COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENDER AND HISTORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 6032 GENDER AND HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR FÜSUN ÇOBAN DÖŞKAYA

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course aims to give students the ability to acquire and apply knowledge of gender to historical texts

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge about gender studies.
2   To have a basic knowledge of some gender based concepts.
3   To be capable of interpreting primary sources on gender studies and doing textual analysis.
4   To be capable of using course s terminology
5   To have a basic knowledge of theories used in gender studies and to avoid sexist language.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Gender
2 Reflection on societal views about women
3 The multiple roles of women in society
4 Women in history
5 Current roles of women
6 Gender sensitive history education
7 Advancement of Women and Women s Rights in History
8 MIDTERM
9 Defining some basic concepts about gender
10 Defining some basic concepts about gender
11 Gender Analysis
12 Gender- Neutral Language
13 Summing up
14 General Evaluation
15 FINAL

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Çakır, Serpil, Akgökçe, Necla, eds. Farklı Feminizmler Açısından Kadın Araştırmalarında Yöntem. Istanbul: Sel Yayıncılık,
Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble. New York: Routledge, 1990.
Guidelines on Gender-Neutral Language. UNESCO, 1999.
Gender Sensitivity: A Training Manual. UNESCO, 1997.
Supplementary Book(s):
Ecevit, Y., ve Karkıner, N, eds. Toplumsal Cinsiyet Çalışmaları. Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayını, 2011
Joan Wallach Scott. Gender and the Politics of History. Columbia UP, 1989

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be based on lectures and class discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To abide by ethical criteria in academic work.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

%70 class attendance is required.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fusun.doskaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday: 8:30-9:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 50 50
Preparation for Final Exam 1 50 50
Preparing Presentations 1 25 25
Final 1 4 4
Mid-term 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 250

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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