The Master of Arts (Women's Studies) is a 72-unit program which incorporates the graduate program(s) available in Women's Studies, which may be completed in two years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). The Master of Arts (Women's Studies) is offered in flexible delivery online with a limited range of optional topics. Students may undertake the course online, mixed mode or fully on campus. The course is designed to develop an appreciation of the rich, diverse and rapidly growing field of Women's Studies; to extend students' critical understanding and practice within the boundaries of a discipline area; to develop the capacity to apply feminist epistemology with interdisciplinary approaches; and to develop the conceptual and analytical thinking, and the research and writing skills, necessary to complete a successful thesis. Learning outcomes Students successfully completing the course will be able to: identify and apply interdisciplinary approaches to gender issues analyse, evaluate and apply advanced theories of gender and feminism identify limitations and strengths in existing scholarship on gender and feminism use feminist epistemology to critically analyse gender within disciplinary boundaries research issues in advanced gender studies and feminism independently communicate complex ideas in speech and writing.