COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FEMINIST EPISTEMOLOGY DISCUSSIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 6027 FEMINIST EPISTEMOLOGY DISCUSSIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Women's and Family Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FÜSUN KÖKALAN ÇIMRIN

Offered to

Women's and Family Studies

Course Objective

At the end of this course, students learn about feminist theories that have come to the fore in the social sciences literature in the historical process. Acquire a broad perspective on feminist epistemology. They can relate women's rights, women's movements and feminist epistemological approaches.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have a broad perspective and level of knowledge about feminist theories.
2   They have knowledge in terms of critical approaches in social sciences.
3   They will be able to grasp the relationship between women's movements and feminist theories.
4   Their attitudes towards women and gender rights develop.
5   Their attitudes towards developing solutions for women-centered problems in social life develop.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to feminist epistemology
2 Social Sciences and Feminist Theory
3 Liberal Feminism
4 Marxist Feminism
5 Radical Feminism
6 Existential Feminism
7 MIDTERM
8 Critical Masculinity Studies and Feminist Epistemological Approaches
9 Ecological Feminism
10 Body, Power and Feminist Epistemology
11 Body, Power and Feminist Epistemology
12 Postmodern Feminism
13 Postmodern Feminism
14 General Evaluation and Discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

- Josephine Donovan. (2013(. Feminist Teori. Iletişim Yayınları.
- Stark Hannah. (2019). Deleuze'dan Sonra Feminist Teori. Otonom Yayıncılık.
-Bryson Valeria. (2019). Feminist Politika Teorisi. Phoenix Yayınları.
-Tanesini Alessandra. (2012). Feminist Epistemolojilere Giriş. Sentez Yayıncılık.
-Stone Alison. (2016). Feminist Felsefeye Giriş. Otonom Yayıncılık.
-Glasswick Heidi. (2011). Feminist Epistemology and Philospy Science: Power in Knowledge. Springer.
- Lennon K. Whitford H. (1994). Knowing the Difference Feminist Perspectivesin Epistemology. Routledge

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, the student's research on the subject, research on a specific subject and preparing a research report, ensuring active participation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ* 0.40 + PAR* 0.10 + ASG * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Expression.
Homework and presentation.
The student's doing two researches on the subject.
Converting these researches into a research report.
ensuring a presentation and discussion participation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fusun.kokalan@deu.edu.tr
9 Eylül University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Sociology, Faculty Members Building, 211.

Office Hours

Wednesday and Friday: 13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Reading 8 11 88
Project Assignment 1 1 1
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 168

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.15554444
LO.2353444
LO.35544
LO.445334
LO.5545

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