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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ACL4001 | Introduction to Womens Studies | Spring Fall |
3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Prof. Dr. GÖNÜL BAKAY |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | none |
Course Objectives: | The objective of this course * to introduce the students to Women’s Studies where they will explore gender as a variable that explains socio-economic status of women in the world that we live in. * to give them a clear understanding of the major movements of feminist thought and related areas of the body of knowledge making up the field of Women's Studies. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Students who complete this course will: * integrate and compare knowledge from this course with other literature courses * learn the terminology related to feminist studies • learn about key feminist theorist and critics • learn about feminist literary criticism and other related schools of criticism • learn to analyse literary texts from a feminist point of view |
Second Wave Feminism: Beauvoir, Millet, Friedan, Greer Myth Criticism: Nancy Chodorow,Virginia Woolf, Mary Dally, Annis Pratt, Bettina L. Knapp Marxist, Socialist , Feminist criticism: Tillie Olsen, Juliette Michele, Michael Barret Psychoanalytic Criticism :Freud and Lacan , Juliette Michele, Ellen Moers and Sandra Gilbert, Susan Gubar,Zora Neale Hurston. Poststructuralism, Deconstruction, Post modernism : Saussure, Foucault, Roland Barth, Hortense Spillers, Alice Jardine, Meaghan Morris, Duplessis Black Feminism: The African Diaspora and Caribbean Feminist Criticizm: Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, Barbara Christian Lesbian feminist criticism: Adrienne Rich, Bonnie Zimmerman,Toni Morrison , Jane Rule , Mary Dally Third World Feminist Criticism: Rosario Castellanos, Chandra Mohanty, Gloria Andalzua, Rey Chow, Diane Bell |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Beauvoir-------The Second Sex pages 351- 392 ,445-500 The Feminine Mystique, pages 1-70 Germaine Greer ------The Female Eunuch Kate Millett--------Sexual Politics 60-108,157-176. | Reading |
2) | Beauvoir-------The Second Sex pages 351- 392 ,445-500 The Feminine Mystique, pages 1-70 Germaine Greer ------The Female Eunuch Kate Millett--------Sexual Politics 60-108,157-176. | Reading |
3) | Beauvoir-------The Second Sex pages 351- 392 ,445-500 The Feminine Mystique, pages 1-70 Germaine Greer ------The Female Eunuch Kate Millett--------Sexual Politics 60-108,157-176. | Reading |
4) | Virginia Woolf--------To The Lighthouse D.V.D Nancy Chodorow-------The Reproduction of Mothering 11-39,72-92,191-219. Annis Pratt ---------Archtypal Patterns in Women’s Fiction. 3-12,73-94 | Reading |
5) | Tillie Olsen-------Silences 6-21,122-152, Juliette Michele------Psychoanalysis and Feminism ,170-222. 253-273 | Reading |
6) | Wittig-----The Straight Mind and other Essays 9-20 Helene Cixous -------Writing The Feminine 3-50 Luce Irigaray------The Speculum of The other Woman Julia Kristeva ----- Women’s Time. 187-211 | Reading |
7) | Review | Reading |
8) | Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar-----The Madwoman in The Attic 45-70 Zora Neale Hurston ------Their Eyes Were Watching God 9-80 | Reading |
9) | Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar-----The Madwoman in The Attic 45-70 Zora Neale Hurston ------Their Eyes Were Watching God 9-80 | Reading |
10) | Foucoult: The Order of Things 30-50 Spivak : In Other Worlds 95-133 | Reading |
11) | Alice Walker ----- The Meridian Audre Lorde------ Sister Outsider 13-64,81-109 | Reading |
12) | Alice Walker ----- The Meridian Audre Lorde------ Sister Outsider 13-64,81-109 | Reading |
13) | Adrienne Rich-----Of Woman Born 21-83 Toni Morrison----- Beloved | Reading |
14) | Andalzua---- Borderlands, Making Face, Making Soul 75-114. Diane Bell-----Daughters of The Dreaming | Reading |
15) | Final | Reading |
16) | Final | Reading |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | The Second Sex , The Feminine Mystique, The Female Eunuch, Sexual Politics, To The Lighthouse, The Reproduction of Mothering , Archtypal Patterns in Women’s Fiction, Silences ,Psychoanalysis and Feminism , The Straight Mind and other Essays , Writing The Feminine , The Speculum of The other Woman, Women’s Time, The Madwoman in The Attic Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Order of Things , The Meridian , Sister Outsider, In Other Worlds, Of Woman Born, Beloved , Borderlands, Making Face, Making Soul , Daughters of The Dreaming |
References: | none |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Quizzes | 3 | % 20 |
Project | 1 | % 10 |
Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Integrates the knowledge, skills and attitudes acquired from basic and clinical medical sciences, behavioral sciences and social sciences, and uses them in health service delivery. | |
2) | In patient management, shows a biopsychosocial approach that takes into account the socio-demographic and sociocultural background of the individual, regardless of language, religion, race and gender. | |
3) | In the provision of health services, prioritizes the protection and development of the health of individuals and society. | |
4) | Taking into account the individual, societal, social and environmental factors affecting health; does the necessary work to maintain and improve the state of health. | |
5) | By recognizing the characteristics, needs and expectations of the target audience, provides health education to healthy/sick individuals and their relatives and other healthcare professionals. | |
6) | Shows a safe, rational and effective approach in health service delivery, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation processes. | |
7) | Performs invasive and/or non-invasive procedures in diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation processes in a safe and effective way for the patient. | |
8) | Provides health services by considering patient and employee health and safety. | |
9) | In the provision of health services, takes into account the changes in the physical and socioeconomic environment on a regional and global scale, as well as the changes in the individual characteristics and behaviors of the people who apply to it. | |
10) | Takes good medical practice into account while carrying out his/her profession. | |
11) | Fulfills its duties and obligations within the framework of ethical principles, rights and legal responsibilities required by its profession. | |
12) | Demonstrates decisive behavior in providing high-quality health care, taking into account the integrity of the patient. | |
13) | Evaluates his/her performance in his/her professional practice by considering his/her emotions and cognitive characteristics. | |
14) | Advocates improving the provision of health services by considering the concepts of social reliability and social responsibility for the protection and development of public health. | |
15) | Can plan and carry out service delivery, training and consultancy processes related to individual and community health in cooperation with all components for the protection and development of health. | |
16) | Evaluates the impact of health policies and practices on individual and community health indicators and advocates increasing the quality of health services. | |
17) | The physician attaches importance to the protection of his/her own physical, mental and social health, and does what is necessary for this | |
18) | Shows exemplary behavior and leads the healthcare team during service delivery. | |
19) | Uses resources cost-effectively, for the benefit of society and in accordance with the legislation, in the planning, implementation and evaluation processes of health services in the health institution he/she is the manager of. | |
20) | Establishes positive communication within the health team it serves and assumes different team roles when necessary. | |
21) | Is aware of the duties and responsibilities of the health workers in the health team and acts accordingly. | |
22) | In the professional practices, works in harmony and effectively with the colleagues and other professional groups. | |
23) | Communicates effectively with patients, their relatives, healthcare professionals, other professional groups, institutions and organizations. | |
24) | Communicates effectively with individuals and groups that require a special approach and have different socio-cultural characteristics. | |
25) | In the diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation processes, shows a patient-centered approach that associates the patient with the decision-making mechanisms. | |
26) | Plans and implements scientific research, when necessary, for the population it serves, and uses the results and/or the results of other research for the benefit of the society. | |
27) | Reaches and critically evaluates current literature knowledge about his/her profession. | |
28) | Applies the principles of evidence-based medicine in clinical decision making. | |
29) | Uses information technologies to increase the effectiveness of its work on health care, research and education. | |
30) | Effectively manages individual work processes and career development. | |
31) | Demonstrates skills in acquiring and evaluating new knowledge, integrating it with existing knowledge, applying it to professional situations and adapting to changing conditions throughout professional life. | |
32) | Selects the right learning resources to improve the quality of the health service it offers, organizes its own learning process |