Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Tuba KANCI DOĞAN

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Students learn the basic concepts of gender and politics.
2) Students can discuss how and why politics is gendered.
2) Students have a good command of historical development of feminism in world and Turkey.
4) Become familiar with policies in increasing representation and participation of women in social and political life.
5) Students can critically assess the arguments for and against greater gender in different political institutions.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

		Program Competencies
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Learning Outcomes
	1	Middle	Middle	Middle	Middle	Middle	High	Middle	Middle
	2	Middle	High	Middle	High	Middle	Middle	Middle	Middle
	2	Middle	Middle	Middle	Middle	Middle	Middle	Middle	No relation
	4	Middle	Middle	Middle	High	High	Middle	Middle	Middle
	5	High	Middle	Middle	Middle	High	Middle	Middle	Middle

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

This course contributes, -To examine the intersection and interaction of gender, sexuality, race, class, and age with politics. - To describe the development of the modern women's movement and to compare those developments with other political/social movements, - To trace the modern origins of policies concerning freedom, rape, domestic violence. - To deal with gender-related currents and movements in politics -To explain the subjects like; how can equality between women and men be achieved, how the state can have gender sensitivity, the representation of women in political life and the reflections of gender in the media.

Weekly Schedule

1) General introduction
2) Concepts, definitions, historical background
3) Gendering knowledge and method
4) Gender and nationalism
5) Gendered citizenship
6) Gendered interactions: violence, war, militarism
7) Gendered labor, work and economies
8) Midterm Examination
9) Masculinities
10) Women in the “Third World"
11) Political and social history of women, and women’s movements in Turkey-1
12) Political and social history of women, and women’s movements in Turkey-2
13) Women's political participation and empowerment in contemporary Turkey: institutions, civil society and grassroots movements 1
14) Women's political participation and empowerment in contemporary Turkey: institutions, civil society and grassroots movements 2
15) Recapitulation, overview and overall assessment of the course
16) Final Examination

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	40%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	60%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)