COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENDER AND SOCIETY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBA 3005 GENDER AND SOCIETY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Faculty Of Business

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞEHRIBAN KAYA

Offered to

International Trade and Business (English)
International Business and Trade
Faculty Of Business
Economics
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Tourism Management
International Relations

Course Objective

To understand gender roles and the distinctive impact of these roles in the various fields such as business, economics, politics, culture and so on.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand the major themes in gender and gender studies
2   to understand where women stay in the distribution of power in the fields of economy, politics and so on.
3   to develop critical and analytical skills to discuss current and ongoing debates on gender issue

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: What is gender Key concepts, themes and frameworks
2 History of feminism and gender studies
3 Gender as Performance/Gender as an Identity: gender, sexuality, codes of behavior (cult of masculinity and cult of femininity)
4 Gender, History and History Writing
5 Gender and Nation
6 Gender, Work, Employment and Feminization of Poverty
7 Gendered Representations: Commodification and Beauty Industry
8 Gender and Violence
9 Gender and Health: Medicalization, Reproductive Health, Sexual Health
10 Gender and Media: Representations of gender roles and stereotypes
11 Gender and Art
12 Gender and Popular Culture
13 Gender and Science
14 Concluding Discussion: Transnational Organizations and Quest for Gender Equality As a Global Social Movement

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book(s)/ References / Materials
1.Beauvoir, Simone de. The Second Sex, Vintage, 1989.
2. bell, hooks Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics, Routledge, 2000.
3. Benhabib, Seyla and Drucilla Cornell. Feminism as Critique: Essays on the Politics of Gender I Late-Capitalist Societies, Polity Press, 1987.
4. Berktay, Fatmagül, Tarihin Cinsiyeti, Metis, 2003
5. Berktay, Fatmagül, Tek Tanrılı Dinler Karşısında Kadın, Metis, 2005
6. Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, Routledge, 1999.
7. Douglas, Mary. Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo, Routledge, 1996.
8. Ferree, Myra Marx and Beth B. Hess. Controversy and Coalition: The New Feminist Movement Across Four Decades of Change, Routledge, 2000.
9. Irigaray, Luce. The Sex Which Is Not One, Cornell University Press, 1985.
10. Kandiyoti, Deniz. Cariyeler, Bacılar, Yurttaşlar, Iletişim, 1990.
11. Mitchell, Juliet. Women: The Longest Revolution, Vintage, 1984.
12. Naples, Nancy. Feminism and Method: Ethnography, Discourse, and Activist Research, Routledge, 2003.
13. Peters, Julie and Andrea Wolper, eds. Women s Rights: International Feminist Perspectives, Routledge, 1995.
14. Tekeli, Şirin. Kadın Bakış Açısından Kadınlar, Imge, 1993.
15.Yuval-Davis, Nira. Gender and Nation, Sage, 1997.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Expression, discussion, case studies, analysis of popular texts

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT * 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

1. Students learn why they need gender to analyze society.
2. Students learn historical development of women's movements.
3. Students learn to use the concept of gender in employment, education, politics etc.
4. Students present their knowledge about gender with mid-term and final exams

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.12
LO.22
LO.33

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