LAW3081 Women's RightsBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs ECONOMICS AND FINANCEGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
LAW3081 Women's Rights Fall 0 2 1 4
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

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 : Prof. Dr. KADİR EMRE GÖKYAYLA
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: To arouse awareness on the women's rights, to give information regarding international conventions.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. He defines historical background of CEDAW and fundamental informations on women's rights.
II. He detects effect of CEDAW in Turkish Law.
III. He determines decisions taken in studies occured after CEDAW.
IV. He defines Beijing conference and European Union regulations.
V. He detects developments on women's rights in the world.

Course Content

Week 1: General Introduction to the course with basic information about CEDAW, changes about gender equality in Turkish Civil Code
Week 2: History of women's rights and overview of CEDAW
Week 3: The development of the Turkish law after CEDAW, the concept of positive discrimination
Week 4: Provisions of the CEDAW I, General informations,
Week 5: Provisions of CEDAW II
Week 6: Optional additional protocols and the studies in this context I
Week 7: General Review
Week 8: Mid-term exam
Week 9: Optional Additional Protocol and studies in this context II
Week 10: decisions taken in studies made after CEDAW
Week 11: Beijing conference
Week 12: The European Union regulations
Week 13: implications for Turkey
Week 14: developments in the world and due diligence
Week 15: The causes of the problem and solutions according to you.
Week 16: Final Exam

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) General Introduction to the course with basic information about CEDAW, changes about gender equality in Turkish Civil Code
2) History of women's rights and overview of CEDAW
3) The development of the Turkish law after CEDAW, the concept of positive discrimination
4) Provisions of the CEDAW I, General informations,
5) Provisions of CEDAW II
6) Optional additional protocols and the studies in this context I
7) General Review
8) Midterm exam
9) Optional Additional Protocol and studies in this context II
10) Beijing conference
11) The European Union regulations
12) Decisions taken in studies made after CEDAW
13) Implications for Turkey
14) Developments in the world and due diligence
15) The causes of the problem and solutions according to you
16) Final exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Yok/None
References: Demet Özdamar, Cedaw Sözleşmesi, 2009.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Presentation 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 16 32
Study Hours Out of Class 14 14
Homework Assignments 4 8
Midterms 2 20
Final 2 30
Total Workload 104

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. 3
2) Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. 2
3) Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. 1
4) Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. 3
5) Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. 2
6) Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. 2
7) Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. 3
8) Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. 2
9) Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. 2
10) Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. 3