COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENDER EQUALITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBA 1307 GENDER EQUALITY COMPULSORY 1 0 0 1

Offered By

Faculty Of Business

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞEHRIBAN KAYA

Offered to

Economics
International Business and Trade
International Relations
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Tourism Management

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to gain an understanding of the situation of gender inequality around the world and Turkey today, and to understand the importance of policies and programs aiming at closing the gender gaps in employment, politics, education and etc.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand the concept of gender and gender equality
2   to know where women stay in employment, politics, law and etc.
3   to learn what kinds of policies and programs required to construct 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 is gender / What is Gender Equality
2 How Do We Measure Gender Equality
3 UN Women Rights in International Peace Treaties
4 Women in Employment
5 Women in Education
6 Women in Politics
7 Legal Environment of Gender Equality
8 Demographics & Women Health
9 Violence Against Women
10 Poverty: Feminization of Poverty
11 Gender Equality in Cultural Productions
12 Gender and Media (Traditional and New Media)

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Morrison, J. L. (2015). Integrating Gender Equality Into Business and Management Education: Flynn, Patricia, Kathryn Haynes, and Maureen Kilgour (Eds.). Sheffield, England: Greenleaf.(2015). 420 pp. ISBN: 978-1-78353-225-4 (hardback). $90.00. Journal of Education for Business, 90(7), 410-412.
2. Altınay, Ayşe Gül ve Yeşim Arat. 2007. Türkiye de Kadına Yönelik Şiddet. TÜBITAK
3. Bell, Hooks, Feminizm is for Everybody: Passionate Politics, Routledge, 2000.
4. Beauvoir, Simone de. 1993. Kadın: Ikinci Cins I, II, III Cilt. Istanbul: Payel
5. Benhabib, Seyla and Drucilla Cornell. Feminism as Critique: Essays on the Politics of Gender I Late-Capitalist Societies, Polity Press, 1987.
6. Berktay, Fatmagül, Tarihin Cinsiyeti, Istanbul: Metis Yayınevi
7. Fraser, Nancy. 2006. Ihtiyaçlar Mücadelesi. Istanbul: Agora Kitaplığı
8. Kandiyoti, Deniz. 2000. Cariyeler, Bacılar, Yurtdaşlar. Metis Yayınları
9. Makal, Ahmet. 2012. Geçmişten Günümüze Türkiye de Kadın Emeği. Ithaki
10. Philips,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Expression

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MT * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 28

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1232
LO.2332
LO.3232

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