COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WOMEN'S ISSUES AND RELIGION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 6017 WOMEN'S ISSUES AND RELIGION 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 HAKKI ŞAH YASDIMAN

Offered to

Women's and Family Studies

Course Objective

To reveal the relationship between women's issues and anti-women discourses in religions; to show the relationship of the patriarchal mentality in societies, the understanding that prioritizes the existence of men and their rights, and emphasizes gender difference; to emphasize the influence of religious discourses in the background of perceptions and acceptances about women; To understand the methodology of addressing women's issues by examining religious teachings in an impartial way.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1 Recognizes religious discourses that cause women's problems
2   2 Comprehends the religious effects of perceptions and acceptances about women.
3   3 Establishes relationships between women's issues and anti-women discourse in religious teachings
4   4 By gaining the habit of looking at religious teachings objectively, students try to understand women's problems arising from religions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1 Introduction: Importance, Purpose, Subject and Resources of the Course
2 2 An Overview of Women's Issues and the Relevance of Women's Issues to Religion
3 3 Modernization, Feminism and the Women's Issue
4 4 Violence Against Women and Religion
5 5 Women's Education and Religion
6 6 Women's employment and Religion
7 7 Position of Women in the Family and Religion
8 8 The Place of Women in Politics and Religion
9 9 Women's testimony and Religion
10 10 Heritage rights and Women in Religion
11 11 Woman's clothing and Religion
12 12 Women Going Out, Traveling And Religion
13 13 Women and Gender
14 14 General evaluation and discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Primary sources:
- Ateş, Ali Osman. (2006). Hadis Temelli Kalıp Yargılarda Kadın. Beyan Yayınevi: Istanbul.
- Baloğlu, Adnan B. (2003). Feminist Teoloji: Dini Söylemde Erkek Egemenliğine Başkaldırı. Anadolu Yayınları: Izmir.
- Berktay, Fatmagül. (2000). Tek Tanrılı Dinler Karşısında Kadın. Metis Yayınları: Istanbul.
- Sevim, Ayşe. (2005). Feminizm. Insan Yayınları: Istanbul.
- Tuksal, Hidayet. Ş. (2001). Kadın Karşıtı Söylemin Islam Geleneğindeki Izdüşümleri. Kitâbiyat yay: Ankara.
Secondary sources:
- Bilgin, Beyza. (2005). Islam da Kadının Rolü, Türkiye de Kadın. Sinemis Yayınları: Ankara.
- Fidan, Hafsa. (2006). Kur an da Kadın Imgesi. Vadi Yayınları: Ankara.
- Göle, Nilüfer. (2004). Modern Mahrem Medeniyet Ve Örtünme. Metis Yayınları: Istanbul.
- Savaş, Rıza. (1991). Hz. Muhammed (sav) Devrinde Kadın. Ravza Yayınevi: Bursa.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, question-answer, examination on examples, homework and assignments.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of the students is evaluated according to their performance in the course with the midterm exam, assignments and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakki.ydiman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Fridays between 15:00-16:00.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 2 6 12
Preparation for final exam 2 6 12
Preparing presentations 3 10 30
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 65
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.133
LO.2454
LO.344
LO.4445

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