COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL GENDER AND PHILOSOPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 6103 SOCIAL GENDER AND PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

PHILOSOPHY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM DUVA KAYA

Offered to

PHILOSOPHY

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce the relation between the categorical distinctions which are based on gender with tradition, power and political power. Also in this course, from the viewpoint of gender, conceiving the theoretical background behind the discrimination and everyday practices and evaluating sexist view points philosophically will be aimed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowing the concept of gender and the debates about this subject
2   Conceiving the cultural dimension of the relations between knowing, reason and gender
3   Conceiving the relations between gender, power and political power
4   Knowing the theories that explain the gender and using these theories which answer the contemporary problems
5   Evaluating the acts of discrimination and violence in the country and the world with respect to the gender point of view

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Gender Concept
2 Prejudices and Cognitive Biases on the Axis of Gender
3 Gender, Knowing and Reason
4 Gender, Political Power and Power
5 Gender, Political Power and Power
6 Body, Gender and Discrimination
7 Body, Gender and Discrimination
8 Midterm Exam
9 Queer Theory
10 Queer Theory
11 Identity Construction Processes and Hierarchy of Gender
12 Identity Construction Processes and Hierarchy of Gender
13 Gender, Citizenship and Rights
14 Gender and Violence
15 General assessment
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Alcoof, Linda Martin; Visible Identities: Race, Gender and The Self, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006
Boyne, Roy; Foucault ve Derrida: Aklın Öteki Yüzü, Çev: Ismail Yılmaz, Bilgesu Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2009
Connel R. W.; Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Iktidar, Çev: Cem Soydemir, Ayrıntı Yay., Istanbul,1998
De Beavoir, Simone; Ikinci Cins, Çev: Bertan Onaran, Payel Yay., Istanbul, 1993
Deutscher, Penelope; Yielding Gender: Feminism, Deconstruction and The History of Philosophy, Routlegde, London, 2002
Fine, Cordellia; Delusions of Gender, W. W. Norton Company, 2010
Marcos, Syvia (Der), Bedenler, Dinler ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet, Çev: Balkı Şafak, Ilker Çayla, Sibel Özbudun, Ütopya Yay., Istanbul, 2006
Meyers, Diana Tietjens; Gender in The Mirror, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002
Keller, Evelyn Fox; Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Bilim Üzerine Düşünceler, Çev: Ferit Burak Aydar, Metis Yay., Istanbul, 2007
Palazzani, Laura; Gender in Philosophy and Law, Springer, 2013

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

See "Assessment Methods" and "ECTS Table"

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 * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3 will be evaluated by his/her presentation
LO 4-5 will be evaluated by the assignment of the student and by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is required.
2. The participation in presentation activity will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 301 94 13
ozlem.duva@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 6 3 18
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 2 20 40
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1554
LO.25
LO.3545
LO.45
LO.555