New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will offer five new courses on gender and development, to be offered from the ensuing session July 2011. The announcement regarding the launch of the five new courses was made by an IGNOU official on Tuesday, i.e. on June 21, 2011.
The Official has also said that of the total five courses launched by IGNOU's School of Gender and Development Studies (SOGDS), two are on-campus programme and the three are distance-mode programmes.
The admissions are open for master's degree in gender and development studies and women's and gender studies and postgraduate diploma as well as a certificate in gender and development studies and postgraduate diploma in women's empowerment and development.
Savita Singh, SOGDS Director, said that the Master's programmes will prepare students with the capability to deconstruct the complex power hierarchies and relationships operating in society, from the perspective of women and gender.
She also mentioned that the key areas for the courses include concepts and theories in women's and gender studies, queer studies, gender through film and visual arts, history of women's movements, women and social sectors among others.
Candidates must be a graduate in any discipline with a minimum of 50 % percent marks in aggregate in order to apply for the programme. The course will commence with a total of 50 seats on offer, the last date for submitting application forms is July 15, 2011 for the full-time course and July 29, 2011 for the distance-learning course.
