UMH - Master's in Equality and Gender in the Public and Private Spheres

The passage of the Organic Law for the Equality of Women and Men has helped a professional field grow wherein public and private entities need highly qualified personnel to develop, implement, assess, and publicize equality actions.

Equality and Gender in the Public and Private Spheres is a comprehensive master's program presented by specialized teams of faculty and researchers at the universities Jaume I of Castellón and Miguel Hernández of Elche, and with participation by the University of Alicante and the Isonomia Foundation.

The Universitat Jaume I of Castellón is coordinating this program, so to consult further information about it, click on following link:

http://aulaisonomia.uji.es/course/view.php?id=264

Career opportunities

Regulated profession: No

Career opportunities:

- Equality agents.

- Advising and consultancy in the reconciliation of personal, family, and professional life.

- Advising and consultancy in equality in human resources.

- Equality auditing.

- Legal defense of women's rights.

- Social education for women.

- Training for equality trainers.

- Management of corporate social responsibility for equality.

- Care and treatment for female victims of gender-based violence.

- Research on women's, feminist, and gender studies.

- Non-profit organizations for women or those working for women.

- Social work with women.

Master's coordinator

TELLEZ INFANTES, ANASTASIA
atellez(arroba)umh.es
+34 96 522 2490

Curriculum

ECTS credits: 60

Core	Required	Electives	External internships	Final Master's Project
0	30	24	0	6

Design

The Master's in Equality and Gender in the Public and Private Spheres is taught with a distance learning format. Its lecture contents are presented online by the MoodleTM virtual learning environment, wherein a virtual classroom is designed specifically for each course in the program. However, its internships are conducted in person at the cooperating entities.

The teaching material necessary for resolving the activities that evaluate the achievement of the learning outcomes sought in each course is available to students in the master's virtual classroom. The teaching contents are reinforced with complementary material whose consultation is required and, in some cases, with supplementary material not subject to evaluation.

Each course is activated progressively and in accordance with the master's schedule (see Calendar).

Instruction is presented in accordance with the following sequence: Each course is activated on a specific day (see Calendar) for which the student has a certain number of weeks, calculated depending upon each course's credit weight, to work on the corresponding subject matter while supervised by the faculty responsible. The final week of each course's activation is for completing the continuous evaluation activities. Then, the faculty has two weeks to grade students on the level they attain each course's learning outcomes.

Upon completion of the ten 3-credit required courses from the Common Module (for 30 credits), students choose their training orientation, professional (with two distinct routes, either Equal Opportunity Agent for Men & Women or Prevention of Gender Violence) or research (with its lone route, Feminist and Gender Research).

The course load of each professional orientation route consists of 30 credits and has the following structure:

Professional orientation required courses: 10 credits
Professional orientation elective courses: 8 credits
Professional orientation internships: 6 credits
Final Master's Project (Professional): 6 credits

The research orientation, due to its particular characteristics, has the following structure:

Research orientation required courses: 12 credits
Research orientation elective courses: 6 credits
Research orientation internships: 6 credits
Final Master's Project (Research): 6 credits

Lecture credits are either required or elective in nature. Their contents refer to the courses in the professional or research orientation courses chosen by the student. The required courses from the Common Module are common to both orientations. Students who opt for the research orientation may only take elective credits from its one route.

Internship credits for the professional orientation are required. They consist in carrying out coordinated internships through the Universitat Jaume I in activities at work centers directly related with the route chosen by the student. Their objective is for the student to put into practice the competencies, abilities, and skills presented in the specific courses from the chosen orientation.

Professional orientation courses for Equal Opportunity Agent for Men & Women route
Course 1. Women, Civil Responsibility and Equality in the Social State (REQ)
Course 2. Specific Regulatory Framework for Equality between Men and Women (REQ)
Course 3. Public Policies for Equality (REQ)
Course 4. Tools for Incorporating Gender Perspectives (ELEC)
Course 5. Organizations in Equality (ELEC)
Course 6. Internships (EXTERNAL)
Course 7. Final Master's Project (Professional)

