| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | İKT4262017201 | GENDER AND ECONOMY | Elective | 4 | 8 | 4 |
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| Level of Course Unit |
| First Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| The aim of this course is to analyze economy from a much wider perspective which includes not just production activities but also re-production activities mainly referred to women. |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
| Fatma Özlem Tezcek |
| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | to broaden the perspective of the general economic discipline via including a gender perspective | | 2 | analyse various aspects of economics from different epistemological perspectives | | 3 | examine the Turkish economy from gender perspective | | 4 | | | 5 | |
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Formal Education |
| Prerequisites and co-requisities |
| None |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
| None |
| Course Contents |
| The content of this course consists of two related sections. In the first section, the theoretical background is analyzed in detail. This section includes philosophical foundations of modern economic theories, positivist perspective, post-modern epistemology, feminist epistemology, institutional economics, hermeneutical economics and masculinities. Second section includes practical economic outcomes of gender discrimination such as child care, elderly care, domestic labor, emotional labor, women's participation to politics, etc.
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| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 1 | modern epistemology (modern theories of knowledge) | | | | 2 | post-modern epistemology | | | | 3 | feminist epistemology I | | | | 4 | feminist epistemology II | | | | 5 | Institutional economics | | | | 6 | hermeneutical economics | | | | 7 | masculinities | | | | 8 | mid-term exam | | | | 9 | Female work-force economics | | | | 10 | Domestic production / Reproduction Economics | | | | 11 | Gendered wage differences | | | | 12 | Violence/gender discrimination against women within working environment | | | | 13 | Child-care economics | | | | 14 | Elderly-care economics | | | | 15 | women's access to public resources | | | | 16 | Final exam | | |
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
| Serdaroğlu, F. (2010), Feminist İktisat’ın Bakışı Postmodernist mi?, Efil Yayınevi.
Serdaroğlu, F. (2010), İktisat ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet, Efil Yayınevi. |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| SUM | 0 | |
| SUM | 0 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri | 40 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Workload Calculation |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 22 | 22 |
| Attending Lectures | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Field Work | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Individual Study for Final Examination | 18 | 1 | 18 |
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| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
| LO1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | | LO2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | | LO3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | LO4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | | LO5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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