Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / KMY 356 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Code: KMY 356 Course Title: SOCIAL GENDER STUDIES Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer LEYLA KAHRAMAN (lkahraman@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) LEYLA KAHRAMAN,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to gain knowledge and skills to analyze the causes and consequences of gender inequalities and methods of combating these inequalities by addressing the concept of gender in a theoretical and practical context. Within the scope of the course, the social, economic, political and cultural dimensions of gender roles are examined, and it is aimed to enable students to evaluate gender-based inequalities from a critical perspective and to develop solutions.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can explain gender and related concepts. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level;
Examination
LO-2 Can analyze the intersections of gender with power relations, language, ethnicity, race, sexuality, class, nation, religion, geography and age. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level;
Examination
LO-3 Recognize the philosophical background of the social, historical, political, religious, literary and artistic manifestations of gender. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level;
Examination
LO-4 Can use abstract concepts with their concrete contents. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level;
Examination
LO-5 Can evaluate the effects of gender on economic, political and social structures. PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students: Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems;
PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level;
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The concept of gender and its theoretical framework, gender roles and inequalities, social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions of gender, women's rights and gender equality policies, feminist theory and movements, gender and law, gender in working life, gender representations in media, gender equality in education, national and international gender policies and regulations, and strategies to combat gender inequalities.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Informing about the subject, aim, method, resources and requirements of the course Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Group Work
2 Introduction to the concept of gender: The distinction between biological sex and gender Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Group Work
3 Gender theories: Feminist theory, queer theory, and other approaches Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Group Work
4 Mechanisms Producing Gender Inequality: Family Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Group Work
5 Gender in working life: Glass ceiling syndrome, equal pay for equal work Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Group Work
6 Political participation and gender: Women's representation in politics Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Group Work
7 Gender and education: Gender equality policies in education Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Group Work
8 mid-term exam
9 The Gender of History: History and Gender Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Group Work
10 History of women's rights and gender equality policies in the world and in Turkey Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Group Work
11 Gender and law: National and international legal regulations Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Group Work
12 The Impact of CEDAW and the Istanbul Convention on Gender Equality: Concrete Examples from the World and Turkey Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Group Work
13 Gender and violence: Domestic violence, gender-based violence Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Group Work
14 Tales and Gender Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Group Work
15 Strategies and best practices for achieving gender equality General evaluation and discussion: The future of gender Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Group Work
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 CONNELL, R.W, (1998), Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve İktidar, İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları
2 AGACINSKI, Sylviane (1998), Cinsiyetler Siyaseti. Ankara: Dost Kitabevi.
3 SCOTT, Joan W. (2007), Toplumsal Cinsiyet:Faydalı Bir Tarihsel Analiz Kategorisi, İstanbul: Agora Kitaplığı.
4 FINE, Cordelia (2010), Toplumsal Cinsiyet Yanılsaması, İstanbul: Sel Yayınları.
5 BUTLER, Judith (2007), Taklit ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet'e Karşı Durma, İstanbul: Agora Kitaplığı.
6 GÜMÜŞOĞLU, Firdevs (2006), Ders kitaplarında Toplumsal Cinsiyet, Çağdaş Eğitim Vakfı Yayınları.
7 - BHASİN, Kamla (2003), Toplumsal Cinsiyet: Bize Yüklenen Roller, İstanbul: Kadınlarla Dayanışma Vakfı (KADAV)Yayını.
8 ECEVİT, Yıldız, Nadide Karkıner (Ed.) (2012) Toplumsal Cinsiyet Sosyolojisi, Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları.
9 KANDİYOTİ, Deniz (1997). Cariyeler, Bacılar, Yurttaşlar, İstanbul: Metis Yayınları
10 BUTLER, Judith (2008), Cinsiyet Belası, İstanbul: Metis Yayınları.
11 ADAÇAY, Funda Rana (2014), Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Kalkınma, Bursa: Ekin Yayınları.
12 Uluocak, Şeref, Dilek Özbay, Gökhan Gökulu, Nigar Etizer Karacık, Olgun Bilir (2014), Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitsizliği ve Kadına Yönelik Şiddet, İstanbul: Paradigma Akademi Yayınları.
13 WOOLF, Virginia (2012), Kendine Ait Bir Oda, İstanbul: Kırmızı Kedi Yayınevi.
14 BEAUVOIR, Simone de (1993), Kadın: İkinci Cins I Genç Kızlık Çağı, İstanbul: Payel Yayınları.
15 AÖF Toplumsal Cinsiyet Sosyolojisi 2019, Derleme: Feryal Ayşın KOÇAK TURHANOĞLU, https://www.aof.tc/toplumsal-cinsiyet-sosyolojisi-sos311u-ders-kitabi-2.html.
16 AÖF Toplumsal Cinsiyet Çalışmaları 2019, Derleme: Asu ALTUNOĞLU, https://ets.anadolu.edu.tr/storage/nfs/SOS310U/ebook/SOS310U-16V1S1-8-0-1-SV1-ebook.pdf.
17 AÖF Toplumsal Cinsiyet Sosyolojisi 2011, Derleme: Yıldız ECEVİT, Nadide KARKINER, http://www.antalyakadinmuzesi.org/dosyalar/dosyalar/TOPLUMSAL%20CINSIYET%20SOSYOLOJ%C4%B0S%C4%B0.pdf.
18 Hooks, Bell. 2012. Feminizm Herkes İçindir, BGST Yayınları.
19 Sezer, M. Ö. (2013). Masallar ve toplumsal cinsiyet. Evrensel Basım Yayın.
Required Course instruments and materials
Books, articles, films

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 14 14
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 5 15
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 7 14
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 7 14
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 129