Master's Programme Gender, Culture and Social Change

Curriculum (2010W)

Master of Arts

Duration/ECTS-Credits
4 semesters/120 ECTS-Credits

Mode of Study
Full-time

Language
German

Requirements
Relevant bachelor's degree/equivalent and Language Certificates

As of winter semester 2024/2025 this programme is no longer open to new entrants.

The curriculum is the basis of a degree programme. A look at the curriculum of the Master's programme Gender, Culture and Social Change will give you a detailed overview of the structure, content, examination regulations and qualification profile of this Master's programme.

The curriculum can clarify several important questions before you start your studies. For example, which criteria must be fulfilled for enrolment in the Master's programme Gender, Culture and Social Change, how long the programme takes, which modules must be completed and much more.

The 2010W curriculum currently applies to the Master's programme in Gender, Culture and Social Change.

Information on the Curriulum 2010W

The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.

In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies,
 available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
Section: Current Curriculum version.

Requirements

Relevant bachelor's degrees at the University of Innsbruck:

Proof of general university entrance qualification:

The general university entrance qualification for admission to a master's programme must be proven by the completion of a subject-related bachelor's programme, another subject-related programme of at least the same higher education level at a recognised domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution, or a program defined in the curriculum of the master's programme. To compensate for significant differences in subject matter, supplementary examinations (maximum 30 ECTS credits) may be prescribed, which must be taken by the end of the second semester of the master's programme.

The rectorate may determine which of these supplementary examinations are prerequisites for taking examinations provided for in the curriculum of the master's programme.

In the course of the proof of the general university entrance qualification, the completion of the following core areas within the framework of the completed bachelor's degree programme shall be examined in any case:

A minimum of 20 ECTS-Credits from the following fields have to be completed:

  • Core area Methods of Cultural, Humanistic, Social or Economic Empiricism 
  • Core area Gender Issues in Cultural and Social Sciences
  • Core area Theorieentwicklung in den Bereichen Culture, Media and Society
ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte (Arbeitsbelastung)
Semester
5
10
15
20
25
30
35

Recommended Course Sequence

The exemplary course sequence given below is recommended for full-time students beginning their study programme in the winter semester. The table shows one possible course sequence for the bachelor's programme and is not compulsory. Delays resulting from repeated examinations are not taken into account.

The standard duration of the study programme is 4 semesters or 120 ECTS-Credits, whereby according to the Universities Act of 2002, a workload of 1,500 (real) hours per academic year must be fulfilled, corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits (one ECTS-Credit is equivalent to a workload of 25 hours).

10.0 ECTS-Credits: CM Theories and History of Gender Relations I
10.0 ECTS-Credits: CM Inequality, Difference and Power I
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module1

1 Instead of the mentioned Elective Modules in the curriculum or the modules out of the other Master'-Curricula of the University of Innsbruck, minors to the extent of 20 ECTS-Credits can be completed.

10.0 ECTS-Credits: CM Theories and History of Gender Relations II
10.0 ECTS-Credits: CM Inequality, Difference and Power II
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module1

1 Instead of the mentioned Elective Modules in the curriculum or the modules out of the other Master'-Curricula of the University of Innsbruck, minors to the extent of 20 ECTS-Credits can be completed.

  5.0 ECTS-Credits: CM Preparation of the Master’s Thesis
  5.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module1
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module1
10.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module1

1 Instead of the mentioned Elective Modules in the curriculum or the modules out of the other Master'-Curricula of the University of Innsbruck, minors to the extent of 20 ECTS-Credits can be completed.

20.0 ECTS-Credits: Master’s Thesis
  5.0 ECTS-Credits: Master’s Thesis Colloquium
  5.0 ECTS-Credits: Elective Module1

1 Instead of the mentioned Elective Modules in the curriculum or the modules out of the other Master'-Curricula of the University of Innsbruck, minors to the extent of 20 ECTS-Credits can be completed.

Course Sequence
SemesterECTS-APTitel

Minor

As part of the Master’s Programme, a Minor of 30 ECTS-Credits can be completed.

More information and a list of possible Minors can be found at:
https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/angebot/wahlpakete/

Extension Programme

Within the scope of the Study Programme, a Extension Programme corresponding to 45 ECTS-Credits may be passed. Admission to the Extension Programme requires the admission to or the having passed of one of the selected Study Programmes. Detailed information: https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/angebot/es-entrepreneurship/

Information about examination regulations, assessment and grading

Examination regulations

The examination regulation is an integral part of the curriculum, detailed information can be found under the paragraph examination regulations.

The grade distribution table is a statistical representation of the distribution of all successfully completed examinations in a given programme of study or subject (based on all registered students for the programme or subject). The grade distribution table is updated in regular intervals.

ABCDE
Austrian grading scheme Definition %-age
1EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance 50= 100%
2 GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors 32.7
3SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors 12.9
4SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum criteria 4.4
5INSUFFICIENT: Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work
December 2021



Overall classification of the qualification

Not applicable
Explanation: An overall classification (mit Auszeichnung bestanden/pass with distinction, bestanden/pass, nicht bestanden/fail) – is awarded only for examinations that conclude a programme of study and consist of more than one subject (an examination of this type is not specified in the curriculum of this programme of study).

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