Women's Studies 

Learning Concepts 

Compulsory 

Gender Analysis Framework: Gender identity and relationships 

Representations of Gender in texts 

Optional Topics include: 

• Family Life and Caring 

• Women and work 

• Family life and caring 

• Health and Well-Being 

• Women in the Law 

• Women’s Achievements, Struggles and Empowerment 

• Women, Culture and Society 

Internal Assessment (70%) 

Assessment Type 1: Text Analysis — 20% 

• Text critique 

Assessment Type 2: Essay — 20% 

• Written or multimodal essay 

Assessment Type 3: Folio — 30% 

• Sources Analysis 

• Creative Text 

External Assessment (30%) 

Assessment Type 4: Issues Analysis 

• Independent Inquiry