SOC533 GENDER ISSUES ON CLASS AND PATRIARCHY
| Course Code: | 2320533 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Sociology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. FATMA UMUT BEŞPINAR AKGÜNER |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Students will understand key arguments of and debates on the intersection of gender, class and patriarchy with a global perspective.
Course Content
The classical approaches to class and patriarchy in historical and contemporary perspectives; interpretation and explanation of structured social inequality, patriarchal relations and their implications on politics and social change; women´s position and the system of economic exploitation; feminist and main-stream stances on the gender and stratification debate; feminist approaches giving emphasis on patriarchal structures.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Students will define classic theoretical readings about gender issues on class and patriarchy.
2. Students will identify the intersection of class, gender and race by taking into consideration a number of global developments, such as the rising impact of neo-liberalism, and conservative and nationalist movements.
3. Students will discuss the intersection of gender and class by looking at diverse subjects such as employment, poverty, political participation, education, health, sexuality and reproductive rights.
4. Students will trace reasons and consequences of different practices of gender regimes embedded in diverse class and patriarchal structures.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | To correlate sociology and other social sciences | ✔ | |||
| 2 | To interpret knowledge produced by society from a sociological perspective | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To renew and improve their accumulation by following up-to-date publications and research programs | ✔ | |||
| 4 | To be open to occupational novelties in order to understand social change | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To produce original solutions within and outside the discipline and in interdisciplinary levels | ✔ | |||
| 6 | To know and implement the ethics of sociological research | ✔ | |||
| 7 | To be aware of social, environmental, and economic effects in the areas where sociological approaches are appropriated | ✔ | |||
| 8 | To use and transfer the accumulation of sociological knowledge in an interdisciplinary way | ✔ | |||
| 9 | To understand social structures and dynamics by correlating the past, the present and the future | ✔ | |||
| 10 | To connect social theories of knowledge and social practices | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution