ECTS - Gender Studies and Women Rights

Gender Studies and Women Rights (HUM211) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Gender Studies and Women Rights HUM211 General Elective 3 0 0 3 4
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Staff
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This class aims to: - To have students gain an understanding about the difference between sex and gender - To get students familiar with the research and theories regarding gender - To have students gain knowledge and awareness in terms of gender influences - To have students use gender perspective while approaching societal issues and events and follow developments in the world like gender mainstreaming - To have students raise awareness and consciousness on gender issues at campus.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Students: - To be familiar with the research and theories regarding the influence of gender stereotypes and individual and organizational outcomes of gender issues. - To understand the influence of gender in shaping the perceptions, attitudes and behaviors of individuals.
Course Content Introduction; gender perceptions; woman and health; woman and politics; woman and law; modernism, gender and women rights; types of violence against women and their prevention; woman and literature; woman labor in the global economy; worklife and woman; woman and entrepreneurship; woman and environment.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction, information of content of the course,Gender and women’s rights Hooks, Bell. 2012. Feminizm Herkes İçindir, BGST Yayınları. Derleme: Editörler: L. Gültekin, G. Güneş, C.Ertung, A.Şimşek. 2013. Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Yansımaları, Atılım Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ankara: Desen Ofset A.Ş.
2 Turkish Modernization, Gender and Women’s Rights Derleme: Editörler: L. Gültekin, G. Güneş, C.Ertung, A.Şimşek. 2013. Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Yansımaları, Atılım Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ankara: Desen Ofset A.Ş.
3 Discrimination Against Women and Sexism Derleme: Ecevit, Y. ve N. Karkıner (Ed.). 2011. Toplumsal Cinsiyet Çalışmaları içinde, Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayını No: 23.
4 Media Representations Of Female Body Derleme: Editörler: L. Gültekin, G. Güneş, C.Ertung, A.Şimşek. 2013. Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Yansımaları, Atılım Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ankara: Desen Ofset A.Ş.
5 Creative Drama Workshop on Women’s Rights Related chapters
6 Preventing and combating Domestic Violence and Women’s Shelters Derleme: Ecevit, Y. ve N. Karkıner (Ed.). 2011. Toplumsal Cinsiyet Çalışmaları içinde, Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayını No: 23.
7 Midterms
8 Gender and Literature Arat, Necla. 2010. Feminizmin ABC'si, Say Yayınları. Material to be handed out by the Instructor
9 Movie screening about women’s rights and group discussion Related chapters
10 Women's Entrepreneurship Related chapters
11 Prohibition of Discrimination and LGBTI Rights Related chapters
12 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November and Awareness Against Dating Violence Related chapters
13 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November and Global Activism Related chapters
14 Analysis of the Posters about Women’s Rights and social responsibility Related chapters
15 Sharing knowledge and experience from a gender perspective Related chapters
16 Finals

Sources

Course Book 1. Derleme: Editörler:L. Gültekin, G. Güneş, C.Ertung, A.Şimşek. 2013. Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Yansımaları, Atılım Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ankara: Desen Ofset A.Ş. (Açık erişim: http://library.atilim.edu.tr/shares/library/files/TOPLUMSAL%20CINSIYET_BASKI_201
2. Hooks, Bell. 2012. Feminizm Herkes İçindir, BGST Yayınları.
3. Arat, Necla. 2010. Feminizmin ABC'si, Say Yayınları.
4. Derleme: Ecevit, Y. ve N. Karkıner (Ed.). 2011. Toplumsal Cinsiyet Çalışmaları içinde, Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayını No: 23.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 14 100
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury - -
Toplam 14 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 To have basic theoretical knowledge about the field within the scope of health, education and support services, organizational structure and systematics.
2 To be able to understand the basic concepts, approaches and theories in the field of child development, to associate them with current life, national and international developments.
3 To be able to use sciences such as health, education, and psychology along with the basic knowledge and skills of the discipline of child development.
4 To be able to identify the problems encountered and develop solutions based on the knowledge and skills required by the discipline of child development.
5 To be able to independently carry out the necessary work as an individual and as a team member, and take responsibility in the practices related to child development education in preschool education institutions, private education institutions and health institutions
6 To be able to have the necessary basic knowledge for applications in preschool education institution, private education institution and health institutions related to child development education.
7 To be able to determine the learning needs associated to lifelong learning related to child development and education and to make the necessary guidance.
8 To be able to act in accordance with professional ethics and social-responsibility-understanding in all field practices and social relations of the profession
9 To be able to carry out studies on child development to raise awareness of society and other professional groups .
10 To be able to follow the information in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a universal foreign language.
11 To be able to do resource research for the purpose of accessing information, to use databases, numerical values and other information sources.
12 To be able to communicate effectively with the family and the child in accordance with the cultural structure, and to work in cooperation in child development studies.
13 To be able to act in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in all studies in the field of child development.
14 To be able to show sensitivity to the universality of social rights in the field of child development, protection of quality cultural values, occupational health and safety.
15 To be able to evaluate and prepare the materials required by the field of child development (educational toys, educational books and brochures, game material) and to use them for educational purposes.
16 To be able to determine the developmental differences of 0-18 year old children at an early stage, to prepare and implement appropriate education programs.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 3 48
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 3 3
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 6 6
Total Workload 105