COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PLANNING AND GENDER EQUALITY DEBATES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 5050 PLANNING AND GENDER EQUALITY DEBATES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Women's Studies

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MERCAN EFE GÜNEY

Offered to

Women's Studies

Course Objective

This course will discuss gender equality in Türkiye. In this context, the course shows the impact of the patriarchal structure in the social structure, will try to demonstrate to women, men and al others. Course aims to provide the awareness that gender equality should be also considered in the field of urban planning and if it is possible it means questioning the feasibility / aims to suggest.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to learn what the gender equality means
2   to list the past experiences on the differences between women and men of spaces
3   to interpret the current planning approaches
4   to analyze the importance of gender friendly cities, woman friendly cities etc
5   to unite the different approaches in the area of planning
6   to evaluate the approach in the Turkish system to gender equality

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What the gender equality means.
2 Others Scope Gender Equality
3 Gender Equality in the World and Türkiye and the Studies Oriented Approach Thread
4 Regarding the Studies on Gender Equality in the World and Türkiye
5 What is a patriarchal structure What is the impact of patriarchal structure in social structure
6 What is a patriarchal structure What is the impact of patriarchal structure in social structure
7 What it can do context of gender equality: Woman friendly cities
8 What it can do context of gender equality: Woman friendly cities
9 What it can do context of gender equality: Gender friendly cities
10 What it can do context of gender equality: Gender friendly cities
11 Comprehensive plannning approach
12 Comprehensive plannning approach
13 Discussion of city planning as a project and comprehensive plannning approach

Recomended or Required Reading


Mercan EFE GÜNEY, Funda Demircioğlu (2015). (An Examination of the Spaces Used as Meeting Points by LGBTT Individuals in the Scope of City Planning). Planlama (Journal of Planning), 25 (2), 147-158..
Irem AYHAN Selçuk, Mercan EFE GÜNEY, Şenel ERGIN (2015). (Practices of LGBTT Individuals as Being the Common Users of Urban Spaces in the Capital City of Türkiye/Ankara). International Peer-Reviewed Journal of Humanities and Academic Science), 4(11), 92-115.
Mercan EFE GÜNEY, Irem AYHAN SELÇUK, Şenel ERGIN (2014).: (An Analysis of the LGBTT Community s Use of Urban Spaces in Terms of Working, Living, and Shopping fort he Purpose of Determining Their Relation with the City: The Case Of Izmir). Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi (The Journal of International Social Research) , 7(32), 594-611.
Mercan EFE GÜNEY, Şenel ERGIN, Irem AYHAN SELÇUK (2014). Cinsel Alanda Öteki Olarak Tanımlanan Nüfusun Kentsel Alan Kullanımı. Bilim Ofset,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Conference, Presentations, Readings.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN* 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Listing, Description ans Analysis are evaluated by the Midterm Evaluation. Unification, Interpretation and Evaluation are evaluated by the Final Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mercan.efe@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
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.13
LO.24
LO.32
LO.45
LO.55
LO.61

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