Information Package / Course Catalogue
Women's Studies and Research
Course Code: SOS425
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

• To examine women’s position in social, economic and political life, • To examine the factors which determinate this position by looking at some main concepts such as patriarchy, patriarchal ideology, gender, gender based roles, gender based discrimination, • To examine historically the changes in women’s position particularly by looking at women’s movements and changes in social and economic conditions, • To examine and evaluate two main research areas in Women’s Studies (“Violence against Women” and “Women and Political Participation”) and some important studies in these areas.

Course Content

Historical Development; Evaluation of Researches on Women in Turkey and in the World; Feminism as a Term and Theory; Women’s Movement; Women’s Movement in Turkey; Women’s Political Participation; Women and Work, Discrimination, Division of Labour, Violence against Women.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.1. To know and be able to evaluate the factors which determine women’s social position
2.2. To know and be able to evaluate feminist theory and different feminist theories critically
3.3. Be able to analyse women’s changing status from a historical perspective
4.4. Be able to discuss women’s status in terms of different cultures and societies
5.5. To know the developments in Women’s Movement in the world and in Turkey.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Altındal, A. (1991) Türkiye’de Kadın. Anahtar Kitaplar Yayınevi.
2.Arat, N. (1994) Türkiye’de Kadın Olmak. İstanbul: Say Yayınları.
3.Bensadon, N (1994) Kadın Hakları. Çev: Şirin Tekeli, Cep Üniversitesi İletişim Yayınları
4.Tarih Vakfı (1998) 75 Yılda Kadınlar ve Erkekler. İstanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yayınları
5.Tayanç, F. T. Tayanç (1977) Dünya’da ve Türkiye’de Tarih Boyunca Kadın. Ankara: Toplum Yayınevi
6.Tekeli, Ş. (1993) 1980ler Türkiye’sinde Kadın Bakış Açısından Kadınlar. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları 119.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to the Lecture (Course objectives, Learning Outcomes, Teaching and Learning Techniques, Reading Materials, A General Introduction to Subjects)
Week 2 - Theoretical
Women’s Studies: Women from a Historical Perspective
Week 3 - Theoretical
Women’s Status and Women’s Movement before 20th Century.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Women’s Status and Women’s Movement in 20th Century.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Women’s Movement in Turkey (The Effects of the West )
Week 6 - Theoretical
Women’s Movement in Turkey (Comparison of before and after 1980)
Week 7 - Theoretical
The Basis of Inequalities between Men and Women (Some Main Approaches and Theories)
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
MIDTERM EXAM
Week 9 - Theoretical
The Basis of Inequalities between Men and Women (Its Appearance on Daily Life)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Women and Workforce Participation (Gender Discrimination; Labour Market and Labour Market Conditions and Its Affects on Women)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Women and Workforce Participation (Some Main Indicators )
Week 12 - Theoretical
Feminist Methodology; New Approaches in Women’s Studies
Week 13 - Theoretical
Women and Political Participation
Week 14 - Theoretical
Women and Violence
Week 15 - Theoretical
General Evaluation of the Course
Week 16 - Final Exam
FINAL EXAM
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%50
Final Examination1%50
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Reading132139
Midterm Examination115116
Final Examination115116
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)99
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes