COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENDER SOCIAL POLICY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 6023 GENDER SOCIAL POLICY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Women's and Family Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TUNÇ DEMIRBILEK

Offered to

Women's and Family Studies

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to question the relationship between gender and social policies and to provide students the ability to evaluate from a gender equality perspective to the role of women in working life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To explain place of women in society
2   Being able to analyze the social policies that enables the gender equality
3   To discuss social problems related with women
4   Being able to propose proposals that enables gender equality for woman in working life
5   Being able to analyse current problems in gender and social policy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Relationship of Social Policy and Gender-1
2 The Relationship of Social Policy and Gender-2
3 Welfare State Regimes and Gender
4 Feminist Social Policy
5 Economic Development and Gender
6 Gender, Politics and Social Policy
7 Gender and Education in terms of Social Policy
8 Midterm Exam
9 Family Policies and Gender
10 Employment Policies and Gender
11 Gendered Social Security System
12 Unionisation and Women
13 Research Areas: Migrant, Powerty, Health, Occupational Health and Safety
14 Research Areas: Discrimination, Social Exclusion, Violence

Recomended or Required Reading

Çağla Ünlütürk Ulutaş. (Der.). 2018. Feminist Sosyal Politika: Bakım, Emek, Göç, Istanbul: Rota.
Derya Şaşman Kaylı ve Fatih Şahin. (Der.). 2016. Sosyal Politikanın Cinsiyet Halleri: Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Sosyal Hizmet, Ankara: Nika Yayınevi.
Gillian Pascall. 1996. Social Policy: A New Feminist Analysis, London: Routledge
Saniye Dedeoğlu ve Adem Yavuz Elveren. (Der.). 2015. 2000'ler Türkiye'sinde Sosyal Politika ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet, Istanbul: Imge Kitabevi.
Shireen Hassim ve S. Razavi. (Ed.). 2006. Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context: Uncovering the Gendered Structure of The Social, London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, weekly readings, question-answer, discussion, assignment and presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes are assessed by midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are obligated to participate 70% of the lectures
2. All kinds of plagiarism and attempt of plagiarism shall be concluded by disciplinary punishment
3. Students supposed to read the materials before lecture and participate the classroom discussions
4. Students are expected to make presentations about the subjects given by the lecturer.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0.232.3010351 t.demirbilek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 16.00-17.00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Student Presentations 10 1 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 179

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.155
LO.2555
LO.35555
LO.455555
LO.55555

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