Scheme of Studies

BS Gender and Development Studies

Year 1: Semester- I:

Course Codes	Courses	Credit Hours
GEDU-101	Functional English	3(3+0)
GEDU-152	Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan	2(2+0)
GEDU-153	Quantitative Reasoning - 1	3(3+0)
GDS-101	Introduction to Gender and Development Studies- I (Theory)	3(3+0)
GDS-101 (P)	Introduction to Gender and Development Studies- I (Practical)	1(0+1)
GDS-102	Meaning and significance of gender and development	3(3+0)
Total Credit Hours		15

Semester- II:

Course Codes	Courses	Credit Hours
GEDU-151	Expository English	3(3+0)
GEDU-102 / GEDU-103	Islamic Education / Ethics (for Non-Muslim Students in lieu of Islamic Studies)	2(2+0)
GEDU-104	Application of Information and Communication Technologies	2(2+0)
GDS-151	Introduction to Gender and Development Studies- II (Theory)	3(3+0)
GDS-151 (P)	Introduction to Gender and Development Studies- II (Practical)	1(0+1)
GDS-152	Contemporary Gender Issues (Theory)	3(3+0)
GDS-152 (P)	Contemporary Gender Issues (Practical)	1(0+1)
Total Credit Hours		15

Year – II

Semester –III:

Course Codes	Courses	Credit Hours
GEDU-***	Arts and Humanities	2(2+0)
GEDU-251	Entrepreneurship	2(2+0)
GEDU-252	Civics and Community Engagement	2(2+0)
GDS-201	Women’s History in South Asia	3(3+0)
GDS-201 (P)	Women’s History in South Asia (Practical)	1(0+1)
GDS-202	Psychology of Gender	3(3+0)
Total Credit Hours		13

Semester –IV:

Course Codes	Courses	Credit Hours
GEDU-***	Social Sciences	2(2+0)
GEDU-***	Natural Sciences	3(2+1)
GEDU-201	Quantitative Reasoning – 2	3(3+0)
GDS-251	Feminist Theories and Movements	3(3+0)
GDS-252	Social Construction of Masculinity	3(3+0)
GDS-253	Gender and Occupation	3(3+0)
Total Credit Hours		17

Year – III

Semester- V:

Course Codes	Courses	Credit Hours
GDS-301	Methods of Research	3(3+0)
GDS-302	Gender and Literature	3(3+0)
GDS-303	Gender and Climate Change	3(3+0)
GDS-304	Helping Women in Distress: Counseling Skills (Theory)	3(3+0)
GDS-304 (P)	Helping Women in Distress: Counseling Skills (Practical)	1(0+1)
***	Women Leadership and Development	3(3+0)
Total Credit Hours		16

Semester- VI:

Course Codes	Courses	Credit Hours
GDS-351	Feminist Research	3(3+0)
GDS-352	Advanced Statistics (Theory)	3(3+0)
GDS-352 (P)	Advanced Statistics (Practical)	1(0+1)
GDS-353	Gender in Religious Perspective	3(3+0)
GDS-354	Gender and Media (Theory)	3(3+0)
GDS-354 (P)	Gender and Media (Practical)	1(0+1)
***	Effective Women Leadership	3(3+0)
Total Credit Hours		17

Year – IV

Semester –VII:

Course Codes	Courses	Credit Hours
GDS-401	Gender and Economic Development	3(3+0)
GDS-402	Gender and Politics	3(3+0)
GDS-403	Gender and Law	3(3+0)
GDS-404	Study of Marginalized Identities	3(3+0)
GDS-498	Internship / Field Experience	3(3+0)
***	Self-Leadership and Leading Others	3(3+0)
Total Credit Hours		18

Semester –VIII:

Course Codes	Courses	Credit Hours
GDS-451	Gender and Education	3(3+0)
GDS-452	Gender and Health	3(3+0)
GDS-453	Computerized Analysis and Scientific Report Writing	3(3+0)
GDS-454	Gender, Peace, Security and Conflict	3(3+0)
GDS-499	Capstone project	3(3+0)
***	Leadership Issues and Dilemmas	3(3+0)
Total Credit Hours		18

Grand Total BS Credit Hours = 129

Allied Courses offered to BS GDS students:

Following allied courses will be offered for the students of Gender and Development Studies:

Sr. No.	Course Code	Title	Credit Hours
1	***	Women Leadership and Development	3(3+0)
2	***	Effective Women Leadership	3(3+0)
3	***	Self-Leadership and Leading Others	3(3+0)
4	***	Leadership Issues and Dilemmas	3(3+0)

Allied Courses offered to students of other disciplines:

The student may opt any of the following courses as allied courses as per availability of the resources.

Sr. No.	Course Code	Title	Credit Hours
1	GDS-101	Introduction to Gender and Development Studies- I (Theory)	3(3+0)
1	GDS-101 (P)	Introduction to Gender and Development Studies- I (Practical)	1(0+1)
2	GDS-151	Introduction to Gender and Development Studies- II (Theory)	3(3+0)
2	GDS-151 (P)	Introduction to Gender and Development Studies- II (Practical)	1(0+1)
3	GDS-152	Contemporary gender issues	3(3+0)
3	GDS-152 (P)	Contemporary gender issues (Practical)	1(0+1)
4	GDS-353	Gender in religious perspective	3(3+0)
5	GDS-201	Women’s History in South Asia	3(3+0)
5	GDS-201 (P)	Women’s History in South Asia (Practical)	1(0+1)
6	GDS-403	Gender and law	3(3+0)
7	GDS-452	Gender and health	3(3+0)
8	GDS-303	Gender and Climate Change (Theory)	2(2+0)
8	GDS-303 (P)	Gender and Climate Change (Practical)	1(0+1)

List of Minors for students of BS Gender and Development Studies:

Student of BS GDS may opt any one or two of the following minors as per availability of resources and offering of concern department.

MS Gender and Development Studies

Total Credit Hours: 36

Part	Semester	Course Code	Subject	Credit Hours
Part I	Semester I	GDS-601	Gender and Development: Principles and Concepts	03
		GDS-602	Instrument Development in Data Analysis	03
		GDS-603	Gender, Enterprise and Organizations	03
		GDS-604	Gender and Environment	03
	Semester II	GDS-651	Gender Politics, Civil Society and Human Rights	03
		GDS-652	Advanced Research Methods	03
		GDS-653	Advanced Feminist Theories	03
		GDS-654	N.G.O. Establishment and Operations	03
Part II	Semester III	*GDS-702	Gender, Technology and Economic Development	03
		*GDS-703	Gender and Social Policy
		*GDS-704	Gender and Counseling Skills
		*GDS-705	Men and Masculinity
		GDS-701	Community Work	03
	Semester IV	GDS-799	Thesis	06

* Students have to choose one elective subject in Semester III from the mentioned subjects other than community work.

Future Plans:

The department is planning to initiate Ph.D. program in Gender & Development Studies.
Linkages with foreign universities and more funded projects are in pipeline.

Gender & Development Studies