ECONOMICS AND FINANCE | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
LAW3081 | Women's Rights | Spring | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Yok/None |
References: | Demet Özdamar, Cedaw Sözleşmesi, 2009. |
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 |
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 |
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 |