Professional orientation courses for Prevention of Gender Violence route
Course 1. Gender and the Care Process - Health/Disease (REQ)
Course 2. Specific Legal Framework on Violence against Women (REQ)
Course 3. Indicators of Violence against Women. Action Protocols during Intervention (REQ)
Course 4. Plans & Programs for preventing and Eradicating Violence and Promoting Health (REQ)
Course 5. Social Violence (ELEC)
Course 6. Sexual and Reproductive Health (ELEC)
Course 7. Internships (EXTERNAL)
Course 8. Final Master's Project (Professional)

Feminist and Gender Research orientation courses
Course 1. Epistemology and Methodology of Feminist and Gender Studies (REQ)
Course 2. Works of Reference on Feminist and Gender Research (REQ)
Course 3. Research Design with Gender Perspectives (REQ)
Course 4. Results Transfer. Scientific Dissemination. Financing Research (REQ)
Course 5. Research Theory and Techniques on Law, Equality and Discrimination (ELEC)
Course 6. Theory and Techniques for Researching Gender-Based Violence and Social Exclusion (ELEC)
Course 7. Final Master's Project (Research)

Courses

Subject matter	Course	ECTS credits	Type	Year/Semester
				1
				F	S
COMMON MODULE
	FEMINIST AND GENDER ETHICS
		FEMINIST AND GENDER ETHICS	3	Required	■
	FUNDAMENTALS ABOUT FEMINIST AND GENDER STUDIES
		FUNDAMENTALS ABOUT FEMINIST AND GENDER STUDIES	3	Required	■
	GENDER AND ECONOMICS
		GENDER AND ECONOMICS	3	Required	■
	GENDER PERSPECTIVES AND NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. NEW MASCULINITY
		GENDER PERSPECTIVES AND NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. NEW MASCULINITY	3	Required	■
	HISTORY OF WOMEN AND THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT
		HISTORY OF WOMEN AND THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT	3	Required	■
	LANGUAGE AND SEXISM
		LANGUAGE AND SEXISM	3	Required	■
	NON-SEXIST EDUCATION
		NON-SEXIST EDUCATION	3	Required	■
	RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION
		RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION	3	Required	■
	THEORY ABOUT THE SEX/GENDER SYSTEM
		THEORY ABOUT THE SEX/GENDER SYSTEM	3	Required	■
	WOMEN IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
		WOMEN IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY	3	Required	■
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AGENT FOR MEN & WOMEN
	INTERNSHIPS
		INTERNSHIPS	6	Elective		■
	ORGANIZATIONS IN EQUALITY
		ORGANIZATIONS IN EQUALITY	4	Elective		■
	PUBLIC POLICIES FOR EQUALITY
		PUBLIC POLICIES FOR EQUALITY	5	Elective		■
	SPECIFIC REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR EQUALITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN
		SPECIFIC REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR EQUALITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN	3	Elective		■
	TOOLS FOR INCORPORATING GENDER PERSPECTIVES
		TOOLS FOR INCORPORATING GENDER PERSPECTIVES	4	Elective		■
	WOMEN, CIVIL RESPONSIBILITY AND EQUALITY IN THE SOCIAL STATE
		WOMEN, CIVIL RESPONSIBILITY AND EQUALITY IN THE SOCIAL STATE	2	Elective		■
FEMINIST AND GENDER RESEARCH
	EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF FEMINIST AND GENDER STUDIES
		EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF FEMINIST AND GENDER STUDIES	3	Elective		■
	RESEARCH DESIGN WITH GENDER PERSPECTIVES
		RESEARCH DESIGN WITH GENDER PERSPECTIVES	3	Elective		■
	RESEARCH THEORY AND TECHNIQUES ON LAW, EQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION
		RESEARCH THEORY AND TECHNIQUES ON LAW, EQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION	6	Elective		■
	RESULTS TRANSFER. SCIENTIFIC DISSEMINATION. FINANCING RESEARCH
		RESULTS TRANSFER. SCIENTIFIC DISSEMINATION. FINANCING RESEARCH	3	Elective		■
	THEORY AND TECHNIQUES FOR RESEARCHING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
		THEORY AND TECHNIQUES FOR RESEARCHING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE	6	Elective		■
	WORKS OF REFERENCE ON FEMINIST AND GENDER RESEARCH
		WORKS OF REFERENCE ON FEMINIST AND GENDER RESEARCH	3	Elective		■
FINAL MASTER'S PROJECT (PROFESSIONAL)
	FINAL MASTER'S PROJECT (PROFESSIONAL)
		FINAL MASTER'S PROJECT (PROFESSIONAL)	6	Final Master's Proj.		■
FINAL MASTER'S PROJECT (RESEARCH)
	FINAL MASTER'S PROJECT (RESEARCH)
		FINAL MASTER'S PROJECT (RESEARCH)	6	Final Master's Proj.		■
PREVENTION OF GENDER VIOLENCE
	GENDER AND THE CARE PROCESS - HEALTH/DISEASE
		GENDER AND THE CARE PROCESS - HEALTH/DISEASE	2	Elective		■
	INDICATORS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. ACTION PROTOCOLS DURING INTERVENTION
		INDICATORS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. ACTION PROTOCOLS DURING INTERVENTION	3	Elective		■
	INTERNSHIPS
		INTERNSHIPS	6	Elective		■
	PLANS & PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTING AND ERADICATING VIOLENCE AND PROMOTING HEALTH
		PLANS & PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTING AND ERADICATING VIOLENCE AND PROMOTING HEALTH	3	Elective		■
	SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
		SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH	4	Elective		■
	SOCIAL VIOLENCE
		SOCIAL VIOLENCE	4	Elective		■
	SPECIFIC LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
		SPECIFIC LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN	2	Elective		■

