Short course
Feminist Philosophy
Course status:
Course ended
Location:
Online
Dates:
16/01/2026 - 27/03/2026
Study format:
Online - live
Fees:
£360.00
Feminism is a political movement which aims to end the oppression of women. Feminist philosophy is concerned with theoretical investigations of central concepts and methodologies which are meant to support the pursuit of feminist agendas.
We will address key questions in feminist philosophy such as the following: What is to be a 'woman'? What is gender? How does gender interact with other features, such as race, class, and sexuality? To what extent is the lived experience of one’s own gendered body socially constructed and politically shaped? Do men and women have distinctive ways of acting and knowing? What is gender injustice, and how have feminists fought against it?
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Programme details
This course begins on the 16 Jan 2026 which is when course materials are made available to students. Students should study these materials in advance of the first live meeting which will be held on 23 Jan 2026, 2:00-3:00pm (UK time).
- Week 1: Feminism and Philosophy
- Week 2: Sex and Gender
- Week 3: Intersectionality: Sex/gender, Race, Class, etc.
- Week 4: Feminist Phenomenology of Gender and Lived Experience
- Week 5: Gendered Bodies
- Week 6: Knowledge and Objectivity
- Week 7: Postmodernism and Feminism
- Week 8: Epistemic Injustice
- Week 9: Moral justification and autonomy
- Week 10: Liberalism and feminism
Level and demands
This course is open to all and no prior knowledge is required.
This course is offered at FHEQ Level 4 (i.e. first year undergraduate level), and you will be expected to engage in independent study in preparation for your assignments and for the weekly webinar. This may take the form, for instance, of reading and analysing set texts, responding to questions or tasks, or preparing work to present in class. Our 10-week Short Online Courses come with an expected total commitment of 100 study hours, including those spent in live webinars.
English Language Requirements
We do not insist that applicants hold an English language certification, but warn that they may be at a disadvantage if their language skills are not of a comparable level to those qualifications listed on our website. If you are confident in your proficiency, please feel free to enrol. For more information visit our English language requirements webpage.
Course aims
- To introduce students to core issues in feminism and philosophy.
- To develop an understanding of some of the key debates in feminist philosophy.
- To critically study certain contemporary texts often dealing with topical or controversial feminist topics.
- To encourage students to think analytically about issues in feminist metaphysics, epistemology, moral and political philosophy.
- To develop an awareness of how feminist analysis can contribute to our understanding of ourselves and the social world around us.
IT requirements
Any standard web browser can be used to access course materials on our virtual learning environment, but we recommend Google Chrome. We also recommend that students join the live webinars on Microsoft Teams using a laptop or desktop computer rather than a phone or tablet due to the limited functionality of the app on these devices.
Programme details
This course begins on the 16 Jan 2026 which is when course materials are made available to students. Students should study these materials in advance of the first live meeting which will be held on 23 Jan 2026, 2:00-3:00pm (UK time).
- Week 1: Feminism and Philosophy
- Week 2: Sex and Gender
- Week 3: Intersectionality: Sex/gender, Race, Class, etc.
- Week 4: Feminist Phenomenology of Gender and Lived Experience
- Week 5: Gendered Bodies
- Week 6: Knowledge and Objectivity
- Week 7: Postmodernism and Feminism
- Week 8: Epistemic Injustice
- Week 9: Moral justification and autonomy
- Week 10: Liberalism and feminism
Teaching methods
This course takes place over 10 weeks, with a weekly learning schedule and weekly live webinar held on Microsoft Teams. Shortly before a course commences, students are provided with access to an online virtual learning environment, which houses the course content, including video lectures, complemented by readings or other study materials. Working through these materials over the course of the week will prepare students for a weekly 1-hour live webinar you will share with your expert tutor and fellow students. All courses are structured to amount to 100 study hours, so that on average, you should set aside 10 hours a week for study. Although the course finishes after 10 weeks, all learning materials remain available to all students for 12 months after the course has finished.
All courses are led by an expert tutor. Tutors guide students through the course materials as part of the live interactions during the weekly webinars. Tutors will also provide individualised feedback on your assignments. All online courses are taught in small student cohorts so that you and your peers will form a mutually supportive and vibrant learning community for the duration of the course. You will learn from your fellow students as well as from your tutor, and they will learn from you.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this module students will be expected to have attained and demonstrated by performance in the live online sessions and submission of course work:
- an understanding of some of the most important ideas and methodologies in feminist philosophy, and of core problems that are debated in the area
- an understanding of what makes feminist philosophy distinctive, and of what is at issue in debates in feminist metaphysics, epistemology, and moral and political philosophy
- the ability to articulate this understanding through clear, concise and critical arguments.
Assessment methods
You will be set two pieces of work for the course. The first of 500 words is due halfway through your course. This does not count towards your final outcome but preparing for it, and the feedback you are given, will help you prepare for your assessed piece of work of 1,500 words due at the end of the course. The assessed work is marked pass or fail.
Dr Roxana Baiasu
Apart from being a Philosophy tutor of the Department for Continuing Education, Roxana is also an Associate Member of the Philosophy Faculty, Oxford University, Tutorial Fellow and Senior Lecturer at Stanford University in Oxford and Research Fellow at Birmingham University. Prior to this she was a lecturer at the Universities of Vienna and Leeds, and a Leverhulme Fellow at Sussex University. She is writing in the areas of Post-Kantian metaphysics and epistemology, feminist philosophy, philosophy of illness and mental health, and philosophy of religion. She edited (with G. Bird and A.W. Moore) Contemporary Kantian Metaphysics Today: New Essays on Time and Space (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), and published in, among others, The Southern Journal of Philosophy, IJPS, Research in Phenomenology and Sophia.
Assessment methods
You will be set two pieces of work for the course. The first of 500 words is due halfway through your course. This does not count towards your final outcome but preparing for it, and the feedback you are given, will help you prepare for your assessed piece of work of 1,500 words due at the end of the course. The assessed work is marked pass or fail.
Level and demands
This course is open to all and no prior knowledge is required.
This course is offered at FHEQ Level 4 (i.e. first year undergraduate level), and you will be expected to engage in independent study in preparation for your assignments and for the weekly webinar. This may take the form, for instance, of reading and analysing set texts, responding to questions or tasks, or preparing work to present in class. Our 10-week Short Online Courses come with an expected total commitment of 100 study hours, including those spent in live webinars.
English Language Requirements
We do not insist that applicants hold an English language certification, but warn that they may be at a disadvantage if their language skills are not of a comparable level to those qualifications listed on our website. If you are confident in your proficiency, please feel free to enrol. For more information visit our English language requirements webpage.
Fees
| Description | Costs |
|---|---|
| Course Fee | £360.00 |
Module code: O25P785PHZ
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