COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENDER EQUALITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
APD 5025 GENDER EQUALITY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YAĞMUR SOYLU

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

Building awareness on gender equality and violence against women.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify the difference between sex and gender
2   Gaining the ability to recognize, understand and question their own values, including gender inequality
3   To understand the reflection of gender inequality on the emotional state, behavior and role patterns of the individual
4   Understanding the effects of gender on different fields (education, working life, media, law, health, family and marriage, old age and disability)
5   To be able to explain violence against women and types and reasons of violence against women
6   To be able to analyze the current situation in our country and in the world regarding the violence against women
7   Understanding the relationship of gender with psychological counseling

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the Course
2 Gender and Psychological Counseling -1
3 Gender - Basic Concepts
4 Gender Theories
5 Gender Inequalities in the World and in Turkey
6 Gender and Education
7 Gender in Working Life
8 Rehearsal, Evaluation and Midterm Exam
9 Gender and Media
10 Gender in Law and Health
11 Family and Marriage - Gender
12 Aging and Disability - Gender
13 Gender and Violence
14 Gender and Psychological Counseling -2
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Lips, H. M. (2008). Sex & gender: An introduction (6th edition). NY: McGraw-Hill.
2. Paechter, C. (2007). Being boys being girls: Learning masculinities and feminities. NY: McGraw-Hill.
3. Dökmen, Z. Y. (2016). Toplumsal cinsiyet: Sosyal psikolojik açıklamalar. Istanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
4. Kadının Statüsü Genel Müdürlüğü (2016). Kadına Yönelik Şiddetle Mücadele Ulusal Eylem Planı (2016-2020). Ankara.
5. Haskan Avcı, Ö. (2021). Toplumsal cinsiyet: Psikolojik danışma ve rehberlikte güncel konular. Ankara: Nobel akademik Yayıncılık.
6. Else Quest, N.M. & Hyde, J.S. (2021). The psychology of women and gender: Half the human experience (Çev. Ed. Türk, Ş.). Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Homework and presentation, lecture, question-answer,discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Lecture, discussion , question-answer, research

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yagmur.soylu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Pre Class Self Study 13 2 26
Midterm Preparation 6 1 6
Final Preparation 13 1 13
Preparing assignments 2 5 10
Preparing presentations 2 5 10
Final Exam 1 1 1
Midterm exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 93

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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