Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / İKT-632 - ECONOMICS (PhD)

Code: İKT-632 Course Title: SOCIAL GENDER EQUALITY Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ECONOMICS (PhD)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SERDAR ÖZTÜRK (serdarozturk@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
On the basis of the fact that being a female and male is a social construction rather than a simple biological difference, the aim of this course is to examine the gender studies which include both women’s and masculinity studies through investigating how gender shapes social roles and identities and how ethnicity, race, gender, class and nation affect the formation of gender.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can analyze gender in the framework of multidimensional components such as power relations, language, ethnicity, race, sexuality, class, nationality, religion, geography, age,… etc. PO-14 can respect different religions, life styles and question the information in the view of scholar idea.
 		Examination
LO-2 Can recognize the philosophical background of the social, historical, political, religious, literary and artistic manifestations of gender. PO-14 can respect different religions, life styles and question the information in the view of scholar idea.
 		Examination
LO-3 Can use abstract concepts with their concrete contents. PO-14 can respect different religions, life styles and question the information in the view of scholar idea.
 		Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course is based on topics such as the definition and content of gender studies, gender roles and socialisation, gender regimes and gender order, the reflections of women and masculinity studies on public and private realms.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to course Lecture
2 Theoretical approaches about gender Lecture
3 Theoretical approaches about gender Lecture
4 Theoretical approaches about gender Lecture
5 Theoretical approaches about gender Lecture
6 Liberal feminism Lecture
7 Marxist and socialist feminism Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 Radical feminism Lecture
10 The representation of gender in social institutions Lecture
11 The representation of gender in social institutions Lecture
12 The representation of gender in media Lecture
13 Gender inequality in Turkey Lecture
14 Intsruments for achieving gender equality Lecture
15 Approaches to gender in the world and Turkey Lecture
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 SCOTT, Joan W. (2007), Toplumsal Cinsiyet:Faydalı Bir Tarihsel Analiz Kategorisi, İstanbul: Agora Kitaplığı.
2 FINE, Cordelia (2010), Toplumsal Cinsiyet Yanılsaması, İstanbul: Sel Yayınları.
3 GÜMÜŞOĞLU, Firdevs (2006), Ders kitaplarında Toplumsal Cinsiyet, Çağdaş Eğitim Vakfı Yayınları.
4 ADAÇAY, Funda Rana (2014), Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Kalkınma, Bursa: Ekin Yayınları.
5 Uluocak, Şeref, Dilek Özbay, Gökhan Gökulu, Nigar Etizer Karacık, Olgun Bilir (2014), Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitsizliği ve Kadına Yönelik Şiddet, İstanbul: Paradigma Akademi Yayınları.
Required Course instruments and materials

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) 1 14 14
Outside Class
       a) Reading 4 10 40
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 5 20
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 6 7 42
mid-term exam 0
Own study for final exam 7 8 56
final exam 0
0
0
Total work load; 172