COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FEMINIST THEORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 5045 FEMINIST THEORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Women's Studies

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ESRA ÇÖKER

Offered to

Women's Studies

Course Objective

The course objective is to define the cultural background of Feminist Theory and have students a grasp of which need it has been derived from.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the history, strategies, and goals of the four waves of feminism
2   Discuss the issues of gender and gender inequality from a variety of feminist theoretical perspectives such as liberalism, marxism, socialism, postmodernism
3   Analyze gender in terms of power relations;
4   Analyze major works and thoughts of infuential feminist theorists
5   Practice critical thinking through evaluating works of Turkish and non-Turkish feminist scholars

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Course objective and outline
2 History of Feminism and the First Wave
3 Second Wave of Feminism
4 Simone de Beauvoir: The Second Sex
5 Psychoanalytic Feminism
6 Carol Gilligam -Care Feminism
7 Third Wave of Feminism
8 Postmodern Feminism and Madonna
9 Fourth Wave
10 Students Presentations
11 Students Presentations
12 Students Presentations
13 Students Presentations
14 General Overview

Recomended or Required Reading

Berktay, Fatmagül. Tarihin Cinsiyeti. Metis, 2003.
Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. Routledge, 1999
Cudd , ann and Robin AndreasenFeminist Theory: A Philosophical Anthology. Wiley, 2005.
de Beauvoir, Simone: The Second Sex, Doubleday, 2012.
Lloyd, Genevieve: The Man of Reason: Male and Female in Western Philosophy, Routledge, 2002.
Millet, Kate: Sexual Politics, Unıversity of Illinois Press, 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, in class discussions, assignments 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

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam, final exam, assignments and presentations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action.
3. Preparation to weekly lectures (reading the respective material) and contribution to in class discussion is obligatory.
4. Students prepare presentations about topics given by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

esra.coker@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 3 33
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 147

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.125551441
LO.214151543
LO.325551113
LO.415143432
LO.531133144

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