COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENDER EQUALITY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FROM SEVERAL DIMENSIONS AND

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 5037 GENDER EQUALITY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FROM SEVERAL DIMENSIONS AND COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Women's Studies

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YAĞMUR SOYLU

Offered to

Women's Studies

Course Objective

Raising awareness on gender equality and violence against women.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Gaining the ability to recognize, understand and question their own values, including gender inequality.
2   Understands how gender inequality is reflected in an individual's emotional state, behavior, and role patterns, and how it is passed on from generation to generation.
3   Analyzes the effects of gender on different areas (education, working life, media, law, health, family and marriage, aging and disability).
4   Explains gender-based violence against women, types and reasons of violence against women.
5   To be able to analyze the current situation in our country and in the world regarding the violence against women.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and overview of the course
2 Gender and Basic Concepts
3 Gender Theories
4 Gender Inequality in the World and in Türkiye
5 Gender Stereotypes
6 Gender and Education
7 The meaning and indicators (indices) of gender equality in education
8 R ehearsal, Evaluation and Midterm Exam
9 Gender in Working Life
10 Gender in the Media
11 Gender Issues in Law and Health Care
12 Family and Marriage - Gender
13 Aging and Disability - Gender
14 Gender and Violence Against Women
15 Gender and Violence Against Women
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Lips, H. M. (2008). Sex & gender: An introduction (6th edition). NY: McGraw-Hill.
2. Paechter, C. (2007). Being boys being girls: Learning masculinities and feminities.
NY: McGraw-Hill.
3. Do kmen, Z. Y. (2016). Toplumsal cinsiyet: Sosyal psikolojik ac ıklamalar. I stanbul:
Remzi Kitabevi.
4. Kadının Statu su Genel Mu du rlu g u (2018). Kadının Gu c lenmesi Strateji Belgesi ve Eylem
Planı (2018-2023). Ankara.
5. TÜSIAD KAGIDER (2008). Türkiye'de toplumsal cinsiyet eşitsizliği: Sorunlar, öncelikler ve çözüm önerileri. Istanbul: Graphis Matbaa.
6. Haskan Avcı, O . (2021). Toplumsal cinsiyet: Psikolojik danıs ma ve rehberlikte gu ncel
konular. Ankara: Nobel akademik Yayıncılık.
7. Else Quest, N.M. & Hyde, J.S. (2021). The psychology of women and gender: Half the
human experience (C ev. Ed. Tu rk, S .). Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, discussion, question and answer, research, homework, practice.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.20 + PRJ* 0.20 + PRS* 0.20 + FIN* 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + PRJ * 0.20 + PRS * 0.20 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance is obligatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yagmur.soylu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 155

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.122353131
LO.215345412
LO.325344451
LO.412513112
LO.522151112

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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