Introduction Course Format,Eligibility & Requirements Peace and Conflict Resolution India in the Era of Globalization Human Rights Studies Environmental Management and Law Communication and Self Development Gender: Analysis And Interrogation Women and Empowerment Indian Literatures: Many Voices Within Film Appreciation Biotechnology-An Emerging Field Bioinformatics-Future of Biological Research Mathematical Skills and Everyday Life Problems Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance Interest Theory Statistical Programming Advanced statistical topics relevant to actuarial science Forensic Science (Fingerprints and Document Examination) Mass Media Ethics Studies Development of Entrepreneurship Excellence Psychological Assessment Psychological Counselling Self Awareness for Success Intellectual Property Rights Capital Market Programme Gandhigiri- Reinterpreting Gandhi in Modern Context Emotional Management-Techniques of Mind Control

 

Gender: Analysis and Interrogation
Coordinator: Dr Vinita Chandra

This course will focus on the plethora of issues related to gender. It is now an accepted fact that biological sex and gender are not necessarily the same; that the distinctions between biological sex, gender, and sexuality are those that we need to negotiate with care. The obvious issues related to gender are those of masculinity and femininity, the social codes that apply to each, the expectancy of certain patterns of behaviour, lifestyle choices, career options, emotional responses, and societal roles. But as the presence of women soldiers in the photos of Iraqi prisoners abuse that have been on the front page of newspapers worldwide shows, most of the accepted notions about the identity and role of boys and girls, men and women, need to be interrogated and put into a social and historical context. This course will attempt to analyse the ways in which genders are constructed by the mainstream ideologies of a society. The course will also explore issues of transgender and trans-sexuality, of homosexuality and heterosexuality, and of the vast area between the two. In this context we will pay attention to sexism and heterosexism in mainstream discourse.