COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 5039 INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Women's Studies

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ASUMAN ALTAY

Offered to

Women's Studies

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to learn the concepts and theories about women and gender, to give information about the research methods used in awareness studies on patriarchal culture in practice, and to introduce the stages of a scientific research, the ways of choosing a field and topic, data collection methods and their main techniques.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The ability to learn the basic concepts of women and gender is acquired
2   Basic training and theoretical training evaluation trainings for women and education
3   Students learn about the purpose, ways and presentation of scientific research.
4   Gain skills in learning data collection methods and techniques with subject and field selection

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic information about the course
2 General concepts about science and scientific research
3 Science and scientific research methods and types
4 Selecting and determining science and scientific research methods
5 General determination in field and subject selection
6 Stages of scientific research
7 Mid Term
8 Evaluation of Exams
9 Data Sources
10 General information about scientific ethics
11 Student Presentations 1
12 Student Presentations 2
13 Student Presentations 3
14 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Merriam, S. B. (2013). Nitel Araştırma: Desen ve uygulama için bir rehber (3. Basımdan Çeviri). Turan (Çev. Ed.). Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım
Bilgin, N. (2014). Sosyal Bilimlerde Içerik Analizi: Teknikler ve Örnekler çalışmalar. Siyasal Kitabevi.
Yıldırım, A., & Şimşek, H. (2003). Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri. Seçkin Yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course presentations and seminars

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

will be anounced

Office Hours

Friday: 15.30-17.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Midterm 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 146

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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