Competencies

General competencies

Understand and critically reason theories about the sex and gender system.
Understand and apply a gender perspective in professional practice or research on matters concerning gender equality and prevention of gender-based violence.
Be capable of identifying and correcting direct or indirect discrimination situations due to gender.
Understand and appropriately employ online resources in professional practice or research on matters concerning gender equality and prevention of gender-based violence.
Apply co-responsibility in public and private spheres.
Design services and resources for effective equality for women and men and the prevention of gender-based violence.
Be capable of formulating theoretical and practical arguments to transmit egalitarian values to women and men.

Specific competencies

Analyze the social reality with a gender perspective.
Identify analysis models of feminist criticism.
Appropriately use domestic and foreign literature concerning gender, effective equality for women and men, and the prevention of gender-based violence.
Know how to communicate non-sexist principles and practices.
Assess the contribution of women to humanity.
Employ lifelong learning techniques and instruments in effective equality for women and men and the prevention of gender-based violence.
Know how to use the appropriate tools to promote effective equality for women and men and the prevention of gender-based violence.
Be capable of consulting on effective equality for women and men and the prevention of gender-based violence.
Justify criteria that make the principle of equality for women and men and the prevention of gender-based violence effective.

Access and Admissions

Access

General master's programs admissions requirements
When pre-registering, applicants must be in possession of at least one of the following:
A) A Spanish university undergraduate degree or one conferred by a country within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
- Licenciatura in engineering or architecture.
- Diplomatura in technical engineering or technical architecture.
- Bachelor's degree.
- Foreign degree conferred by a higher education institution that belongs to the EHEA.

B) Foreign education qualifications homologated by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport that makes the holder eligible.
- A degree that entitles access to master's-level education.
- Homologation credentials of the foreign degree by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.

C) University degree conferred outside the EHEA.
- An undergraduate degree from a higher education system outside the EHEA.
- Certification from the university of origin that accredits that the corresponding education corresponds to a training level equivalent to undergraduate education and that it entitles its holder to master's-level education.

Nonetheless, and at the discretion of the master's admissions committee, applicants in Spanish degree programs who are finishing their education that entitles access to master's-level education may pre-register for this program even if they have yet to deposit their finished degree when they present their application. If they are then admitted by the admissions committee, such admission shall be conditional, as they must accredit completion of their degree program that entitles access to master's-level education by producing their finished degree. Depositing said degree is a requirement for formalizing the registration.

Applicants who eligible for this program by possessing foreign qualifications must completely finish them before they may formalize any pre-registration.

Admissions

Students interested in enrolling in this program should preferably possess undergraduate qualifications in disciplines that belong to the human and social sciences, legal sciences, economics, education sciences, and communication sciences. Students with qualifications in other disciplines (health sciences, etc.) are also eligible and will be considered for admission.

