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Zeitschrift für Hochschuldidaktik Nr. 1-2/1996
Feminist Contexts
Pages: 90-95, Paper in German
Considering the Institutionalization of a Joint Women's Studies Curriculum
Summary
This contribution contains the following important points of discussion:
- An analysis of Women’s studies at the University of Vienna:
Women’s studies is continually threatened by the internal and external politics of the
University. Accusations of discriminating against men and the ‘Sparpaket’ (government measures
to save) danger the further existence of already long fought for feminist lectures.
- Possibilities to integrate Women’s sciences into the studies:
Elective courses; the possibility to build a main focus; subject exchange and subject
combination as a second major.
- Difficulties of the subject combination Women’s studies:
Various policies of the different institutes, dependency of the student on the opinions of the
chairman of the study committee, better said he or she who approves the subject
combination. Bureaucratic complications in connection with the application for approval of
the subject combination.
- Proposal for change to the policies of the subject combination Women’s studies:
Unification of the policies of all the affected institutes to simplify the application and
decision process. As well as to open up the same chances for all students. The introduction
and set up of Women’s studies as a possible study direction of a subject combination.
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