COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICIES IN THE EU AND TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 6011 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICIES IN THE EU AND TURKEY 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 TIJEN ERDUT

Offered to

Women's and Family Studies

Course Objective

Discrimination remains a universal problem. While some types of discrimination disappear, many of them continue in their most primitive form or under new forms. This course aims to examine anti-discrimination policies in the European Union and Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognise the concept and types of discrimination.
2   To recognise the place and importance of anti-discrimination policies in the European Union.
3   To have sufficient knowledge on aspects of discrimination in the European Union and Turkey.
4   To recognize the legal and institutional regulations on anti-discrimination in the European Union and Turkey, as well as their implementations.
5   To evaluate the relevance of European Union s anti-discrimination policies for Turkey.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept of Discrimination Aspects of Discrimination in Turkey: Poverty, Social Exclusion and Forced Labour
2 Types of Discrimination Aspects of Discrimination in Turkey: Child Labour, Violence and Multiple Discrimination
3 Aspects of Discrimination in the European Union: Poverty, Social Exclusion and Forced Labour Development of Anti-discrimination Policies in Turkey and the Impact of the European Union
4 Aspects of Discrimination in the European Union: Child Labour, Violence and Multiple Discrimination Anti-discrimination Policy Implementation in Turkey
5 Development of Anti-discrimination Policies in the European Union General Evaluation
6 Anti-discrimination and the European Union Treaties FINAL EXAM
7 Anti-discrimination and the European Union Directives
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Anti-discrimination and the European Social Charter (1996), The Community Charter (1989) and The Charter of Fundamental Rights (2000)
10 Anti-discrimination and Europe 2020 Strategy

Recomended or Required Reading

Chege Victoria; "The European Union anti-discrimination directives and European Union equality law: the case of multi-dimensional discrimination", ERA Forum, No. 13, 2012, s. 275-293
European Commission; Equal Rights versus Special Rights Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 2007.
Erdut Tijen; "Işgücü Piyasasında Ayrımcılık", II. Ulusal Sosyal Politika Kongresi (23-24 Kasım-Ankara), DISK Yayınları, Ankara, 2006, s. 287-315.
Eurofound; Improving working conditions in occupations with multiple disadvantages, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2015.
European Commission; Age discrimination and European Law. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 2005.
FRA; Fundamental rights: key legal and policy developments in 2012. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2013.
FRA; Trends and Developments 1997-2005 - Combating Ethnic and Racial Discrimination and Promoting Equality in the European Union. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2007.
Fugazza Marco; "Racial discrimination: Theories, facts and policy", International Labour Review, Vol. 142, No. 4, 2003, s. 507-541.
Guzmán Francisco L., Hailé Jane; Independent evaluation of the ILO's Strategy for the Elimination of Discrimination in Employment and Occupation: 2007-2011. International Labour Office, Geneva, 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, weekly readings, class discussions, review essays and presentations.

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

Review essays
Class participation
Examinations

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 and on the date determined.
5. The research papers that are not delivered on the day of the final exam will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tijen.erdut@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 15.30-17.00
Tuesday, 15.30-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 163

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.14253
LO.232334
LO.31234
LO.421225534
LO.524324

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