COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN ITS DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 7053 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN ITS DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Women's Studies Non-thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YAĞMUR SOYLU

Offered to

Women's Studies Non-thesis

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 Rehearsal, 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

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance at 70% of classes is mandatory.

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 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 2 13 26
Final Assignment 13 3 39
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 143

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.15
LO.25
LO.3
LO.45
LO.55

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

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