TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) explain the key terms and concepts in the field of Women's and Gender Studies, 2) interpret the representation of gender in the works of fiction and non-fiction, 3) recognize the intersectionality of gender with other social categories of class, race, ethnicity, and sexuality, 4) discuss gender-related themes in both written and oral format.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	This course offers an introduction to Women's and Gender Studies with the goal of familiarizing students with key issues, questions, and debates in feminist school of thought. It encourages them to learn how to analyze and think critically about the meaning and importance of gender in American society.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Course Overview: What is gender? What is gender studies? 2nd Week The First Wave of Feminism: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, from Women and Economics; Margaret Sanger, from Woman and the New Race 3rd Week The First Wave of Feminism: Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own 4th Week The Second Wave of Feminism: Betty Friedan, from The Feminine Mystique 5th Week The Second Wave of Feminism: Germaine Greer, from The Female Eunuch 6th Week The Second Wave of Feminism: Kate Millett, from Sexual Politics 7th Week Midterm Exam 8th Week Feminist Literary Criticism: Gilbert and Gubar, from The Madwoman in the Attic; Showalter, "Toward a Feminist Poetics" 9th Week Feminist Literary Criticism: Helene Cixous, "Laugh of the Medusa"; Luce Irigaray, "This Sex Which is Not One" 10th Week Intersections with Race, Class, and Sexuality: bell hooks, from Yearning: Race, Gender and Cultural Politics 11th Week Intersections with Race, Class, and Sexuality: Alice Walker, from In Search of Our Mothers' Garden 12th Week Intersections with Race, Class, and Sexuality: Gloria Azaldua, from Borderland/La Frontera 13th Week Intersections with Race, Class, and Sexuality: Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior 14th Week Revision
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Azaldua, Gloria. Borderland/La Frontera. Spinster/Aunt Lute, 1987. Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. Norton, 1963. Gilbert, Sandra, and Susan Gubar. The Madwoman in the Attic. Yale UP, 1979. Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. Women and Economics. Source Book Press, 1970. Greer, Germaine. The Female Eunuch. McGraw-Hill, 1971. hooks, bell. Yearning: Race, Gender and Cultural Politics. South End Press, 1990. Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior. Random House 1977. Millett, Kate. Sexual Politics. Simon & Schuster, 1969. Sanger, Margaret. Woman and the New Race. Brentano's, 1920. Walker, Alice. In Search of Our Mothers' Garden. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Grafton, 1977.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Quiz 1 10 Project 1 10 Presentation of Article 1 10 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz 2 1 2 Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 12 12 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework Presentation (including preperation) 1 8 8 Term Project Research 1 8 8 Total Workload 128 Total Workload / 30 4,26 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No