ANT604 - SEX and GENDER
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEX and GENDER | ANT604 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | English | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Other: presentation | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Department teaching staff | |||||
| Course objective | Aim of this course is to understand how gender is constructed by society and comprehended by people. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Roles of gender, gender is biological or cultural, vary and diversity of gender in traditional and modern societies, childhood and gender, the problem of to be male/female in Turkey and the another country. | |||||
| References | Teresa, del Valle (ed) Gendered Anthropology.Routledge,1993. Moore, L. Henrietta, Feminism and Anthropology.University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1988. Michelle Z. Rosaldo and Louise Lamphere (eds.) Woman Culture,and Society. Stanford University Press, 1974. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Content, scope and course schedule |
| Week 2 | Gender-based of roles of women and men in hunter and gatherer societies |
| Week 3 | Women in social evolution |
| Week 4 | Women and men in religious belief |
| Week 5 | Biological and cultural explanation on roles of male and female |
| Week 6 | Midterm |
| Week 7 | Family and women |
| Week 8 | Roles of women and men in modern society |
| Week 9 | Women and relation between production and consumption |
| Week 10 | Educational institutions, educational systems and status of femininity and masculinity |
| Week 11 | Women and men in rural area and urban |
| Week 12 | Roles of women and men in Turkey |
| Week 13 | Gender and feminist studies |
| Week 14 | Presentation |
| Week 15 | |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 20 |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 20 |
| Total | 70 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 70 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 30 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 32 | 32 |
| Total Workload | 32 | 84 | 175 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Based on the anthropology master program requirements, students gain awareness of the human, cultural and population diversity. | X | ||||
| 2. Students acquire the skills of evaluating social and cultural phenomena in local and global contexts. | X | ||||
| 3. Students obtain knowledge about different populations, cultures and traditions around the world. | X | ||||
| 4. Students develop their analytical skills and the ability to express themselves in oral and written modes. | X | ||||
| 5. Students become able to conduct field study. | X | ||||
| 6. Students master the methods and techniques used in the reconstruction of ancient populations. | X | ||||
| 7. Students gain experience in the identification of scientific issues, designing and executing projects, and filing data reports. | X | ||||
| 8. Students become able to combine knowledge from their field with knowledge from other disciplines in order to create new study subjects. | X | ||||
| 9. Students acquire values of science ethics and abide by them. | X | ||||
| 10. Students can apply subject fields such as health and disease, violence, aging, migration, education, ecology and the environment, local cultures and customs, cultural heritage to living and extinct populations. | X | ||||
| 11. Students are able to convey a scientific experience or study. | X | ||||
| 12. Students obtain knowledge on the biocultural history and the diversity of the human being. | X | ||||
| 13. Students gain knowledge regarding the various fields of application of anthropology. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest