		No	if Yes, provide details
40	N/A
41	4. Programme leadership and programme team
42	4.a. Please name the programme leader for the year to which the programme design applies and any key members of staff responsible for designing, maintaining and overseeing the programme.
43	Dr. Boriana Alexandrova
44	5. Purpose and learning outcomes of the programme
45	5.a. Statement of purpose for applicants to the Masters programme Please express succinctly the overall aims of the programme as an applicant facing statement for a prospectus or website. This should clarify to a prospective masters student why they should choose this programme, what it will provide to them and what benefits they will gain from completing it.
46	The MA in Women’s Studies offers you a unique opportunity to study at one of the world-leading centres for feminist scholarship. Working alongside prominent academics in the fields of, for example, gender and sexuality, masculinity, queer studies, critical race and intersectional feminist studies, trauma and disability studies, activism, digital culture, feminist pedagogy, political violence, terrorism and perpetrator studies, you will explore a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to Women’s and Gender Studies. You will engage in key debates within these areas, developing a critical awareness of the gendered aspects of social, cultural and everyday life, as well as a detailed understanding of the role that cultural production plays in shaping and challenging these. Studying together with students from diverse disciplinary, cultural, national and activist backgrounds, you will be encouraged to engage creatively and critically within and across these ‘differences’. You will join a thriving international community, working closely alongside our parent departments of English and Related Literature and Sociology, as well as with other affiliated scholars from across the university. Our innovative, interdisciplinary curriculum is designed to challenge your preconceptions, encouraging you to reflect on the wider ethical implications of feminist research, including power relations and the researcher’s own positionality. The programme will foster your understanding of a range of significant issues and developments within feminist theory and practice. The emphasis furthermore on interdisciplinary feminist methodologies and practical research skills will enable you to conduct a substantial piece of independent research, which will further enable you to develop a range of transferable career and analytical skills. The MA in Women’s Studies offers an equally suitable foundation for those wishing to pursue doctoral research, a career/career development in NGOs, women’s organisations, academia, social and other public sector work; and for those who are passionate about the subject and want to explore future options.
47	5.a.i Statement of purpose for applicants registering for the Postgraduate Diploma programme Please express succinctly the overall aims of the programme as an applicant facing statement for a prospectus or website. This should clarify to a prospective diploma student why they should choose this programme, what it will provide to them and what benefits they will gain from completing it.
48	The Postgraduate Diploma in Women’s Studies offers you a unique opportunity to study at one of the world-leading centres for feminist scholarship. Working alongside prominent academics in the fields of, for example, gender and sexuality, masculinity, queer studies, activism, digital culture, feminist pedagogy, political violence, terrorism and perpetrator studies, you will explore a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to Women’s and Gender Studies. You will engage in key debates within these areas, developing a critical awareness of the gendered aspects of social, cultural and everyday life, as well as a detailed understanding of the role that cultural production plays in shaping and challenging these. Studying together with students from diverse disciplinary, cultural, national and activist backgrounds, you will be encouraged to engage creatively and critically within and across these ‘differences’. You will join a thriving international community, working closely alongside our parent departments of English and Related Literature and Sociology, as well as with other affiliated scholars from across the university. Our innovative curriculum is designed to challenge your preconceptions, encouraging you to reflect on the wider ethical implications of feminist research, including power relations and the researcher’s own positionality. The programme will foster your understanding of a range of significant issues and developments within feminist theory and will enable you to develop knowledge, critical thinking and research skills. The Postgraduate Diploma in Women’s Studies offers an equally suitable foundation for those wishing to pursue a career/career development in NGOs, women’s organisations, social and other public sector work; and for those who are passionate about the subject and want to explore future options.
49	5.a.ii Statement of purpose for applicants registering for the Postgraduate Certificate programme Please express succinctly the overall aims of the programme as an applicant facing statement for a prospectus or website. This should clarify to a prospective certificate student why they should choose this programme, what it will provide to them and what benefits they will gain from completing it.
50	The Postgraduate Certificate in Women’s Studies offers you a unique opportunity to study at one of the world-leading centres for feminist scholarship. Working alongside prominent academics in the fields of, for example, gender and sexuality, masculinity, queer studies, activism, digital culture, feminist pedagogy, political violence, terrorism and perpetrator studies, you will explore a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to Women’s and Gender Studies. You will engage in key debates within these areas, developing a critical awareness of the gendered aspects of social, cultural and everyday life, as well as a detailed understanding of the role that cultural production plays in shaping and challenging these. Studying together with students from diverse disciplinary, cultural, national and activist backgrounds, you will be encouraged to engage creatively and critically within and across these ‘differences’. You will join a thriving international community, working closely alongside our parent departments of English and Related Literature and Sociology, as well as with other affiliated scholars from across the university. Our innovative curriculum is designed to challenge your preconceptions, fostering your understanding of a range of significant issues and developments within feminist theory and cultivating critical skills that are applicable not only for independent learning, but also for interpreting everyday gendered lives. The Postgraduate Certificate in Women’s Studies offers an equally suitable foundation for those wishing to pursue a career/career development in NGOs, women’s organisations, social and other public sector work; and for those who are passionate about the subject and want to explore future options.
51	5.b.i. Programme Learning Outcomes - Masters Please provide six to eight statements of what a graduate of the Masters programme will be able to do. If the document only covers a Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma please specify four to six PLO statements in the sections 5.b.ii and 5.b.iii as appropriate. Taken together, these outcomes should capture the distinctive features of the programme. They should also be outcomes for which progressive achievement through the course of the programme can be articulated, and which will therefore be reflected in the design of the whole programme.
52	PLO	On successful completion of the programme, graduates will be able to:
53	1	Interrogate and explain complex issues and debates within Women’s Studies, including the problematics of the concept ‘gender’ and the differences amongst women with regard to categories such as race, ethnicity, class, age, dis/ability, sexuality.
54	2	Analyse gendered lives and wider socio-political and cultural issues through the application of interdisciplinary feminist approaches to knowledge, with a nuanced understanding of the intersections between feminist thought and wider social and cultural debates.
55	3	Recognise the complexity of power relations and how these inform one’s critical practice by demonstrating reflexive insight into the ethical and political issues inherent in scholarship.
56	4	Apply and demonstrate sophisticated knowledge of research methods, with a nuanced understanding of their strengths and limitations.
57	5	Plan, design and undertake a substantial independent research project, through the application of appropriate theories and methodologies.
58	6	Independently locate, manage, synthesise and present complex ideas from multiple sources through the use of digital skills.
59	7	Communicate complex arguments cogently and with nuance in written and oral form to a standard expected of professionals and scholars.
60	5.b.ii. Programme Learning Outcomes - Postgraduate Diploma Please provide four to six statements outlining what a graduate of the Postgraduate Diploma programme will be able to do. Taken together, these outcomes should capture the distinctive features of the programme. They should also be outcomes for which progressive achievement through the course of the programme can be articulated, and which will therefore be reflected in the design of the whole programme.
61	PLO	On successful completion of the programme, graduates will be able to:
62	1	Interrogate and explain complex issues and debates within Women’s Studies, including the problematics of the concept ‘gender’ and the differences amongst women with regard to categories such as race, ethnicity, class, age, dis/ability, sexuality.
63	2	Analyse gendered lives and wider socio-political and cultural issues through the application of interdisciplinary feminist approaches to knowledge, with a nuanced understanding of the intersections between feminist thought and wider social and cultural debates.
64	3	Recognise the complexity of power relations and how these inform one’s critical practice by demonstrating reflexive insight into the ethical and political issues inherent in scholarship.
65	4	Apply and demonstrate sophisticated knowledge of research methods, with a nuanced understanding of their strengths and limitations.
66	5	Independently locate, manage, synthesise and present complex ideas from multiple sources through the use of digital skills.
67	6	Communicate complex arguments cogently and with nuance in written and oral form to a standard expected of professionals and scholars.
68	5.b.iii. Programme Learning Outcomes - Postgraduate Certificate Please provide four to six statements outlining what a graduate of the Postgraduate Certificate programme will be able to do. Taken together, these outcomes should capture the distinctive features of the programme. They should also be outcomes for which progressive achievement through the course of the programme can be articulated, and which will therefore be reflected in the design of the whole programme.
69	PLO	On successful completion of the programme, graduates will be able to:
70	1	Interrogate and explain complex issues and debates within Women’s Studies, including the problematics of the concept ‘gender’ and the differences amongst women with regard to categories such as race, ethnicity, class, age, dis/ability, sexuality.
71	2	Analyse gendered lives and wider socio-political and cultural issues through the application of interdisciplinary feminist approaches to knowledge, with a nuanced understanding of the intersections between feminist thought and wider social and cultural debates.
72	3	Independently locate, manage, synthesise and present complex ideas from multiple sources through the use of digital skills.
73	4	Communicate complex arguments cogently and with nuance in written form to a standard expected of professionals and scholars.
74	5.c. Explanation of the choice of Programme Learning Outcomes Please explain your rationale for choosing these PLOs in a statement that can be used for students (such as in a student handbook). Please include brief reference to:
75	i) ... in what way will these PLOs result in an ambitious, challenging programme which stretches the students?
76	The programme is designed to encourage you to develop your knowledge of feminist theories and, alongside this, to question preconceptions with regard to the concepts of ‘gender’ and ‘women’. It encourages you to interrogate the very meaning of knowledge and the hierarchies embedded within knowledge production, enabling you to critically evaluate your own ways of understanding and knowing. This, in addition to the close attention paid to questions of reflexivity in research, will raise your awareness of the power dynamics that exist, both in research and in everyday life. Furthermore, the programme’s focus on interdisciplinary feminist methodologies will challenge you to venture outside of your disciplinary comfort zones in a supportive environment, enabling you to explore different ways of learning and conducting research.
77	ii) ... in what way will these PLOs produce a programme which is distinctive and advantageous to the student?
78	The PLOs demonstrates that you will accumulate knowledge that develops your understanding of feminist research and of research skills more generally as you progress through the programme. During this process, you will be encouraged to engage critically with aspects of your lives that you may previously have taken for granted. The PLOs reflect the programme’s focus on the development of critical thinking, something that you will apply to engage with a range of feminist theories, with the interpretation of everyday gendered experiences and with cultural materials more generally, as well as with the meaning of knowledge production. Additionally, the programme exposes you to a variety of interdisciplinary methods, offering you creative and relevant tools with which to conduct research. As a result, and within the supportive environment at the Centre, you will be challenged to think about the ways in which you learn, and to consider how knowledge production goes beyond formal teaching and research environments. Furthermore, the PLOs are designed to emphasise feminist sensitivity to difference, diversity and power relations, advocating reflexivity that is transferrable, applicable in the realm of public engagement and in career development. These skills will allow you to scrutinise your own preconceptions and to engage with wider social and political issues, facilitating your development into responsible, sensitive global citizens. (max 500 words)
79	iii) ... how the design of the programme enables students from diverse entry routes to transition successfully into the programme? For example, how does the organisation of the programme ensure solid foundations in disciplinary knowledge and understanding of conventions, language skills, mathematics and statistics skills, writing skills, lab skills, academic integrity
80	The Centre for Women’s Studies uses the studnet and staff intranet on the CWS website to provide information on studying at and living in York before you arrive for the academic year. These pages offer an introductory reading list, information on assessment, induction, departmental policy, events, and community life, accessibility support and well-being resources, as well as student- and staff-run social networking groups to connect current and returning students, all of which help you to prepare for your studies. At the start of the academic year, all students are required to attend a 45-minute IT training session at the Centre. The aim of this session is to ensure that you know how to navigate the IT systems within the University, including the VLE and library and IT resources. Furthermore, all students are asked to complete the Academic Integrity Training course on the VLE before submitting the procedural essay in week 7, term 1. This ensures that students have basic knowledge of academic requirements in the UK. For international students, the Centre also runs workshops to help enhance conversational English and academic writing skills in terms 1 and 2. This also enables students to understand and meet the academic requirements at the Centre and in UK academic culture more generally. Members of staff at the Centre are all aware of the support offered by the University and can refer students to the Centre for English Language Teaching, the Writing Centre, equivalent resources available through our parent departments, and the Maths Skills Centre for support. The programme’s focus on interdisciplinary approaches to Women’s and Gender Studies right from autumn term means that students with different disciplinary knowledges and competencies can all contribute to teaching and learning activities in your distinct ways. In addition, our programme privileges diversity and interculturalism within the curriculum, enabling students of different experiences and national and cultural backgrounds to critically engage with feminist ideas, Western and beyond. These ‘principles’ are emphasised throughout the programme and are also fostered by the Centre’s extracurricular Feminist Research and Career Skills (FRACS) events. As part of the FRACS events, the Centre hosts alumni talks and works closely with the University’s Careers Service to organise workshops and appointments in as early as the autumn term, so students can build up skills for their career aspirations. The FRACS events cultivate skills in teaching, writing for publications as well as forging a close research community at the Centre. ‘Approaching Women’s Studies’, one of two core modules in term 1, introduces you to key theoretical and conceptual approaches within Women’s Studies, as well as engaging with a range of significant ‘feminist issues’, such as gender, ageing and religion, from a critical feminist perspective. Half way through the module, you are required to submit a 2000-word procedural essay. Tutors offer detailed written feedback and students are encouraged to discuss this feedback in supervision meetings. The function of the procedural essay is to ensure that you are on track with your independent study and that you understand the academic requirements of the Centre and of UK academic culture more generally, helping you to develop into a confident and proactive learner.
81	iv) ... how the programme is designed to enable students to progress successfully - in a limited time frame - through to the end of the award? For example, the development of higher level research skills; enabling students to complete an independent study module; developing competence and confidence in practical skills/ professional skills. See QAA masters characteristics document http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/Masters-Degree-Characteristics-15.pdf
82	‘Approaching Women’s Studies’ broadens students’ knowledge of feminist research and challenges their understanding of key concepts within Women’s Studies. The module lays the groundwork for a more in-depth and theoretical feminist interrogation of knowledge and knowledge production, which is the main focus of ‘Ways of (Feminist) Knowing’, one of the two core modules in term 2. Having developed their knowledge and essay writing experience in term 1, and guided by detailed feedback on submitted assessments, students are then supported to further their critical engagement with feminist theories and develop their skills in communicating complex ideas in written form in term 2, and then beyond that for the independent research module. With regard to the development of research skills, ‘Introduction to Qualitative Methods and Data Analysis’, the second core module in term 1, introduces students to a diverse range of social research methods and their theoretical groundings. This module is built on in term 2 in ‘Feminist Research Methodologies’ (the second core module of term 2), where students are encouraged to further develop as ‘feminist researchers’, adopting a reflexive practice and a critical awareness of the politics of research. Within the context of this module, students attend the ‘Sisterhood in Action’ conference, at which they discuss their provisional dissertation topic, as well as discussing research more generally with staff and PhD students. This, alongside the dissertation workshops built into the module, prepares students to complete their dissertation proposal, which forms part of the module’s assessment. The module also helps students to plan their independent research project and to work on the ethics approval they will need in order to complete that research project. Finally, in term 3, dissertation workshops are organised in response to students’ needs. These workshops, alongside the five supervisions and detailed feedback on dissertation drafts offered by dissertation supervisors, help students to complete their independent research module more smoothly. In addition to core modules, our optional modules offer students an exciting opportunity to explore and develop their knowledge of feminist engagements with the fields of art, craft and activism; gender, violence and conflict; theories of sexuality; and gender and migration. Students are also able to enhance their research practice by learning about quantitative methods for social research.
83	v) ... how this programme (as outlined in these PLOs) will develop students’ digital literacy skills and how technology-enhanced learning will be used to support active student learning through peer/tutor interaction, collaboration and formative (self) assessment opportunities (reference could be made to such as blogging, flipped classroooms, response 'clickers' in lectures, simulations, etc).
84	Students develop digital literacy in a variety of ways. You will become familiar with the VLE in order to access information about the course, course materials, and you may be asked to use the discussion board on certain module VLE sites so as to engage with fellow students and/or with tutors in certain learning activities. The University’s email system is crucial for the communication between staff and students, and its usage – alongside the use of Google packages such as Drive and Calendar – will be expected. As of 2020, the University of York has also been making regular use of online meeting platforms such as Zoom and Google Meet, with which students will familiarise themselves during induction week at the start of term 1. The programme also requires that students are able to access digital research materials and navigate basic word processing programmes in order to complete and submit their written assessments, including essays and portfolios. Additionally, you are strongly encouraged to use online resources to conduct your independent study, such as locating and accessing relevant literature through the Library’s search engines, archives and Google Scholar. The Centre offers compulsory basic IT training at the start of the academic year to help you develop digital skills and to navigate the University’s online systems. In term 1, our liaised librarian offers a workshop for using online library resources and, in term 3, a workshop tailored to the dissertation. The Library also provides Digital Wednesdays training events, and one-to-one tutorials upon students’ request. Finally, members of staff refer students to workshops run by the University in order to enhance specific IT skills, including the use of NVivo, Endnote and TurnItIn.
85	vi) ... how this programme (as outlined in these PLOs) will support and enhance the students’ employability (for example, opportunities for students to apply their learning in a real world setting)? The programme's employablity objectives should be informed by the University's Employability Strategy:
86	http://www.york.ac.uk/about/departments/support-and-admin/careers/staff/
87	The programme enhances students’ critical thinking and research skills, fosters the ability to communicate complex ideas with nuance and awareness of difference and diversity and helps students to develop as independent researchers who are able to successfully carry out substantial research projects. These skills are crucial for students who want to pursue a research degree after the programme – and many of our students do – or work in international or national organisations that engage with issues around, for instance, human rights, politics and welfare support. The learning outcomes on digital literacy and the communication of ideas are more ‘general’ skills that are transferable to all careers. Every year, the Centre for Women’s Studies organises workshops and talks – as part of the Feminist Research and Careers Skills (FRACS) events – inviting our alumni to share their experience and careers after Women’s Studies. These events make explicit the skills – and their usefulness – that the programme can help you to develop, enabling you to reflect on possible careers that you might pursue after the programme. In addition, you can get involved in the running of FRACS events to gain experience in teamwork, project management and event planning.
88	vii) Consultation with Careers The progamme proposal should be discussed with Careers (tom.banham@york.ac.uk, ext. 2686) Please provide details of Careers' comments and your response.
89	We have discussed the Statement of Purpose and Programme Learning Outcomes with our Careers contact, Victoria Barton. Victoria provided us with useful feedback on how we could write the Statement to demonstrate the knowledge and skills that students develop at the different levels of the programmes we offer – postgraduate certificate, postgraduate diploma and master’s degree. This was extremely helpful guidance at the stage at which we were reworking our Statements. Significantly, Victoria also acknowledged that our graduates, apart from those who go on to do a PhD, choose very different career paths, hence it did not make sense to address specific and more practical vocational skills in our PLOs.
90	viii) ... how learning and teaching on the programme are informed and led by research in the department/ Centre/ University?
91	The core modules of the programme are co-taught by the Centre’s academic members of staff, with one core ‘methods’ module being taught by academics from our parent department, the Department of Sociology. All of these scholars are experts in their distinct fields of research, and all teaching and learning content is designed based on the latest research. For the three core modules offered by the Centre – ‘Approaching Women’s Studies’, ‘Ways of (Feminist) Knowing’ and ‘Feminist Research Methodologies’ – the practice of co-teaching is integral to our interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to Women’s and Gender Studies. Optional modules tend to be taught by individual scholars who have developed those modules based on their own research expertise, using their own specialist knowledge to inform their teaching. The Centre’s academic members of staff are highly qualified, recognised for their teaching excellence and research, as well as being passionate about feminist pedagogy more generally. Students are encouraged to participate in the Feminist Research and Career Skills (FRACS) events organised by the Centre. We run three public seminars each term, inviting speakers – academics and activists – who engage with gender and feminist issues to talk about their work. Workshops run by staff and/or PhD students allow students on the programme to develop their research skills and to engage with academic subjects about which they are keen to find out more. We also encourage students to attend research seminars and conferences organised by our parent departments, the Department of English and Related Literature and the Department of Sociology.
92	5.d. Progression For masters programmes where students do not incrementally 'progress' on the completion of a discrete Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma, please summarise students’ progressive development towards the achievement of the PLOs, in terms of the characteristics that you expect students to demonstrate at the end of the set of modules or part thereof. This summary may be particularly helpful to students and the programme team where there is a high proportion of option modules and in circumstances where students registered on a higher award will exit early with a lower one. Note: it is not expected that a position statement is written for each masters PLO, but this can be done if preferred.
93	On completion of modules sufficient to obtain a Postgraduate Certificate students will be able to: If the PG Cert is an exit award only please provide information about how students will have progressed towards the diploma/masters PLOs. Please include detail of the module diet that students will have to have completed to gain this qualification as an exit award.
94	The PG certificate is available as both an entry and exit award. As an exit award, students must have passed 60 credits, which would normally include 20 credits from the module ‘Approaching Women’s Studies’ (term 1) and 20 credits from the module ‘Ways of (Feminist) Knowing’ (term 2). The certificate gives recognition to students who have demonstrated sophisticated knowledge of feminist theories and the ability to analyse gendered lives through interdisciplinary feminist approaches, as set out in the PLOs.
95	On completion of modules sufficient to obtain a Postgraduate Diploma students will be able to: If the PG Diploma is an exit award only please provide information about how students will have progressed towards the masters PLOs. Please include detail of the module diet that students will have to have completed to gain this qualification as an exit award.
96	The PG Diploma is available as both an entry and exit award. As an exit award, students must have passed 120 credits, which must include 20 credits from each of the four core modules ‘Approaching Women’s Studies’ (term 1), ‘Introduction to Qualitative Methods and Data Analysis’ (term 1), ‘Ways of (Feminist) Knowing’ (term 2), and ‘Feminist Research Methodologies’ (term 2). The diploma gives recognition to students who have demonstrated sophisticated knowledge of feminist theories, critical engagement with gendered lives through a reflexive practice informed by interdisciplinary feminist methodologies, and the ability to conduct a small-scale independent research project with the application of appropriate methods, as set out in the PLOs.
97	6. Reference points and programme regulations
98	6.a. Relevant Quality Assurance Agency benchmark statement(s) and other relevant external reference points Please state relevant reference points consulted (e.g. Framework for Higher Education Qualifications, National Occupational Standards, Subject Benchmark Statements or the requirements of PSRBs): See also Taught Postgraduate Modular Scheme: Framework for Programme Design:
99	University of York Taught Postgraduate Programme Design Policy
100	The latest UK Quality Code for Higher Education