COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

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Course Name

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
	Fall/Spring

Prerequisites	None
Course Language
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	-
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator	-
Course Lecturer(s)	Öğr. Gör. Itır BAĞDADİ
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Differentiate between sex and gender Identify the reasons why gender is a social construct Explain the place of gender in global governance Explain the gendered division of work and political representation Analyze the relationship between gender and the state Compare and contrast the first, second and third waves of feminism Analyze the contributions of the UN to gender equality
Course Description

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

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Required Materials
1	Introduction
2	Conceptual Framework	Lorber, Part I, Producing Gender, Chapters 1 & 4
3	Gender in Every Day Life	Lorber Part II, Gender in Practice, Chapters 6 & 9
4	Gender Politics	Lorber Part III, The Politics of Gender, Chapters 10 & 11
5	Gender and Global Governance	Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 1 Gender Politics and Global Governance
6	Gender and the State	Gender and the State – R.W. Connell, Citizenship and Gender – Ruth Lister
7	Feminist Movement I	Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 6 Nongovernmental Organizations: An Alternative Power Base for Women? (Irene Tinker), Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 17 Of Roots, Leaves, and Trees: Gender, Social Movements, and Global Governance (Deborah Stienstra)
8	Feminist Movement II	Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 8 International Women’s Activism and the 1994 Cairo Population Conference (Amy J. Higer), Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 11 The United Nations Women’s Conferences and Feminist Politics (Lois A. West)
9	Midterm	Midterm
10	İnsan Hakları Olarak Kadın Hakları	Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 9 Shaping the Human Rights Agenda: The Case of Violence Against Women (Jutta Joachim), Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 10 Realizing Women’s Human Rights: Nongovernmental Organizations and the United Nations Treaty Bodies (Alice M. Miler)
11	Ekonomide Kadın	Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 12 What Is a Worker? Gender, Global Restructuring, and the ILO Convention on Homework (Elisabeth Prugl), Meyer and Prugl, Chapter 13 Women in the Neoliberal “Frame” (Anne Sisson Runyan)
12	Gender and Islam	Moghadam, Chapter 3 Modernizing Women, Reforms, Revolutions, and the Woman Question Zurayk and Saadeh, Women as Mobilizers of Human Resources in Arab Countries Mernissi, Muslim Women and Fundamentalism
13	Gender in Turkey	Marshall, Ideology, Progress and Dialogue: A Comparison of Feminist and Islamist Women’s Approaches to the Issue of Head Covering and Work in Turkey, Kagitcibasi, Status of Women in Turkey: A CrossCultural Perspective
14	Popüler Kültürde Feminist Hareket	Brunsdon, Charlotte, “The Feminist in the Kitchen: Martha, Martha and Nigella”, Hermes, Joke, “’Ally McBeal’, ‘Sex and the City’ and the Tragic Success of Feminism
15	Conclusion & Review
16	Review of the Semester

Course Notes/Textbooks

Suggested Readings/Materials

• Meyer, Mary K., and Elisabeth Prugl, Gender Politics in Global Governance, Rowman and Littlefield, 1999. • Lorber, Judith, Paradoxes of Gender, Yale University Press, 1994. • Rubery, Jill, Mark Smith and Colette Fagan, Women’s Employment in Europe: Trends and Prospects, Routledge, 1999. • Moghadam, Valentine M. , Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle East, Rienner, 1993. • Zurayk, Huda C., and FAdia Saadeh, “Women as Mobilizers of Human Resources in Arab Countries”, in Khoury, Nabil F., and Valentine M. Moghadam, Gender and Development in the Arab World, Zed Books, 1995. • Hollows, Joanne and Rachel Moseley, Feminism in Popular Culture, Berg 2007. • Tickner, J. Ann, Gendering World Politics, Columbia, 2001. • Mernissi, Fatima, “Muslim Women and Fundamentalism”, Middle East Report, n153, 1988, 811. • Marshall, Gul Aldikacti, “Ideology, Progress and Dialogue: A Comparison of Feminist and Islamist Women’s Approaches to the Issue of Head Covering and Work in Turkey”, Gender and Society, v19 n1, 2005, 104120. • Kagitcibasi, Cigdem, “Status of Women in Turkey: A CrossCultural Perspective”, International Journal of Middle East Studies, v18 n4, 1986, 485499.

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	20
Presentation / Jury	1	10
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm	1	30
Final Exam	1	30
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	4	70
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	30
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16
Study Hours Out of Class	16	2
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	10
Presentation / Jury	1	5
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms	1	20
Final Exams	1	20
		Total	135

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to use the advanced theoretical and practical knowledge that the graduates have acquired in the areas of international relations		X
2	To be able to examine, interpret data and assess concepts and ideas with the scientific methods in the area of international relations/political science				X
3	To take the responsibility as a group team member and as an individual to solve unforeseen and multidimensional problems that are unforeseen in practice		X
4	To be able to recognize regional and global issues/problems, and to be able to develop solutions based on research and scientific evidence				X
5	To be able to assess the acquired knowledge and skills in the area of international relations/political science critically and to detect learning requirements and to guide learning.				X
6	To be able to inform authorities and institutions in the area of international relations; to be able to transfer ideas and proposals supported by quantitative and qualitative data about the problems verbally and in writing to experts and nonexperts.			X
7	To be able to interpret theoretical debates regarding relations among factors in global politics such as structures, institutions and culture, to be able to pinpoint the continuities and changes of main dynamics of international relations,					X
8	To be able to distinguish the differences between the classical and contemporary theories and to assess their relationship,					X
9	To be able to make use of other disciplines that international relations are based upon (political science, law, economics, sociology, psychology, etc.) and to have the basic knowledge of these disciplines.					X
10	To be able to keep abreast of current news on international relations, learn a foreign language and to communicate with one’s peers (European language portfolio global scale, level B1)					X
11	To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently		X
12	To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data related to international relations.					X
13	To be able to improve the acquired knowledge, skills and qualifications for personal and social reasons					X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest