COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENDER AND POWER

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 4025 GENDER AND POWER COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜL ÖZATEŞLER ÜLKÜCAN

Offered to

Sociology (Evening)
Sociology

Course Objective

To understand the social positions, roles, division of labor and worlds of meaning constructed through femininity and masculinity in modern societies and the cultural, political and economic dimensions and intersectionality of the relations established through these categories.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the importance of gender as a field of research
2   To comprehend the theoretical approaches to the social positions established through femininity and masculinity in modern societies
3   To understand how women and men are positioned in social stratification systems and power sharing
4   To be able to analyze how gendered definitions, division of labor and worlds of meaning are constructed
5   To understand how the roles of femininity and masculinity are distributed and the effects of these roles on the socialization of individuals

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Gender: Basic Concepts and Debates
3 Gender as a Tool for Sociological Analysis
4 Feminist Theory and Epistemologies I
5 Feminist Theory and Epistemologies II
6 Approaches to Gender I
7 Approaches to Gender II
8 Midterm
9 Gender Roles Stress Studies of Femininity and Masculinity
10 Gender Roles of Femininity and Masculinity Gender Roles Stress Practice Discussions
11 Gender Inequality I
12 Gender Inequality II
13 Masculinity Studies I
14 Masculinity Studies II
15 General Evaluation
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Önerilen veya zorunlu okuma materyalleri
Connell, R. W. (1987, 2019) Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Iktidar, Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları
Connell, R. W. (2015, 2019) Erkeklikler, Ankara: Phoenix Yayınları
Scott, Joan. (2013) Toplumsal Cinsiyet: Faydalı bir Tarihsel Analiz Kategorisi, Feminist Tarihin Peşinde, Istanbul: BGST Yayınları.
Berktay, Fatmagül. (2013) Feminist Teoride Açılımlar. Toplumsal Cinsiyet Çalışmaları, Yıldız Ecevit ve Nadide Kalkıner (Ed.), Anadolu Üniversitesi,Eskişehir, 2-23
Bora, Aksu. (2010) Toplumsal Cinsiyet Yaklaşımları Kadınların Sınıfı: Ücretli Ev Emeği ve Kadın Öznelliğinin Inşası. Istanbul, Iletişim Yayınları (3. Baskı), 37-58
Donovan, Josephine. (2013) Feminist Teori, Istanbul, Iletişim Yayınları
Çakır, Serpil (2007) Feminizm. Ataerkil Iktidarın Eleştirisi. Birsen Örs (Der.) Modern Siyasal Ideolojiler. Istanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 412-475
Haskan Avcı, Özlem (Der.) (2020) Toplumsal Cinsiyet. Ankara: Nobel Yayınları Maybek, Semahat Dicle & Özge Sanem Özateş Gelmez (2020) Tarihsel Kökenleri ve Görünümleriyle Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitsizliği (Der. Özge Sanem Özateş Gelmez & Selda Taşdemir Afşar) Toplumsal Cinsiyet Aktivizmi: Kuramdan Uygulamaya. Ankara: Gazi Kitabevi, 47-78
Butler, Judith. (2013) Kritik Queer. Queer Tahayyül. Ed: Sibel Yardımcı& Özlem Güçlü. Istanbul, Sel Yayıncılık
Bozok, Mehmet (2009, 2013) `Feminizimin Erkekler Cephesindeki Yankısı: Erkekler ve Erkeklik Üzerine Eleştirel Incelemeler Cogito, 269-284
Boratav, Hale Bolak; Fişek, Güler Okman & Ziya, Hande Eslen (2017) Erkekliğin Türkiye Halleri, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları
Sancar, Serpil. (2009) Erkeklik.Imkansız Iktidar Istanbul, Metis Yayınları.
G. ÖZATEŞLER ÜLKÜCAN Et Al. , "Akademide Cinsiyetlendirilmiş Bakım Emeğinin Etkileri ve Iş-Yaşam Dengesi," Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi , vol.24, no.4, 2023

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gul.ozatesler@deu.edu.tr

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 14 4 56
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.24354
LO.3454
LO.44545
LO.554455

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