COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICIES IN THE EU AND TüRKIYE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 6011 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICIES IN THE EU AND TüRKIYE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Women's and Family Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TIJEN ERDUT

Offered to

Women's and Family Studies

Course Objective

Discrimination remains a universal problem. While some types of discrimination disappear, many of them continue in their most primitive form or under new forms. This course aims to examine anti-discrimination policies in the European Union and Türkiye.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognise the concept and types of discrimination.
2   To recognise the place and importance of anti-discrimination policies in the European Union.
3   To have sufficient knowledge on aspects of discrimination in the European Union and Türkiye.
4   To recognize the legal and institutional regulations on anti-discrimination in the European Union and Türkiye, as well as their implementations.
5   To evaluate the relevance of European Union s anti-discrimination policies for Türkiye.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept of Discrimination
2 Types of Discrimination
3 Anti-Discrimination and EU Treaties
4 Anti-Discrimination and EU Directives
5 Aspects of Discrimination in the European Union: Poverty, Social Exclusion and Forced Labour
6 Aspects of Discrimination in the European Union: Child Labour, Violence and Multiple Discrimination
7 Aspects of Discrimination in the EU: Violence and Multiple Discrimination
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Aspects of Discrimination in the European Union: Poverty and Social Exclusion
10 Aspects of Discrimination in Türkiye: Child Labour and Forced Labour
11 Aspects of Discrimination in Türkiye: Violence and Multiple Discrimination
12 Development of Anti-Discrimination Policies in the EU
13 Development of Anti-discrimination Policies in Türkiye and the Impact of the European Union
14 Anti-discrimination Policy Implementation in Türkiye
15 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Chege Victoria; "The European Union anti-discrimination directives and European Union equality law: the case of multi-dimensional discrimination", ERA Forum, No. 13, 2012, s. 275-293
European Commission; Equal Rights versus Special Rights Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 2007.
Erdut Tijen; "Işgücü Piyasasında Ayrımcılık", II. Ulusal Sosyal Politika Kongresi (23-24 Kasım-Ankara), DISK Yayınları, Ankara, 2006, s. 287-315.
Eurofound; Improving working conditions in occupations with multiple disadvantages, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2015.
European Commission; Age discrimination and European Law. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 2005.
FRA; Fundamental rights: key legal and policy developments in 2012. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2013.
FRA; Trends and Developments 1997-2005 - Combating Ethnic and Racial Discrimination and Promoting Equality in the European Union. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2007.
Fugazza Marco; "Racial discrimination: Theories, facts and policy", International Labour Review, Vol. 142, No. 4, 2003, s. 507-541.
Guzmán Francisco L., Hailé Jane; Independent evaluation of the ILO's Strategy for the Elimination of Discrimination in Employment and Occupation: 2007-2011. International Labour Office, Geneva, 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, weekly readings, class discussions, review essays 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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Review essays
Class participation
Examinations

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are obligated to participate 70% of the lectures.
2. All kinds of plagiarism and attempt of plagiarism shall be concluded by disciplinary punishment.
3. Students supposed to read the materials before lecture and participate the classroom discussions.
4. Students are expected to make presentations about the subjects given by the lecturer and on the date determined.
5. The research papers that are not delivered on the day of the final exam will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tijen.erdut@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 15.30-17.00
Tuesday, 15.30-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 163

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.14253
LO.232334
LO.31234
LO.421225534
LO.524324

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