Gender Studies 
Minors a.y. 2023/2024

What is a Minor

A Minor is a complementary programme to a Bachelor’s Degree which allows you to broaden your main study field by developing cross-cutting skills that are useful both for your further education and for your career.

A Minor is composed of three modules of 6 ECTS each. By passing the three Minor exams you will get a certification and an Open Badge.

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Contacts, FAQs

FAQs: Minors

Objectives and contents

The minor “Gender Studies” is an innovative interdisciplinary course at Ca’ Foscari University, which combines studies in law and sociology to grasp the complexity of the debates around gender, sexual identities and representation, gender models, stereotypes, feminist legal theories, intersectionality.  

The purpose is to offer the participants the capacity to elaborate a critical thinking that puts into question consolidated categories in law and sociology and to open new perspectives and approaches in the analysis of social phenomena. Thanks to both theory and practice, the minor will pave the way for new tracks of research and emphasise the importance of taking into account intersecting grounds of discrimination.

Language

This Minor is taught in English.

Coordinator

Modules of the Minor

Academic year 2023/2024

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Course Subdiv. Period University credits Professor
GENDER AND SEXUALITY [NE004A] Summer course 6
GENDER, THE LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS [NE004B] Summer course 6
INTERSECTIONALITY: A CROSS-CUTTING ISSUE [NE004C] Summer course 6

Recipients and credits recognition

The Minor is offered free of charge to Ca’ Foscari undergraduate and postgraduate students. It is possible to enrol also as an external user.

If you are an undergraduate student at Ca’ Foscari, this Minor can be recognised in the elective course section of your Bachelor's Degree. Final marks will not affect the average of your degree.

If you are a postgraduate student at Ca’ Foscari, the Minor cannot be recognised in the elective course section of your Master's Degree Programme. 

Enrolment, attendance and exams

This Minor is offered to a maximum of 30 participants. The call for application will be published in March - April 2024. Admitted students will proceed with the enrolment according to the timing defined in the call.

In order to attend the three modules, sign up and take the exams, you must enrol in the Minor programme.
Enrolment lasts one year. It is mandatory to attend the three modules in the same year and take the exams in the four exam sessions available. You will not be allowed to complete the Minor programme the following year.

By passing the three Minor exams you will get a certification from your personal area and an Open Badge.
If you fail one or more exams in your Minor, you will still be entitled to receive the certification for the exams you passed, but the credits of the Minor will not be recognised in the elective course section of your Bachelor's Degree programme.

Withdrawing from Minor is possible: filling the withdrawal form, you must attach the receipt of the online payment of the duty stamp (16 euros). You can find the withdrawal form within the FAQs. Please, be aware that enrolling again after the withdrawal will be at your expense.

The Minor is offered free of charge to Ca’ Foscari undergraduate students. Before enrolling you must have finalised your enrolment in your Degree Programme, otherwise you will be charged a 496 euros fee (480 euros + 16 euros duty stamp).

External users, not enrolled to Ca’ Foscari undergraduate nor postgraduate programmes, can enrol in the Minor with a charge of 496 euros (480 euros + 16 euros duty stamp).

If you are a student at another university, the fee is reduced to 336 euros (320 euros + 16 euros duty stamp). At the end of the enrolment process, stop before you make the payment and click on Request for assistance in order to get in touch with the Enrolment unit. Ca’ Foscari staff will contact you to explain how to get the reduction on the enrolment fee.

Housing

In order to allow students to attend Minors during the summer period, Ca' Foscari plans to reserve some rooms in the university residences, depending on the availability. If you are interested, please send an email to  minor@unive.it.

Call for applications

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