Departmental Special Regulations for the MEd (Gender Education)
Subject to the provisions of General Regulations 40.0 and the Faculty of Education Special Regulations 41.0, the following Departmental Special Regulations shall apply.
Entrance into the MEd (Gender Education) shall be in accordance with Faculty Special Regulation 41.1.
The structure of the MEd (Gender Education) programme shall be in accordance with Faculty Special Regulation 41.5.
Level One
All students will be required to take the following core courses.
EFF 640 Integrated Foundations of Education
EFF 641 Educational Research I
EFF 642 Educational Research II
EFB 641 Introduction to Gender in Education
EFB 643 Feminist Theories and Gender Analysis
EFB 640 Feminist Research and Pedagogy
Plus any two of the following optional courses
EFB 642 Gender, Curriculum and Instruction
EFB 644 Gender and Human Diversity
EFB 646 Gender, Health and Population Issues in Education (Temporary Suspended)
EFB 648 The Gender Perspective in Educational Policy, Planning and Evaluation (Temporary Suspended)
With the consent of the Head of Department and agreement with the cognate department, a maximum of two courses may be taken from another MEd specialisation, from another Master’s programme at the University of Botswana or from an approved Master’s programme of another university.
Level Two
In Level Two of the programme, students shall take the Dissertation route or the Research Essay route.
Dissertation Route
- The Dissertation route shall be in accordance with Faculty of Education Special Regulation 41.55.
EFB 761 Dissertation
Research Essay Route - The Research Essay route shall be in accordance with Faculty of Education Special Regulation 41.56.
EFB 751 Research Essay
Plus four optional courses from the following
EFB 741 Comparative Studies of Gender Effects in Education (Temporary Suspended)
EFB 743 Gender and Health Education (Temporary Suspended)
EFB 745 Gender in Educational Leadership
EFB 747 Politics of Gender in Educational Organisations
EFR 743 Gender Bias in Assessment and Evaluation (Temporary Suspended)
EFB 750 Special Topics in Gender Education
With the consent of the Head of Department and agreement with the cognate department, a maximum of two courses may be taken from another MEd specialisation, from another Master’s programme at the University of Botswana or from an approved Master’s programme of another university.