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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Course Overview

Contextualizing Gender Certification will analyze an outline not only of how the concept of gender has evolved and advanced over the last 50 years, but also of how ideas about gender are changing in complex ways and how they are reflective of the new ways of gender identification, contextualized meaning, and gender nonconformity. 

Contextualizing Gender Classes aim to introduce students to an interdisciplinary framework that enables them to explore and theorize the contextualized meaning and the intersectional nature of gender and culture. Gender is analyzed in a variety of ways, including as an institution, ideology, and process that organizes daily life.

All students get a Contextualizing Gender Certification from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

The Highlights

  • Provided by IIT Roorkee
  • Online course
  • 12 weeks course
  • Shareable Certificate
  • Expert Lectures

Programme Offerings

  • video lectures
  • Study Materials

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 1000yesIIT Roorkee

If you want a certificate, you have to register and write the final exam, however, it is optional for a fee of Rs. 1000 and only the e-certificate will be made available and hard copies will not be dispatched.

Contextualizing Gender Certification Fees

The Contextualizing Gender Certification Fees is nil. It's open to all interested candidates.

Description

Amount in INR

Course Fees

Free

Course Fees (with certification)

INR 1000/-


Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualification

  • Candidates appearing or appeared for qualifying exams 

Certificate Qualifying Details

  • E-certificates will be issued to all participants who have attended the program with the average assignment score being more than 10/25 and exam score being more than 30/75. If one of the above-mentioned criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the final score is equal to 40/100.

Work experience

  • Work Experience is not required to get enrolled in this certificate course.

What you will learn

Knowledge of gender studies

Students enrolling for the Contextualizing Gender Certification Course will spark a complex discussion on gender inequality, sexuality, masculinity, and the interaction of gendered social processes. The students will have the chance to consider fresh perspectives on gender possibilities, such as contextualizing the diversity of bodies at the nexus of science and technology as well as the actual contextualization meaning. 

Contextualizing Gender Training will equip participants with the necessary tools of critical analysis and also with a comprehensive understanding of gender in all its intricacy which is a part of Humanities Certification Courses.

After completion of this Contextualizing Gender Certification, the learning outcomes include:

  • Identify the ways gender, power, privilege, and oppression play out across a range of cultures and human experiences.
  • Understanding of gender with sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion, and other critical variables.
  • Meet the needs of an increasingly ethnically and gender-diverse workplace

Who it is for

There shall be good job opportunities if the relevant students apply for Contextualizing Gender Online Course:


Admission Details

The admission for the certificate course in Contextualizing Gender Certification starts soon and interested students are requested to enroll as soon as possible by following these steps:

Step 1: Visit the official website

Step 2: Fill up the form

Step 3: Upload all necessary documents

Step 4: Pay the required fee online (if you need certification)

The Syllabus

Evaluation process

Yes, there’s an exam at the end of the course after 12 weeks. 

Instructors

IIT Roorkee Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: What are gender concepts?

It refers to the social attributes and opportunities associated with being male and female and the relationships between women and men.

2: How are the classes for Contextualizing Gender Online Course being held?

The classes are conducted in an online virtual mode with the help of recorded videos.

3: Why is Contextualizing Gender important?

Gender is of key importance in defining the power, privilege and possibilities that some people have and some don’t as it affects progress towards equality and freedom from discrimination.

4: Who is teaching this course?

The instructor is Prof. Rashmi Gaur from IIT Roorkee. 

5: How does feminism explain gender equality?

Feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of gender equality such as denoting equal respect, rights and opportunities for everyone, regardless of gender identity.

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