ENGL1902 Reading Bodies (University of Western Australia): rated 3.1/5 overall, difficulty 5.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 1.0/5 across 5 reviews collected on UWA Wall.
ENGL1902 is a University of Western Australia course taught by the School of Humanities in Society and Culture. This page brings together its handbook details and what UWA students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 身体解读
Type: Undergraduate unit
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Society and Culture
Faculty: School of Humanities
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
Understandings of the body have profound implications for how we live and work as gendered, sexed, and raced subjects. This unit investigates the way bodies have been 'read' over time and place, through medical, scientific, legal, literary and philosophical discourses, paying particular attention to the sexed body and the future of embodiment.
ENGL1902 has 5 scored reviews: overall 3.1/5 · usefulness 3.0 · difficulty 5.0 · would-recommend 1.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UWA students on UWA Wall (1.3/5 overall); 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.5/5).
On Reddit: "i did reading bodies in 2023 and although i enjoyed it it was a VERY content heavy unit, or maybe thats just what i remember from when i was brand new to uni lol. i found it very interesting, the first assignment i didnt do particularly well on </3, it was art analysis through t…"
On Reddit: "I did GEND1901 and ENGL1902 in 2025 which are the two level 1 units for the Gender Studies major. GEND1901 ("Gender Wars") was the semester 1 unit which looks broadly at various different movements/ideas/theories related to gender across history (e.g. feminism, intersectionality…"
The course panel on UWA Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is ENGL1902 hard?
A: Students rate ENGL1902's difficulty 5.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is ENGL1902 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 5 reviews: would-recommend 1.0/5, usefulness 3.0/5, overall 3.1/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ENGL1902, and when is it offered?
A: ENGL1902 is taught by the School of Humanities. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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