COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FEMINIST THEORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 7041 FEMINIST THEORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Women's Studies Non-thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PELIN TUAÇ YILMAZ

Offered to

Women's Studies Non-thesis

Course Objective

The course objective is to define the cultural background of Feminist Theory and have students a grasp of which need it has been derived from.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the history, strategies, and goals of the four waves of feminism
2   Discuss the issues of gender and gender inequality from a variety of feminist theoretical perspectives such as liberalism, marxism, socialism, postmodernism
3   Analyze gender in terms of power relations;
4   Analyze major works and ideas of prominent feminist theorists
5   Practice critical thinking through evaluating works of Turkish and non-Turkish feminist scholars

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Course objective and outline
2 Different Approaches to Gender and Gender Inequality
3 Historical Approach to Feminism.: The First Wave
4 The Second Wave
5 The Third Wave
6 Liberal Femisim
7 Social and Marksist Feminism
8 Radical Feminism
9 Psychoanalytic Feminism
10 Maternal Feminism
11 Postcolonial and Multicultural Feminisms
12 Student Presentations
13 Student Presentations
14 Student Presentations
15 Student Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Berktay, Fatmagül. Tarihin Cinsiyet. Metis, 2003.
Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. Routledge, 1999.
Cudd, Ann and Robin Andreasen. Feminist Theory: A Philosophical Anthology. Wiley, 2005.
de Beauvoir, Simone: The Second Sex, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012.
Donocan Josephine. Feminist Teori. Çev.Aksu Bora, Meltem Ağduk Gevrek ve Fevziye Sayılan. Iletişim, 1985.
Hooks, Bell. Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center. South End Press, 1984.
Lloyd, Genevieve: The Man of Reason: Male and Female in Western Philosophy, Routledge, 2002.
Millet, Kate: Sexual Politics, Unıversity of Illinois Press, 2000.
Osmanağaoğlu, Hülya. Feminizm Kitabı: Osmanlı'dan 21. Yüzyıla Seçme Metinler. Dipnot, 2015.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, in class discussions, assignments and presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action.
3. Preparation to weekly lectures (reading the respective material) and contribution to in class discussion is obligatory.
4. Students prepare presentations about topics given by the instructor.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

korpez@hotmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.11
LO.211
LO.311
LO.41
LO.51

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