COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WOMEN IN WORKING LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT ISSUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 7019 WOMEN IN WORKING LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT ISSUES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Women's Studies Non-thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAKKI ŞAH YASDIMAN

Offered to

Women's Studies Non-thesis

Course Objective

Personal beliefs and tendencies aside, religion is a socially important phenomenon. The aim of this course is how gender is perceived not only in Islam but also in Turkish belief system from history to the present; examine perspectives on gender differences in terms of scriptures, tradition and legal norms; to reveal whether certain distinctions arise from the essence of believes or from tradition and culture.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn how gender is perceived in Islam and Turkish belief system
2   To be able to perceive similarities and differences between Islam and Turkish belief system on gender
3   To be able to see belief fundamentals of which gender discriminations are based on
4   To be able to distinguish the difference between religious and cultural gender discrimination
5   To have an idea on whether religious traditions and beliefs can make a positive contribution to gender discrimination or not

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Week 1: Introduction: Importance, Purpose, Subject and Resources of the Course Week 11: Women in Turkish culture and Islam religion
2 Week 2: Turkish Belief System in History I Week 12: Women in World's Religions
3 Week 3: Turkish Belief System in History II Week 13: Women and their position in today's Turkish World
4 Week 4: The concept of women in ancient Turks Week 14: General Assessment
5 Week 5: Family structure in Turkish belief system Week 15: FINAL EXAM
6 Week 6: Woman in Turkish belief system I
7 Week 7: MIDTERM EXAM
8 Week 8: Woman in Turkish belief system II
9 Week 9: Women in Turkish folk beliefs
10 Week 10: Women in Islam

Recomended or Required Reading

ACAR, Hasan, Türk Kültür ve Devlet Geleneğinde Kadın, Insan&Insan, Bursa, 2019
BAYAT, Fuzuli, Türk Kültüründe Kadın Şaman, Ötüken neşriyat, Istanbul, 2010
Çolak, F . (2016). TÜRKLERDE LIDER KADIN TIPOLOJISI VE GÜLNAR HATUN EFSANESI . Uluslararası Medeniyet Çalışmaları Dergisi , 1 (1) , 58-69
GÖKALP, Ziya, "Türk devletinin tekâmülü 12: Hakanlık Teşkilatı",Küçük Mecmua -II-
GÖKALP, Ziya, Türk Medeniyeti Tarihi, Istanbul, 1974
GÖKALP, Ziya, Türk Töresi, Ötüken neşriyat, Istanbul
GÜLTEPE, Necati, Türk Kadın Tarihine Giriş, Ötüken neşriyat, Istanbul, 2008
Koçak, A , Çolak, S . (2018). VAROLUŞ, MÜCADELE, SON EKSENLERINDE ÜÇ KADIN KAHRAMAN: AK ÇIBEK ARIĞ, ALTIN ARIĞ, AY HUUCIN . Motif Akademi Halkbilimi Dergisi , 11 (22) , 1-12 . DOI: 10.12981/motif.455
ÖGEL, Bahaeddin, Türk Mitolojisi, Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, 1971, Cilt-1
YASDIMAN, HAKKI ŞAH. Kadının Islâm Geleneğindeki Yeri ve Konumuna Yahudi-Hıristiyan Kültürün Etkilerinden Bazı Örnekler. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Ilahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, I, no. 14 (2005): 59 94.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, question-answer and essay

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 * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assesment of the student's success is evaluated via midterm exam, essays and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are required to attend %70 of the classes.
2. All and every plagiarism attemp will be resulted in disiplinary punishment.
3. It is required from all students to read the material before the classes and join discussions druing the class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Hakkı Şah YASDIMAN

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Ilahiyat Fakültesi

hakki.ydiman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 11:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 2 6 12
Preparation for final exam 2 6 12
Preparing assignments 3 6 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 2 6 12
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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