Students whose qualifications come from outside the EHEA must accredit their homologation or validity. These students must present the original documentation or certified photocopies thereof as indicated, official and legalized through diplomatic channels, and, where necessary, with their corresponding translation to Spanish by a sworn translator. Program admission for students under these circumstances corresponds to the Rectorate at the Universitat Jaume I through its Master's Academic Committee. Keep in mind that legalization of these documents is easier if the applicant's country of origin falls under the application of the Council Directives of the European Union concerning degree recognition, the Hague Convention, or the Andrés Bello Agreement. In all of these cases, the public authorities or consular services in the countries of origin have available to them all the information that is necessary for the legalization of the documents.

If the number of pre-registered persons exceeds the number of places available in the program (45), the following assessment criteria will be applied in the student admissions process:

Assessment criteria:
- Academic record (worth up to 3 points)
- Professional experience in equality and gender (worth up to 3 points)
- Information technology skills (worth up to 1 point)
- Language skills (worth up to 1 point)
- Other preferential merits (worth up to 2 points)

If deemed necessary due to the existence of a tie or virtually identical scores, applicants may be interested personally (where necessary, via multiple Hangout groups), whose assessment will be worth one point.

Ten percent of the positions available (6) are reserved for persons without any type of training in women's, feminism, and gender studies, for which the remaining stated selection criteria shall be applied.

Admissions procedure

Pre-registration for this interuniversity master's program takes place at the Universitat Jaume I because it is the coordinating institution.

In the event that admissions criteria must be applied, the Master's Academic Committee will be responsible for resolving the merit assessment in accordance with the criteria listed earlier. The names of those admitted will be published on the Universitat Jaume I webpage, and applicants will also be notified personally via email as well, requesting that they confirm their enrollment.

Applicants who are not accepted into the program will be wait listed and ranked according to the result of their merit assessment issued by the Master's Management Committee. Should a position in the program become available for any reason, the person occupying the first position on the waitlist will be offered it; if they do not accept it, then the next person on the list will be offered it, and so on and so forth. In this case, the new student may register for the modules even though they are not activated, and prepare and study their contents on their own (that is, without the possibility of mentoring by the faculty). Persons remaining on the wait list who apply again to the subsequent edition of the master's program will see the score they obtain in the selection criteria assessment increased by 0.3. Places in the master's program obtained by persons on the wait list cannot exceed 40% of its total positions available (18).

Once the phases in the master's regular enrollment period have finished, enrollment can only be accomplished in a documentary manner at the Teaching and Student Service (SGDE) at the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón. The Isonomia Foundation will offer all assistance necessary for the presentation and processing of the enrollment application.

Regulations for remaining in school

Students need to be aware of the regulations for remaining in school, of which the following information is highlighted:

Enrollment in the Master's in Equality and Gender in the Public and Private Spheres

Students may enroll in university programs given at the Universitat Jaume I as either full-time or part-time students, although the normal manner for doing so is as a full-time student.

New full-time students may register for between 41 and the number of credits necessary to complete the curriculum. If they do as a part-time student, they may register for between 6 and 40 credits.

For the second year and those subsequent to that, for full-time and part-time students alike, students must register for between 12 and the number of credits remaining to finish with the curriculum, unless the number of credits remaining to finish the program is less than that.

Modifying the manner in which students are enrolled in the program may be authorized during the year from a part-time student to a full-time student.

Students need to keep the following conditions in mind that concern remaining a student and educational performance in the master's program:

1. Students enrolled in a master's program at the Universitat Jaume I must successfully pass at least 40% of the credits they register for each year.
2. This rule for remaining in school does not apply to students who have successfully earned 80% or more of the credits in the program curriculum.
3. Students who do not reach this minimum credit requirement may enroll, after completing the pre-registration, in a different master's program. If they do not reach the minimum credit requirement in their new program, they may no longer remain a student at the Universitat Jaume I.
4. For these purposes, courses recognized will not be counted as passed courses, except for those taken in exchange programs.

Regulation for credit recognition and transfer

Students need to be aware of the regulations for credit recognition and transfer in undergraduate and master's programs at the Universitat Jaume I.

Furthermore, students may have as many as 9 credits recognized due to accreditation of work and professional experience in the Master's in Equality and Gender in the Public and Private Spheres.

Schedule

The schedule is available for consultation at the following link:
http://aulaisonomia.uji.es/mod/page/view.php?id=5312

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Faculty: Master's in Equality and Gender in the Public and Private Spheres

Doctorates providing access:

ECTS credits: 60

ECTS credits